LITHUANIAN PIANIST IN WIGMORE HALL, LONDON
Evelina Puzaitė solo piano recital at Wigmore Hall, London W1 Tuesday 6th February 2007 7.30 pmEvelina Puzaitė has performed in London at the Royal Festival Hall, the Barbican Hall, Purcell Room, Wigmore and Cadogan Halls. Future plans include concerts with Sheffield Chamber, Lichfield Sinfonia and Bushey Symphony orchestras (see footnotes). As a recitalist and concert soloist she has given concerts in Britain, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Israel, Lithuania, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, USA and other countries. Recent international festival appearances include Festival di Londra, Italy, and Presteigne, Wales. Her latest CD was recorded in 2006 and the next, with Landor Records, is planned for 2007.
In the programe
Mozart – Sonata in D major K576
Rachmaninov – Six Moments Musicaux op.16
Liszt – Three concert studies
Liszt – Spanish Rhapsody
Evelina Puzaite was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. Her musical training was at the M.K.Čiurlionis School of Arts, followed by the Lithuanian Music Academy. In April 2001 she was awarded a Baltic States Scholarship to come to the Guildhall School Music and Drama to study under Prof. Joan Havill. She has participated in many international competitions and has won numerous of awards, including: 1st Prize at the International Rubinstein Piano Competition, 1st Prize in Tel-Hai Competition in Israel, 2nd Prize at the Dudley Piano Competition, the Craxton Memorial Trust Award, and a Philharmonia Orchestra/Martin Musical Scholarship. She was a prize winner at the Oxford Music Festival, “Usedomer” in Germany and the International Piano Music Festival in Belarus.
Box office: 020 7935 2141, www.wigmore-hall.org.uk
Wigmore Hall, 36 Wigmore Street, W1U 2BP
Nearest underground: Oxford Circus, Bond Street
Other concerts:
24 Feb 07: University of Sheffield Sheffield Chamber Orchestra: www.sheffield-chamber-orchestra.org.uk
31 Mar 07: Newbury, Berks Corn Exchange box office: 01635 522 733 28
Apr 07: Bushey, Herts Bushey Symphony Orchestra: www.busheysymphony.org.uk
13 May 07: Lichfield, Staffs Lichfield Sinfonia Orchestra: 01543 264 718
