Dainius Puodžiukas (violin)
Dainius Puodziukas was born in Vilnius, to a family of musicians. He began playing the violin at the age of five. In 1995, having graduated from the M.K.Ciurlionis Art Gymnasium, he was admitted into the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Later he studied at the National Paris Conservatory. Having received a Bachelor’s and a Master’s degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music, Dainius continued his violin studies at Boston University’s College of Fine Arts, in the Artist Diploma Program. He graduated from Boston University in 2003 with commendation and a special award. In 2005 he received the Artist Diploma from the Longy School of Music.
Dainius Puodziukas studied under the most prominent Lithuanian violinists: J.Dvarionas, I. Armonaite, R.Katilius, E.Paulauskas. Later he perfected his mastery of playing under world famous violinists: D.Mazurkevich, Y.Mazurkevich, V.Spivakov, P.Zazofsky, K.Winkler, S.Gaseau, P.Salaff.
Mr. Puodziukas participated in many international festivals: Music Academy of the West – Santa Barbara (USA), International Heifetz institut (USA), Soesterberg (Holland), Thomas Mann (Lithuania). In 1997 he represented Lithuania at the 20th Century Music Academy in Paris, founded by the famous composer and conductor, P.Boulez. Dainius earned his laureate position at the New York festival “Young Virtuosos 2001” and was afforded the opportunity to perform at Carnegie Hall.
D.Puodziukas is a winner of many international competitions. In 1995 he won 1st place in Vilnius, 1st place in the J.S.Bach competition (USA) in 2000, Grand Prix “Show Pieces” in 2003 (USA), 1st place at the Boston University “Concerto Aria Competition” in 2003. In 2004, he won the Longy Honors competition for both solo and for chamber music. Also, in the same year, he won the Longy Concerto competition.
Dainius has played solo with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra,“Kremerata Baltica" Chamber Orchestra, Longy Chamber Orchestra, Boston University Symphony Orchestra among others. In May of 2003, he was invited to perform as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra at Symphony Hall. He has also collaborated with conductors such as Keith Lockhart, Jeffrey Rink, Samuel Pasgue, Saulius Sondeckis, Juozas Domarkas, Robertas Servenikas.
D.Puodziukas has played in Russia, Holland, Sweden, Germany, Switzerland and throughout the United States. By special invitation, in 2000, he and his pianist brother, Aidas performed at the Baltic States’ Presidential Meeting, in Vilnius. In 2003, Dainius and Aidas Puodziukas were invited to play in the “The Baltic Concert Series” in Boston also in the Corcoran Gallery in Washington,DC. 2008-2014 Dainius was violin teacher at National M.K.Čiurlionis School of Fine Arts ( 2009-2014 head of string department ). 2009-2013 member of string quartet “Chordos”.
D.Puodziukas is a faculty member of Vytautas Magnus University Music Academy string department.
Currently, Dainius is member of Chamber Orchestra “Kremerata Baltica” and performing solo and chamber music concerts in the Lithuania and abroad.
Works for violin and orchestra
Johann Sebastian Bach
Violin Concerto in A minor, BWV 1041
Violin Concerto in E major, BWV 1042
Double Violin Concerto in D minor, BWV 1043
Antonio Vivaldi
The Four Seasons
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Violin Concertos:
No. 3 in G major, KV 216
No. 4 in D major, KV 218
No. 5 in A major, KV 219
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sinfonia Concertante for Violin and Viola in E-flat major, K. 364/320 d
Ludwig van Beethoven
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op.56
Johannes Brahms
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Double Concerto for Violin and Violoncello in A minor, Op. 102
Max Bruch
Violin - Concerto No.1 in G minor, Op. 26
Felix Mendelssohn
Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Violin Concerto in D minor
Double Concerto for Violin and Piano in D-minor
Dmitri Shostakovich
Violin Concerto in A minor No. 1, Op. 77 (Op. 99)
Jean Sibelius
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 47
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Edouard Lalo
“Spanish symphony” for violin and orchestra in D minor, Op. 21
Niccolo Paganini
Concerto No.1 for violin and orchestra in D major, Op.6
Sergey Prokofiev
Concertos No.2 for violin and orchestra in G minor, Op.63
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Concerto No.3 for violin and orchestra in B minor, Op.61
Henri Vieuxtemps
Concerto No. 5 for violin and orchestra in A minor, Op.37
Sonatas for violin and piano
Johann Sebastian Bach
6 Sonatas for Violin and Harpsichord, BWV 1014-1019
Ludwig van Beethoven
10 Sonatas: for Violin and Piano:
No. 1 in D major, Op. 12
No. 2 in A major, Op.12
No. 3 in E flat major, Op.12
No. 4 in A minor, Op.23
No. 5 in F major, Op. 24
No. 6 in A major, Op.30
No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30
No. 8 in G major, Op. 30
No. 9 in A major, Op.47
No. 10 in G major, Op. 96
Johannes Brahms
3 Sonatas sonatas for Violin and Piano:
No. 1 in G major, Op. 78
No. 2 in A major, Op. 100
No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108
Claude Debussy
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor
Antonin Dvorak
Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100
César Franck
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major
Edvard Grieg
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 3 in C minor, Op. 45
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonatas for Violin and Piano :
Sonata in G major, KV 301
Sonata in E minor, KV 304
Sonata in B major, KV 378
Sonata in B major, KV 454
Franz Schubert
Sonata for Violin and Piano “Grand Duo” in A major, D 574
Fantasy for Violin and Piano in C major, D 934
3 Sonatinas for Violin and Piano :
Sonatina in D major, D 384
Sonatina in A minor, D 385
Sonatina in G minor, D 408
Sergey Prokofiev
2 Sonatas for Violin and Piano:
No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
No. 2 in D major, Op. 94
Maurice Ravel
Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Robert Schumann
Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105
Richard Strauss
Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, Op. 18
Gabriel Faure
Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, Op. 13
Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Albert Dietrich
“F.A.E.” Sonata for Violin and Piano
Leonard Bernstein
Sonata for Violin and Piano
Compositions for violin solo
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonatas and Partitas for Violin Solo:
Sonata No.1 in G minor, BWV 1001
Partita No. 1 in B minor, BWV 1002
Sonata No.2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Partita No.2 in D minor, BWV 1004
Sonata No.3 in C major, BWV 1005
Partita No.3 in E major, BWV 1006
Paul Hindemith
Sonata No.1 for Violin solo
Vytautas Barkauskas
Partita for Violin Solo (1967)
Heinrich Wilhelm Ernst
The Last Rose of Summer in G major
Niccolò Paganini
24 Caprices for Violin Solo, Op. 1
Nel cor piu non mi sento
Nathan Milstein
Paganiniana
Krzysztof Penderecki
Cadenza
Eugène Ysaÿe
Sonatas for Violin Solo, Op. 27 :
No.1 in G minor….
No.2 in A minor
No.3 in D minor
No.6 in E major
Fritz Kreisler
Recitativo and Scherzo, Op. 6
Sergey Prokofiev
Sonata for Violin solo in D major, Op.115
Jeronimas Kačinskas
Introduction and Toccata
Jurgis Juozapaitis
Quasi improvvisazione
Chamber Music
Piano trios by Ludwig van Beethoven, Anton Arensky, Johannes Brahms, Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Sergey Rachmaninov, Dmitri Schostakovich, Robert Schumann, Gabriel Faure,
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Antonin Dvorak, Franz Schubert
String quartets by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Edvard Grieg, Dmitri Schostakovich, Algirdas Martinaitis, Antanas Kučinskas, Vytautas Germanavičius,Vykintas Baltakas,Rytis Mažulis, Ramunas Motiekaitis, Bronius Kutavičius
Duets for 2 violins by J.M.Leclair, L.Spohr, G.F.Handel-J.Halvorsen
Piano quintets by Johannes Brahms, Dmitri Schostakovich, Franz Schubert
String sextets by Johannes Brahms, Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky
String octet by Felix Mendelssohn
String nonet by Olli Mustonen
Other Works
Antonio Bazzini
La Ronde des Lutins, Op. 25
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Valse scherzo, Op. 34
Serenada Melancolique, Op. 26
Melodie, Op. 42
Henryk Wieniawski
Polonaise Brillante No. 1 in D Major, Op. 4
Polonaise Brillante No. 2 in A Major, Op. 21
Legende, Op. 17
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns
Havanaise
Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 28
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns - E.Ysaye
Caprice-Waltz
Pablo de Sarasate
Zapateado, Op. 23
Caprice Basque, Op.24
Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
Carmen Fantasy, Op.25
Navarra for 2 Violins
Playera
Giuseppe Tartini
Devil’s Trill sonata in G minor
Maurice Ravel
Tzigane
Antonin Dvorak
Romantic Pieces for violin and piano, Op. 75
Ernest Chausson
Concerto for violin, piano and string quartet in D major, Op. 21
Poeme, Op.25
Jascha Heifetz
Selected Transcriptions for Violin and Piano
Niccolò Paganini
“Le Streghe”, Op. 8
Cantabile
Moses Fantasy, Op.
Ludwig van Beethoven
Romance No. 1 in G major, Op. 40
Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Franz Waxman
Carmen Fantasy
