Jurgis Karnavičius
Jurgis Karnavičius (piano) in 1980 graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music with a speciality in piano with Prof. J.Karnavičius, his father. In 1980-1983 he improved in Moscow P.Tchaikovsky Concervatoire with prof. L.Naumov. Since 1981 has worked at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, and since 1992 he is an Assistant Professor.
In 1978 Jurgis Karnavičius was awarded the 1st prize and a special diploma for the best performance of Čiurlionis works at the 4th International M.K.Čiurlionis Piano and Organ Competition in Vilnius (Lithuania). He also was awarded honour diplomas at R.Schumann's Pianists Competition in Zwickau (Germany, 1981) and L.van Beethoven‘s Pianists Competition in Viena (Austria, 1989). In 1990 pianist won the 1st prize in the Young Keyboard Artists Association Competition in Oberlin (USA), in 1991 – 4th prize in the Mavi Marcoz Competition in Saint Vincent (Italy).
Jurgis Karnavičius plays solo and with different orchestras, and he is the permanent concert partner of his wife, opera singer Sigute Stonyte. In recent years he has been actively collaborating with several chamber ensembles, preparing concert programmes with M.K.Čiurlionis String Quartet, Lithuanian Art Museum Quartet, Sostinės String Trio, and others. He has given many concerts in Europe and the USA. In his repertoire there are piano concerts by W.A.Mozart, L.van Beethoven, R.Schumann and J.Brahms; solo works for piano by F.Chopin, F.Liszt, C.Debussy, A.Schoenberg, A.Skryabin, and S.Prokofiev; and chamber works by W.A.Mozart, R.Schumann, C.Franck, J.Brahms, G.Fauré, R.Strauss, P.Hindemith, O.Messiaen.
Chamber Works
Johann Sebastian Bach
Sonata for flute and piano in B minor, BWV 1030
Osvaldas Balakauskas
“The Tree and the Bird” for viola and piano
Arnold Bax
Sonata for clarinet and piano (1934)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for violin and piano in C minor, op.30 No.2
Sonata for violin and piano in G major, op.30 No. 3
Piano Quartet in C major,WoO 36
Johannes Brahms
Sonata for violin and piano in D minor, op.108
Sonata for clarinet (viola) and piano in F minor, op.120 No. 1
Sonata for clarinet (viola) and piano in E flat major, op.120 No. 2
Trio for piano, clarinet and cello in A minor, op.114
Piano Quartet in G minor, op.25
Piano Quartet in C minor, op.60
Ernest Chausson
Trio for piano, violin and cello in G minor, op.3
Aaron Copland
Piano Quartet (1950)
Sextet for piano, clarinet, two violins, viola and cello, (1937)
Claude Debussy
Rhapsody for clarinet and piano
Edward Elgar
Piano Quintet in A minor, op.84
Sonata for violin and piano in E minor, op.82
Gabriel Fauré
Piano Quintet in C minor, op.115
Sonata for violin and piano in A major, op.13
Piano Quartet in C minor, op.15
Cesar Franck
Sonata for violin and piano in A major
Piano Quintet in F minor
G. Fritz
Sonata for flute and piano in E minor
Paul Hindemith
Sonata for clarinet and piano in B flat major
Quartet, for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Arthur Honegger
Romance for flute and piano
Jurgis Karnavičius
Poem for cello and piano, op.6
Frank Martin
Ballade for flute and piano
Olivier Messiaen
Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Quatuor pour la fin du temps, Quartet for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Trio for piano, violin and cello in B flat major,K.502
Piano Quartet in G minor, K.478
Piano Quartet in E flat major, K.493
Quintet for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano in E flat major, K.452
Astor Piazzolla
Le grand tango for viola (cello) and piano
Francis Poulenc
Sonata for clarinet and piano
Sextet for piano, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and horn
Maurice Ravel
Sonata for violin and piano No.2 in G major
Albert Roussel
Joueurs de flute for flute and piano
Camille Saint-Saens
Sonata for violin and piano No.1 in D minor, op.75
Franz Schubert
Arpeggione-Sonata, in A minor
Robert Schumann
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.47
Piano Quintet in E flat major, op.44
Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, op.73
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano Quintet in g minor, op. 57
Charles Villiers Stanford
Three Intermezzi for clarinet and piano
Richard Strauss
Sonata for violin and piano in E flat major, op.18
Toru Takemitsu
“A bird came down the walk” for viola and piano
Carl Maria von Weber
Trio for flute, cello and piano in G minor, op.63
Alexander von Zemlinsky
Trio for piano, violin and cello in D minor, op. 3
Works for piano solo
Isaac Albeniz
El Albaicin from suite Iberia (No.5)
Julius Andrejevas
Ballade
Vytautas Bacevičius
Sonata No.2, op.37
Capriccio, op.28
Vision, op.30
Johann Sebastian Bach
French suite No.6 in E major, BWV 817
Vytautas Barkauskas
Legend about M.K.Čiurlionis (1972)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata No.4 in E flat major, op.7
Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor, op.27/2 “Moonlight”
Sonata No.17 in D minor, op.31/2 “Tempest”
Sonata No.23 in F minor, op.57 “Appassionata”
Sonata No.28 in A major, op.101
Six Variations in F major, op.34
Six Bagatelles, op.126
Alban Berg
Sonata op.1
Johannes Brahms
Rhapsodies, op.79
Phantasien, op.116 (complete)
Three Intermezzi, op.117
Piano pieces, op.118
Piano pieces, op.119
Algimantas Bražinskas
Paysage
R. Casadesus
Impromptu, op.67 No.4
Frederic Chopin
Sonata No.3 in B minor, op.58
Scherzo No.4 in E major, op.54
Polonaise No.1 in C sharp minor, op.26/1
Polonaise-fantasy No.7 in A flat major, op.61
Nocturne No.4 in F major, op.15/1
Nocturne No.19 in E minor, op.72/1
Masurkas: in B minor op.33/4; in E minor op.41/2; in A flat major op.50/2
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Fugue in B flat minor
Preludes
Claude Debussy
Estampes
L’isle joyeuse
Suite Bergamasque
Preludes No.1, 2, 3, 4, 10
Gabriel Fauré
Nocturne No.1 in E flat minor, op.33/1
Nocturne No.6 in D flat major, op.63
Cesar Franck
Prelude, choral and fugue
Joseph Haydn
Sonata in D major, Hob.XVI/4
Sonata in G major, Hob.XVI/6
Andante con variazioni in F minor, Hob.XVII/6
Vladas Jakubėnas
Rhapsody No.1
Jurgis Karnavičius
Lullaby
Mati Kuulberg
Four Impressions
Franz Liszt
Années de Pélerinage.Suisse (complete)
Mephisto Walze No.1
Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude (Harmonies poétiques No. 3)
Pensée des morts (Harmonies poétiques No. 4)
Sonetto del Petrarca No.104
La lugubre gondola, No.2 (Die Trauer-Gondel)
Apparitions (3)
Recueillement
Hungarian Rhapsody, No.11
"Wilde Jagd" etude in C minor (Transcendental Etude No. 8)
Appassionata, etude in F minor (Transcendental Etude No.10)
Algirdas Martinaitis
Moment musicaux
Olivier Messiaen
From Regards sur l’enfant Jesus: Premiere communion de la Vierge (11); Le baiser de l’enfant-Jesus (15); Regard des Prophetes, des Bergers et des Mages (16)
Vytautas Montvila
Sonata of the Towers
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata No.8 in A minor, K.310
Sonata No.10 in B flat major, K.333
Variations in B flat major, K.500
Fantasy in D minor , K.397
Fantasy in C minor, K.475
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonata No.3 in A minor, op.28
Sonata No.8 in B flat major, op.84
"Sarcasms", op.17
"Visions fugitives" (20), op.22
Sergei Rachmaninov
Etudes-Tableaux: in C major, op.33 No.3; in E flat minor, op.39 No.5; in D major, op.39 No.9
Domenico Scarlatti
Sonatas: in A flat major, K.127; in B major, K.261; in E major, K.380; in D major, K.430
Arnold Schoenberg
Piano pieces, op.11
Six little piano pieces, op.19
Franz Schubert
Sonata in C minor, D.958
Moments musicaux (6), D.780
Impromptu in A flat major, D.935/2 (op. posth.142 No.2)
Robert Schumann
"Kreisleriana", 8 fantasies for piano, op.16
Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), op.15
Faschingsschwank aus Wien ("Phantasiebilder"), op.26
Nachtstücke, op.23
Arabesque in C major, op.18
Bunte Blätter ("Albumblatt I-V"), op.99 No.4-8
Romance in F sharp major, op.28 Nr.2
R. Schumann - F. Liszt
Widmung (transcription for piano)
Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No.3 in F sharp minor, op.23
Sonata No.9 in F major, op.68
Poeme satanique in C major, op.36
Poemes, op.32
Pieces, op.57
Etude in G major, op.65 No.3
Antonio Soler
Sonata No.88 in D flat major
Sonata No.90 in F sharp major
Richard Strauss
Stimmungsbilder, op.9
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Dumka, op.59
R. Wagner – F. Liszt
"Isoldens Liebestod" (transcription for piano)
Works for piano and orchestra
Ludwig van Beethoven
Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat major, op.19
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major, op.58
Johannes Brahms
Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, op.15
Paul Hindemith
Theme with Four Variations. The Four Temperaments, ballet for piano & strings
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano Concerto No.21 in C major, K.467
Piano Concerto No.27 in B flat major, K.595
Sergei Rachmaninov
Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini in A minor, op.43
Robert Schumann
Piano Concerto in A minor, op.54
Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.23
Gabriel Faure Prelude
"…Most absorbing, J.Karnavičius – the pianist. His Mozart-like style, and phrasing and dynamics penetrate the ensemble, but also raise the string instrument players to the height of sublime music. Even in the episodes of pure accompaniment – in R.Schumann‘s Andante cantabile – the piano is memorable."
A. Lapinskas. Respublika, September 26, 1996
"Being an impeccable virtuoso the pianist makes an impression with his clear position as an interpreter and attention to his partners in the ensemble."
Tomas Bakučionis. Mūzų malūnas, March 22, 1996
"Pianist Jurgis Karnavičius has become the "guru" of the whole smart ensemble, hence, the spiritual guide. His not only musical, but also humanist maturity, understood much more broadly, has inspired his ability to rise up to the contents of that unique music."
Edmundas Gedgaudas. Mūzų malūnas, April 17, 2001
