Marius Deksnys (Clarinet)
Marius Deksnys was born in 1982. He studied music at the Molėtai Music School; in 1998 he entered the Vilnius Conservatoire, and in 2002, the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre where he studied clarinet with Assoc. Prof. J. Černius. Since 2006 he has been enrolled in postgraduate studies of clarinet with Prof. Algirdas Budrys. Marius became a laureate of the National J. Pakalnis Competition for Young Musicians three times (1996, 1998 and 2001). In 2007 he won Grand Prix at the International Competition of Wind Instruments for Young Musicians in Portugal.
Marius Deksnys plays in various ensembles, gives concerts together with the string quartet ‘Akademija’, student symphony orchestra of the LAMT, Vilnius City Symphony Orchestra ‘Vilnius’ and State Wind Instrument Orchestra ‘Trimitas’; he is invited for programmes at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre and Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra. In 2004 he performed in USA with musicians of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, participated in the international premiere of Vytautas Barkauskas’s mystery Summer in Druskininkai, 2005. He organises and participates in charity concerts of contemporary music in churches and hospitals. Deksnys has been participating in the annual Christmas charity project Clinica Musicalis held at the Santariškės Clinic and concerts of sacral music; he has participated in the project supported by the Lithuanian Musicians Support Fund, Lithuanian Stars and Starlets. Marius is an active soloist, performing in Lithuania, and a member of chamber ensembles and orchestras. He also tours abroad together with various ensembles and orchestras. He has successfully participated in festivals and competitions in Poland, Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Portugal, Latvia, Slovenia and Sweden.
In 2007, at the VII International Competition ‘Music without Borders’ in Druskininkai, he won the 1st Prize.
Chamber Works
Ludwig van Beethoven
Trio No.4, in B flat major, op. 11, Gassenhauertrio
Max Bruch
8 pieces, cl, va/vc, pf, op.83 (Berlin 1910)
Paul Hindemith
Kleine kammermusik / Little Chamber Music for wind quintet, 1922, op. 24/2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in A major, KV 581
Robert Schumann
Trio Marchenerzahlungen, op. 132
Carl Maria von Weber
Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet in B flat major, op.34
Solo Works
Hans Martin Sutermeister
Capriccio for unaccompanied clarinet in A
Carl Maria von Weber
Concertino in E flat major, op. 26, 1811
Concertino in E flat major, op.74
Concertos
Aaron Copland
Concerto for clarinet and strings with harp and piano
Leopold Kozeluch
Clarinet concerto in A flat major
Franz Krommer
Clarinet concerto in E flat major, op. 36
Karol Kurpinski
Clarinet concerto in B flat major (Kraków, 1949)
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
Concertpiece No.2 in d op. 114 for 2 clarinets and orchestra
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Clarinet concerto in A major, K.622
Carl Stamitz
Concerto for 2 clarinets and orchestra No.4
Carl Maria von Weber
Clarinet Concerto no.1, in F minor, op. 73, 1811
Clarinet Concerto no.2, in E flat major, op.74, 1811
Works for Clarinet and Piano
Eugène Bozza
Caprice improvisation
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in F minor, No.1, op.120
Sonata in E flat major, No. 2, op.120
André Messager
Solo de concours, cl, pf (1899)
Francis Poulenc
Sonata
Camille Saint-Saens
Sonata op.167
Marius Deksnys is one of the best young clarinettists; he has made his mark during concerts and competitions in Lithuania and abroad.
Prof. Dr. Juozas Antanavičius
Perfect intonation distinguishes the young clarinettist among others.
Prof. Petras Kunca
