Trio Grazioso – Joana Gedmintaitė (soprano), Viktorija Zabrodaitė (flute), Vilma Rindzevičiūtė (piano) – started their concert activities in 1997. The ensemble’s repertoire includes opuses by composers from various epochs among which the heritage of romantic music is very significant. The ensemble has been abundantly performing in Lithuania. Trio Grazioso has participated in concert cycles: Fantasy and Charm of Non-Traditional Ensembles in the City Hall of Vilnius; Music Evenings in the Great Aula at the Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas; Alma Mater musicalis in St. Johns’ Church; prestigious festivals Druskininkai Summer with M. K. Čiurlionis, Pažaislis Festival in Kaunas City Hall, Music Festival of Northern Lithuania in Biržai 2004, Biržai Castle, the Great Musical Parade 2003, 2006. In 2007 during the festival Druskininkai Summer with M. K. Čiurlionis the trio performed the world premiere of Giedrius Kuprevičius’s Echo for Soprano, Flute and Piano. The same year the ensemble performed during the festival of laureates of international competitions in Lithuania. Concerts of Trio Grazioso received wide acclaim in Denmark and Germany. The ensemble has made archive recordings for the Lithuanian National Radio; in 2006 Trio Grazioso released a compact disk.

Joana Gedmintatė (soprano)
Born in 1974, Pelaičiai village, Rietavas district, Žemaitija. In 2002 she completed her MA in vocal at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (Prof. I.Milkevičiūtė’s class).
Since 2002 she has been a soloist at the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre where she debuted as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart.
While still studying she successfully participated in various competitions for vocalists: in 2002 she won the Beacons of Opera (Operos švyturiai) award in the Opera Hope of the Year category. In 2001 and 2002 she won the third prize at the V.Jonuškaitė-Zaunienė Competition. At the competition for Lithuanian vocalists, Operetta, My Love (Operetė - mano meilė), she also won the third prize in 2002. In 2002, at the International Seminar for Vocalists in Beskov (Germany) she was titled as The Best Interpreter. In 2004, J. Gedmintaitė won the Opera Soloist of the Year award for her performance of Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by Ch. Gounod. Next year the vocalist was granted the honour to represent Lithuanian culture at the Expo 2005 in Japan.
J. Gedmintaitė often performs together with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra; she has given concerts in Estonia, Japan, France, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, USA, and elsewhere. She was invited to the prestigious Spoleto Festival USA. The vocalist has performed memorable characters: Mimi in La Bohème by G.Puccini, Rachel in La Juive by J. F. Halévy, Donna Anna in W. A. Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet by Ch. Gounod, Nedda in R. Leoncavall’s opera Pagliacci (Clowns), Gilda in G. Verdi’s opera Rigoletto. Her repertoire includes many solo parts in symphonies, oratories and cantatas (G.Mahler Symphony No. 8, Symphony No. 2, L.van Beethoven Symphony No. 9, J.Loussier Messe baroque du 21 siecle „Lumieres”, G.Faure Messe de requiem op. 48, J.S.Bach Cantata No. 21, F.Schubert Messe in A flat major, S.Rachmaninov ”Bells”.)

Viktorija Zabrodaitė (flute)
The flutist Viktorija Zabrodaitė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1996 (where she studied with Assoc. Prof. Lionginas Čiapas) and was awarded an MA. She has participated in master classes held by Prof. Imants Sneibis (Latvia) and Prof. Zdanek Bruderhans (Australia). V. Zabrodaitė has given concerts with organists Balys Vaitkus, Bernardas Vasiliauskas, Virginija Survilaitė and U. Northoff (Germany). Her scenic partners have been the accordion quintet Modus and the piano quintet led by Prof. K. Grybauskas. The flutist has participated in the musical education programme The Dawning Dawn. In 2003 she gave a concert at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts, Graz, Austria. In 2005 she participated in the performance of a world premiere of Summer, a mystery composed by V. Barkauskas during the international festival Druskininkai Summer with M. K. Čiurlionis. The flutist has made archive recordings for the Lithuanian Radio and Television.
V. Zabrodaitė has been successfully combining performing activities with pedagogical work. She has been teaching at the Karoliniškių Music School and is the head of the Winds Department. V. Zabrodaitė‘s pupils are laureates of many national and international competitions.

Vilma Rindzevičiūtė (piano)
Pianist Vilma Rindzevičiūtė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in 1999 (she studied piano and piano ensemble with Prof. Kęstutis Grybauskas) and was awarded an MA in music. V. Rindzevičiūtė is a winner of international piano duo competitions in Lithuania (Visaginas, 1997), United Kingdom (London, 1998) and Belgium (Beringen, 1999). The pianist has attended piano duo master classes held by professors Hans–Peter and Volker Stenzl in Germany, piano master classes held by Prof. Hans Schicker in Switzerland, participated in piano master classes held by professors T. Grubb and J. Sorian. The pianist has performed together with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra under the baton of Saulius Sondeckis and Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Gintaras Rinkevičius. For the first time in Lithuania she performed sextets for piano duo and a string quartet by S. Jadassohn and F. J. Fetis together with M. K. Čiurlionis and Kaunas String Quartets. Since 1995 she has been playing in Kęstutis Grybauskas Piano Quartet. With this ensemble she has given concerts at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London, Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, R. Wagner and Ave Sol halls in Riga, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, and also in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Norway and Switzerland. The pianist has participated in the festival of young performers Atžalynas 2000, E. Grieg–M. K. Čiurlionis Music Festival (Kaunas, 2001), St. Christopher Summer Festival (Vilnius, 2001), V and VI International Piano Duo Festivals (Šiauliai, 2003; 2005), II International Tytuvėnai Summer Festival (Šiauliai, 2005) and International Chamber Music Festival in Germany (Donzdorf, 2005). The pianist has made archive recordings for the Lithuanian Radio and Television.
Vilma Rindzevičiūtė lectures at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Piano Department, and teaches at the Algirdas Music School. Her students are laureates of many international piano duo competitions. In 2005 the pianist held piano duo master classes in the State University of Music and Performing Arts, Stuttgart.

The audience was surprised by the exceptional ensemble quality of the trio, the harmony of musical rhythm and their ability to hear partners. The motto of the ensemble Grazioso could be illustrated by a statement of its musicians: “we like to perform even very complex pieces lightly, simply and elegantly. This was the most important impression from the concert: sparkling lightness and elegance.”

Eugenija Žakienė, “A Programme of Elegant Music” (“Gracingos muzikos programa”), Nemunas, 02-08 03 2006

“The aesthetics of romanticism manifests in luxury and simplicity carrying a perception of true dignity. It seemed that time stopped. These are moments bringing us closer to eternity…”

Svetlana Adler, “Trio Grazioso – a Sounding Femininity” (“Trio „Grazioso“- skambantis moteriškumas”), Draugas, a newspaper of Lithuanians in USA, 11 03 2006

“This year my meeting with G. Kuprevičius was really impressive. I enjoyed not only the international premiere of his new opus Echo performed with some theatrical elements when echo could be heard in various spaces of the audience. A really subtle ensemble Grazioso performed this opus and painted its laconic score with elegance and thus fascinated the audience. Their faces were shining among the audience while the flexible soprano of the soloist was floating in the air, the twists of flute coloured with sincere music-making or the piano focusing on the general impression.”

Juozas Venckūnas, (“Druskininkai Were Intoxicated by Music” (“Druskininkus svaigino muzika”), Lietuvos žinios 13 08 2007