Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaite

ELŽBIETA LIEPA DVARIONAITE

Elžbieta Liepa Dvarionaitė was awarded 2nd Prize at the Málaga International Piano Competition in 2025, 3rd Prize at “Piano Campus” in France in 2026, and 2nd place at the Bechstein-Bruckner Competition in Austria in 2024. She has performed in Japan, France, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, Poland, Austria, Portugal, Spain, and the Czech Republic, appearing with orchestras such as the Málaga and Baden-Baden Philharmonic Orchestras, the Lithuanian State and Kaunas Symphony Orchestras, several chamber orchestras including the Lithuanian, Kaunas, Klaipėda, St. Christopher, Riga, and Tallinn Chamber Orchestras, as well as the Czech Virtuosi Brunensis Orchestra. Having received guidance from masters such as E. Virsaladze, Y. Bronfman, E. Nebolsin, and D. Bashkirov, her debut album “Schubert, Ravel, Šerkšnytė” is slated for release in October 2026. She is currently studying in the class of Prof. A. Malikova at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna.

PROGRAM

First round

Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827): Piano Sonata No. 30 in E Major, Op. 109

Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915): Piano Sonata No. 9, Op. 68 “Black Mass”

Second round

Maurice Ravel (1875–1937): Valses nobles et sentimentales, M. 61

Franz Schubert (1797–1828): 12 Valses nobles, D. 969: No. 1, 2, 9, 10, 12 and 34 Valses sentimentales, D. 779: No. 1, 10, 12, 13

Franz Schubert (1797–1828): Wanderer Fantasy in C Major, D. 760

Semifinal

Johannes Brahms (1833–1897): 4 Ballades, Op. 10

Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953): Piano Sonata No. 8 in B-Flat Major, Op. 84

Final with Orchestra

Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849): Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 11