LVSO

C. M. von Weber. Overture to the opera "Oberon"

L. van Beethoven. Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58

A. Dvořák. Symphony No. 7 in D minor, Op. 70

Lukas Geniušas, piano

Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra

Conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius

Lukas Geniušas is one of the most interesting and prominent pianists of his generation. Praised for his talent and maturity ("The Guardian"), he is constantly invited to perform recitals in such prestigious world concert halls as London's Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam's Concertgebouw, Paris's Salle Gaveau, Louvre Auditorium, New York's Frick Collection, Washington's Phillips Collection, Genoa's Teatro Carlo Felice, Milan's Sala Verdi, and others. The pianist is a passionate fan of chamber music and an incredibly curious performer who enjoys performing works by contemporary composers or taking on repertoire rarely heard in concert halls.

L. Geniušas's critically acclaimed discography includes works by L. van Beethoven, J. Brahms, S. Rachmaninoff, F. Chopin, as well as chamber music recordings. His first recording of S. Prokofiev's piano sonatas, released by the company "Mirare", was awarded the "Choc de Classica" and the "Diapason" magazine's Recital of the Year awards in 2019. In 2022, together with opera soloist Asmik Grigorian, the pianist won the prestigious "Gramophone" classical music award for their joint work – the S. Rachmaninoff romance album "Dissonance".

This evening at the LVSO Concert Hall, L. Geniušas will present Ludwig van Beethoven's (1770–1827) Fourth Piano Concerto in G major to the audience. After its premiere in 1809, the German magazine "Allgemeine musikalische Zeitung" wrote: "This concerto is the most charming, unique, artistic, and complex of all the concertos L. van Beethoven has ever created."

In the second part of the concert, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, conducted by artistic director and chief conductor Gintaras Rinkevičius, will perform Czech composer Antonín Dvořák's (1841–1904) Seventh Symphony. Commissioned by the Royal Philharmonic Society, the symphony was first performed in London in 1885 and immediately received critical acclaim. "Along with the four symphonies of J. Brahms and the Ninth of F. Schubert, A. Dvořák's Seventh Symphony is one of the finest and purest examples of this art form since the time of L. van Beethoven," wrote the renowned British music analyst and musicologist of the time, Sir Donald Tovey.