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(Programme and performers are subject to change by the organiser).
"Stop the Moment is Enchanting!" - You can chain me at once and do whatever you want with me." (J.W. Goethe's "Faust")
On 12 February pianist Kasparas Uinskas will invite the audience to start the festive week at Kaunas Philharmonic Hall, and on 14 February to a solo concert at Vilnius Philharmonic Hall, where he will present a very special programme to all those who are loving, those who are beloved, and all those who are looking for love. At the heart of the programme are two great Romantics, Chopin and Liszt. "Chopin's music is one of the closest to my soul. It embodies everything - the most sensitive human emotions, it is genius, where every note, sound, melody has a meaning and a place. His music requires the utmost pianistic training and at the same time is extremely understandable and accessible to man. In this concert I will perform all 24 preludes that the composer wrote while spending the winter in Mallorca with his beloved George Sand. I think that every listener will hear and feel Chopin's experiences and feelings. The concert will culminate in Liszt's most masterly work, his philosophical Sonata, which has as a kind of leitmotif, although it does not have clear evidence, Goethe's 'Faust'. The Sonata is full of drama, contradictions, joy and the deepest pain; it is like a work that surveys Liszt's entire life." - says pianist K. Uinskas about the programme.
"...A great pianist and musician..." Carnegie Hall (New York Concert Review)" "...breathtakingly sensuous, it was absolutely magical..." London's Wigmore Hall (Seen and Heard international) - these are a few of the critical reviews of the K.L. Uinskas performs in major venues around the world, such as New York's Carnegie Hall, Washington's J .F. Kennedy Center, London's Wigmore Hall, the Berlin Philharmonic, the Madrid Philharmonic, the BoZar in Brussels, and many other venues. These international performances have instantly earned the highest critical acclaim and audience acclaim. In the summer of 2021, Uinskas was invited for the second time to take part in the Festival of the legendary pianist Martha Argerich in Hamburg, where he appeared together with cellist Alexander Kniazev at the Hamburg Laeiszhalle. Following this concert, the Belgian record label Avanticlassic released a CD of works by Johannes Brahms. For the first time at this festival, Uinskas performed in 2018 in a duo with pianist Evgeni Bozhanov. In previous seasons K. Uinskas appeared with orchestras: The Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia (Belgium), Philharmonie Südwestfalen (Germany), Liepaja Symphony Orchestra (Latvia), North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra (Czech Republic), West Bohemian Symphony Orchestra (Czech Republic), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Cracow Symphony Orchestra, Rosario Symphony Orchestra (Argentina), and also in a solo concert at London Wigmore Hall, Baerum Kulturhus Hall in the Piano Master Series and Bodø Festival Nordland Musikkfestuke in Norway, BoZar Hall in Brussels and the Brussels Piano Festival, on tour in Japan as part of the Fantastic Pianist series, at the Slovak Philharmonic, in Zurich (Switzerland), in Mumbai (India) in solo and chamber music concerts; Norway, Italy, Austria, Germany, chamber music tour with cellist A. Knyazev and with the winner of the Tchaikovsky Competition cellist Andrei Ionita, cellist Aleksei Shadrin, violin star Svetlin Roussev, Boris Brovtsyn and many other concerts.