The main areas of activity of pianist, percussionist, composer and improviser Arno Mikalkėnas are jazz, improvisational and electroacoustic music. He is a creator who is attentive to sound, who is not afraid, even on the contrary, who strives to go beyond any musical framework, to look for a unique relationship with music. A. Mikalkėnas' dowry of musical experiences is particularly abundant. Not only classical and jazz music studies, but also echoes of musique concrète, rock, metal and other genres.One of the main groups in which A. Mikalkėnas plays is the free jazz trio "Ažuolinii berzeliei". During his career, this creator has played not only with Vladimir Tarasov, Arkadij Gotesman, Dalius Naujokaitis, Liud Mockūnas, Eugenijus Kanevičius, etc., but also with equally interesting foreign creators: Kenny Wollesen, Michael Moore, David Stacken, Haakon Berre , Anne Liis Poll, Nuria Andorra, Santiago Quintansu and others. He cooperates productively with the creator of contemporary alternative theater and happenings, Justinus Kalinauskas. Arno Mikalkėnas discography consists of 18 albums.A. Mikalkėnas shares his experience with students. He is currently teaching at the LMTA, as well as at the Juoz Gruodis Conservatory in Kaunas, at the Jazz Academy, a musical education space recently opened together with Daiva Masaityte.
