Augustinas Eidukonis

Augustinas Eidukonis (1995, Lithuania) has been learning at the National M.K. Čiurlionis School of Arts since 2002, in professor Vida – Emilija Prekerytė’s class. In 2011, he was invited by the Mstislav Rostropovich Foundation to participate in its project for talented youth ‘National Students’ Academy’, he regularly participated there until 2014.
In 2014, he was accepted to the Royal Academy of Music in London (United Kingdom) and the Luebeck Academy of Music (Germany) for Bachelor of Music course in Piano. He chose to study in the Luebeck Academy of Music with prof. Konrad Elser.

For the Academic Year 2017/18 he studied by the Erasmus exchange program in the Conservatorium van Amsterdam with prof. Willem Brons. In 2017, Augustinas Eidukonis won the 2nd prize in the XIth International Lagny-sur-Marne Piano Competition in France. In the same year, he won the ‘Steinway Förderpreis Klassik 2017’ founded by Steinway & Sons Hamburg. Since December 2015, he is the ‘Weiland Kulturstiftung H. Hamkens’ foundation’s scholarship holder, since September 2016 – ‘Ad Infinitum’ foundation’s scholarship holder. Since 2019, he is a ‘Yehudi Menuhin – Live Music Now Lübeck e. V.’ scholarship holder.

He finished his Bachelor of Music studies in 2019. At the moment, he continues his studies in Luebeck with Prof. Konrad Elser in the course Master of Music. For the academic year 2020/21 he is studying by the Erasmus program at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris with Prof. Marie-Josèphe Jude.

REPERTOIRE and TIME SCHEDULE

Quarter Finals > Saturday 12 February | 15:00 – 15:40 hrs | Bimhuis
L. van Beethoven Sonata no. 8 in C minor ‘Pathétique’
C. Debussy Préludes (2nd book) no. 5 Bruyères, no. 6 Général Lavine – eccentric, no. 7 La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune, no. 8 Ondine, no. 12 Feux d’artifice

Semi Final
J. Brahms Clarinet Trio in A minor, op. 114
M. Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhibition

Final
R. Namavar Ti’afa’a
L. van Beethoven Piano Concerto no. 1 in C major, op. 15