St Mary's Perivale Events details

Tuesday 16 November 3.00 pm

Ignas Maknickas (piano)

Bach/Busoni: Chaconne in D minor BWV 1004 (15')

Mozart: Sonata in F major K 332 (18')
Allegro / Adagio / Allegro

Chopin: Nocturnes Op 27 (10')
no 1 in C sharp minor
no 2 in D flat major

Chopin: Ballade no 4 in F minor Op 52 (11')

In July 2021 Ignas Maknickas received “The Queen's Commendation for Excellence” as the highestscoring graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. He has taken First Prize at the XIX Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Youth in Szafarnia, First Prize at the XX Piano Competition “Young Virtuoso” in Zagreb and, in 2019, Third Prize at the Aarhus Piano Competition. Ignas has appeared with the Aarhus Symphony, Alicante Philharmonic, Dartington Festival Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony, Lithuanian State Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, London Mozart Players and Royal Academy of Music Chamber Orchestra.

Born in California in 1998, Ignas was raised in Lithuania. In 2017, graduating from the National M.K. Ciurlionis School of Art in Vilnius, he was honoured by the President of Lithuania, H.E. Dalia Grybauskaite. With his sister and three brothers the talented Maknickas Family Ensemble has represented Lithuania on National Television and at State Occasions. Ignas completed his Bachelor of Music at the Royal Academy of Music on full scholarship under Professor Joanna MacGregor.

In September 2021 he commenced the Master of Arts Programme with Professor MacGregor, also on full scholarship. He is a recipient of the Molyneaux Prize, the ABRSM Scholarship Award and the Imogen Cooper Music Trust Scholarship, and is an Artist of the Arts Global Foundation. He has attended master-classes with Dmitri Bashkirov, Dame Imogen Cooper, Christopher Elton, Stephen Hough, Yoheved Kaplinsky, Marios Papadopoulos, Menahem Pressler, Geoffrey Simon, Tamás Ungár and Ilana Vered. As a recitalist he has appeared at Steinway Hall London, Vaidilos Theatre Vilnius, Kinross House Scotland and Charlottenborg Festival Hall Copenhagen.

PLEASE DONATE to support our musicians and maintain our beautiful church
We receive no external funding and all our team are unpaid volunteers.
Thank you for your support.

Events

Music at ST MARY'S Perivale