Petras Geniušas
Pianist Petras Geniušas is one of the most prominent, versatile and adventurous Lithuanian performers. Having mastered an extensive repertoire of classical, romantic and contemporary works, he frequently appears in recitals and concerts with Lithuanian symphony orchestras, and various chamber ensembles and musicians.He have chared a stage with the such a giants as Rostropovich, Menuchin, Kniazev, Geringas, Chekassin among others. But apart from his appearances as a classical musician, Petras Geniušas can also be often seen perform on drama stage and in musical performances, as well as in jazz and crossover projects. His musical interests range far beyond his background as a classical concert pianist – from English virginalists and ethnic music from different parts of the world to avant-garde, jazz and electronic dance beats. This also affects the way he interprets classical music, which makes this piano virtuoso so special.
Born into a musical family in Vilnius, Petras Geniušas graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music under Prof. Jurgis Karnavičius, and continued his studies at the Moscow Conservatory under Prof. Vera Gornostayeva. A series of highest awards at the top-notch piano competitions (including the 2nd prize in the 1989 Pilar Bayona Piano Competition, Zaragoza; the 1st prize in the 1991 Y.C.A.A. International Piano Competition, Oberlin; 3rd prize in the 1991 A.M.S.A. World Piano Competition, Cincinnati; and 1st prize in the 1992 Palm Beach Invitational International Piano Competition) remarkably confirmed his reputation as one of the most gifted and accomplished Lithuanian pianists of his generation. In addition to regular engagements in Lithuania, Petras Geniušas has toured over twenty countries around the world, and performed at the world’s major concert venues including the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Great Hall, New York Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, Tokyo Geijitsu Geikijo, and Vienna’s Musikverein.
Petras Geniušas’ career as a teacher included such engagements as Master Classes in Tokyo and Osaka, The Swedish-Baltic Master Classes “Academia Baltica” and the Royal Academy of Music in London (1996-8). From 1992 to 1998 he was teaching regularly at the Yamaha Master Class in Tokyo, and currently holds professorship from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre.
Petras Geniušas recorded several critically acclaimed CDs for different labels in Germany, Japan and Lithuania. A documentary “Improvisation. Theme: Petras Geniušas” was shot in 2004 (directed by Monika Juozapavičiūtė for the Lithuanian National Radio and Television), which portrays his many-sided personality not in the standard concert tuxedo, but in his casual gear, sharing his time with the family, colleagues, friends and pupils between Vilnius, Moscow and London.
In recognition of his wide-ranging concert activities and artistic accomplishments, he became the recipient of the Lithuanian National Award 1992 and WIPO Creativity Award 2004.
LITHUANIAN COMPOSERS
Osvaldas Balakauskas
Dal vento (1999)
Art Bob
Rain for Cracow
Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis
Prelude VL 260
Prelude VL 294
Prelude VL 295
Prelude VL 187
Two Pieces on a Theme
Prelude VL 270
Prelude VL 269
Prelude VL 256
Prelude VL 304
Prelude (VL 199) op. 11 No2
The Sea, Cycle of Small Landscapes
Fugue in B ftat minor
Bronius Kutavičius
Piano Sonata
Pronounce word – lips turn into ice…
Perpetum mobile
Rhythmus – arhythmus
Seven miniatures by Stasys
Vytautas Laurušas
Madrigale strumentale
Loreta Narvilaitė
Call - Light (2000)
Gintaras Sodeika Alzheimer Sonata
Anatolijus Šenderovas Trio
Mindaugas Urbaitis
Reminiscences. Quasi una sonata for cello and piano (1999)
SOLO WORKS
Johann Sebastian Bach
"The Well-tempered Clavier", BWV 846-69; BWV 870-93 / Vol.1 and 2 (selected)
Partita in B flat major, BWV 825
"Italian Concerto" in F major, BWV 971
Samuel Barber
Sonata in E flat major, Op.26
Bela Bartok
15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
Sonata in E flat major, Op.7 No.4
Sonata in D major, Op. 10 No.3
Sonata in D minor, Op.31 No.2, Tempest
Sonata in E flat major, op.81a No.26, Das Lebewohl, Abwesenheit und Wiedersehn
Sonata in C sharp minor, op. 27
Sonata in A major, op.101 No.28
Sonata in E major Op.109, No.30
Sonata in F minor, op. 57
Für Elise
Bagatellen op. 126
Alban Berg
Piano Sonata Op.1
Luciano Berio
Six encores
William Byrd Pavan the tennthe Mr. W. Peter
Pavan The earle of Salisbury Pavan in G
Galliard in G
Coronto
"The galliard to the tennthe pavan"
The carmans whistle
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in C major Op.1, No.1
Sonata in F minor Op.5, No.3
Piano Pieces Op.119
Etudes: No. 1, 2, 3, 4 , 7, 8, 9, 10, 12 Op.10 Etudes No.14, 21, 22 Op.25
Nocturnes: in B major op.32, In B major Op.62 No.1
Selected Mazurkas
Scherzo in B minor No.1 op.20
Polonaise in C sharp minor op.26 No.1 Polonaise in F sharp minor Op.44 Polonaise-Fantasie op.61
Ballade: in G minor No.1 Op.23 Ballade in A flat major No.3 Op.47
Impromptu in A flat major Op.19
Muzio Clementi
Sonata in F Major op. 26
Claude Debussy
Six Preludes
Images (2)
Pour le piano
Etudes: Pour les Cinq doigts, Pour les notes repetees, Pour les accords
Manuel de Falla
Serenata Andaluza, 1899
Gounod-Liszt
Waltz from Faust
Enrique Granados
Spanish Dance No. 2, No. 5
Edvard Grieg
Preludium from the suite From Holberg's Time, Op. 40
Alemdar Karamanov
Fantastic March
Franz Liszt
Etudes de Concert: in D flat Major, in F Minor
Etudes d’execution transcendante: No.2, 8, 10, 12
Pastorale from Annees de Pelerinage (Siuisse) Au bord d’une source from Annees de Pelerinage (Siuisse)
Rhapsodies Hongroise: No.10, 15
Ballade in B flat minor No.2
Olivier Messiaen
Selected from Vingt Regards sur L’Enfant Jesus Preludes 1929 (selected)
Federico Mompou
Cansione y dansa No. 1, 6
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Variations in G major KV 455
Variations in F major KV398
Sonata in E flat major KV282
Sonata in A minor KV 310
Sonata in B flat major KV 570
Arvo Part
For Alina
Sergei Prokofiev
Sonatas No.1,7
"Satanic Apparition" No.4 Op.4
Sarcasms Op.17
Suggestion diabolique, Op.4 No.4
Sergei Rachmaninov
Selected Preludes Op.23 and 32
Selected Etudes-Tableaux Op.33 and 39
Sonata No.2 in B flat minor op.36
Variations on the theme Corelli Op.42
Polka
Domenico Scarlatti
Four sonatas
Franz Schubert
Sonata in B major Op. 147
Sonata in c minor op. posth. 1828
Phantasie Wanderer in C Major Op.15
Selected Impromtus Op.90, 142
Three Pieces for Piano D 946
Robert Schumann
Sonata in F sharp minor op.11
Phantasiestücke Op. 12
Phantasie in C major Op.17
Humoreske Op.20
Novellette in F sharp minor Op. 21 No.8
Bunte Blatter Op.99
Alexander Scriabin
Sonata No.3 in F sharp minor Op.23
Sonata No.9 Op.68
Etudes Op.42
Toru Takemitsu
Rain Tree Sketch
Litany
Michael Tiippett Piano sonata No. 2
Heitor Villa-Lobos
Alma Brasileira (Choro No. 5)
William Boyce
Pavan the tennthe Mr. W. Peter
Pavan The earle of Salisbury
Pavan in G
Galliard in G
Coronto
"The galliard to the tennthe pavan"
The carmans whistle
Takashi Yoshimatsu
Pleiades Dances book III
Sonata in G minor op.54 No.1
Carl Vine
Sonata / Piano Sonata No. 1
CHAMBER WORKS
Ludwig van Beethoven
Sonata for violine and piano in A minor Op.23, No.4
Sonata for violine and piano in F major Op.5, No.1
Sonata for violine and piano in A minor Op.69, No.3
Sonata for violine and piano in C major Op.102, No.1
Six Variations Themes for flute and piano Op.105
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 11 (“Gassenhauertrio”)
Sonata for cello and piano No. 4
Johannes Brahms
Sonata in G major Op.78, No.1
Sonata in A major Op.100, No.2
Sonata No.1 in E Minor Op.38
Sonata in F major Op.99, No.2
Sonata for clarinet and piano in E flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Trio for clarinet, cello and piano in A minor, Op. 114
Bela Bartok
Contrasts for clarinet, violine and piano
César Franck
Sonata for violine and piano in A major (1886)
Paul Hindemith
Sonata for violine and piano in E Major
Leoš Janaček
Sonata
Bohuslav Martinu
"Variations on the theme by Rossini"
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy
Trio in D minor Op.49
Darius Milhaud
„Scaramouche“ for clarinet and piano
„Quatre Visages“ for viola and piano
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Sonata in B flat major, KV 378
Arvo Part
Fratres
Asror Piazzolla
„La Grand Tango“ for viola and piano
Arnold Schönberg
Fantasie
Franz Schubert
Trio in B flat major op.99
Robert Schumann
Sonata in D minor Op.121
Quintet for piano, 2 violines, viola and cello
Märchenerzählungen“ for clarinet, viola and piano
Three romances for clarinet and piano
WORKS WITH ORCHESTRA
John Adams
„Century Rolls“ for Piano and Symphony Orchestra
Concerto in G minor, BWV 1058
Ludwig van Beethoven
Concerto in B flat major Op.19, No.2
Frederic Chopin
Concerto No.1 in E minor op.11
Edvard Grieg
Concerto in A Minor
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Concerto No.9 in E flat major KV 271
Concerto No.20 in D minor KV 466
Concerto No.22 in E flat major, KV 482
Concerto No.26 in D major, KV 537
Sergei Prokofiev
Concerto No.1 in D flat major Op.10
Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.16
Concerto No.3 in C major Op.26
Maurice Ravel
Concerto No.2 in D major
Alfred Schnittke
Concerto No.1
Rodion Shchedrin
Concerto for piano and orchestra No. 6
Robert Schumann
Concerto in A minor Op.54
Dmitri Shostakovich
Piano quintet in G minor, op.57 (arr. for piano and string orchestra)
TWO PIANOS
Igor Stravinsky
Le Sacre du Printemps (transcription for 2 pianos)
Concert at the Museum of Applied Art, 21 April 2011
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Fantasiestücke for clarinet and piano, Op. 73; Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola and piano, op. 132PAUL JUON
Sonata for viola and pianoMAX BRUCH
Three pieces for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 83PAUL JUON
Three miniatures for clarinet, viola and piano, Op. 18, No. 3JONĖ KALIŪNAITĖ (viola, Germany)
ALGIRDAS BUDRYS (clarinet)
PETRAS GENIUŠAS (piano)
Concert in Vilnius Congress Concert Hall, 22 January 2010
A symphony concert “A Postscript to the Festive Days”
W.A.Mozart
Piano concerto No 20 in d-minor, K 466S.Prokofiev
Piano Concerto No 1, Op. 6P.Tchaikovsky
Symphony No 4 in f-minor, Op. 36
PETRAS GENIUŠAS, piano
Conductor JULIUS GENIUŠAS
Concert at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, March 3, 2010
To mark the 200th birth anniversary of Frédéric Chopin
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Le Sacre du Printemps (transcription for 2 pianos)Interval
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN
24 etudes for piano, Op. 10 and Op. 25
PETRAS GENIUŠAS (piano)
LUKAS GENIUŠAS (piano)
Concert at the Museum of Applied Art, November 25, 2009
JUOZAS GRUODIS
String Quartet in D minor (1924)TEISUTIS MAKAČINAS
Reflection for string quartetJUSTĖ JANULYTĖ
Aria for string quartetFAUSTAS LATĖNAS
String Quartet No. 2 "In Loving Memory...“
DMITRY SHOSTAKOVICH
ČIURLIONIS QUARTET
Concert in the Festival “Music of Changes”, 16th of October, 2009
“Century Reflections”
STASYS VAINIŪNAS ”Glees” / “Sutartinė” op. 35 for symphony orchestra (1968)
EDUARDAS BALSYS “Reflections of Sea” for string orchestra (1981)
OSVALDAS BALAKAUSKAS “Tetra” for symphony orchestra (2007)
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JOHN ADAMS “Century Rolls” for piano and symphony orchestra (1996)Lithuanian Nationl Symphony Orchestra
Artistic Director and Superior Conductor - Juozas Domarkas
Soloist - Petras Geniušas (piano)
Concert at the Pažaislis Music Festival, Kaunas Philharmonic Hall, July 11, 2009
The Flight of the Virtuozo
Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata in D major, Op. 10, No. 3
Alexander Scriabin Sonata No. 3 in F sharp minor
George Gerswhin Rhapsody in Blue
Concert at the National Philharmonic Hall, 30 December 2007
Programme "A Confession for Piano, or 20 Favourite Encores of Petras Geniušas"
SERGEI RACHMANINOV Prelude in C sharp minor, Op.3 No.2
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Prelude and Fugue in G major from the Well-Tempered Clavier II, BWV 884
ENRIQUE GRANADOS Spanish Dance No. 2
ALEMDAR KARAMANOV Fantastic March
SERGEJ PROKOFJEV Suggestion diabolique, Op.4 No.4
HEITOR VILLA-LOBOS Alma Brasileira (Choro No. 5)
FRANZ SCHUBERT Moment musicaux in F minor, Op. 94 No. 3, D.780
FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN Mazurka in B flat major, Op. 7 No. 1
Impromptu in A flat major, Op. 29
Etude in C minor, Op. 10 No. 12Interval
ROBERT SCHUMANN "Aufschwung" from the Fantasiestücke, Op. 12
FREDERIC MOMPOU Cancion y Danza No. 6
DOMENICO SCARLATTI Sonata in D minor
ARVO PÄRT For Alina
LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN Für Elise
EDVARD GRIEG Preludium from the suite From Holberg's Time, Op. 40
ENRIQUE GRANADOS Spanish Dance No. 5
FREDERIC MOMPOU Cancion y Danza No. 1
CLAUDE DEBUSSY Feux d'artifice
SERGEJ RACHMANINOV Prelude in B flat major, Op. 23 No.2
Recital at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, February 18, 2006
B.Bartok 15 Hungarian Peasant Songs
R.Schumann Phantasie in C Major
Concert at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall, March 13, 2004
J.Brahms – Sextet in G major, op.36;
G.Bacewicz – Concerto for string orchestra;
D.Shostakovich – Piano quintet in G minor, op.57 (arr. for piano and string orchestra)
Notes:
ST. CHRISTOPHER CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, Soloist - PETRAS GENIUŠAS (piano), Conductor - DONATAS KATKUS.
Concert at the Usedomer Music Festival, 23 09 2000
Ludwig van Beethoven Trio in B flat major op. 11 ”Gassenhauertrio"
Anatolijus Šenderovas Trio No. 2 ”In Memoriam"
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy Trio in D minor op. 49Raimundas Katilius (violin), Vytautas Sondeckis (cello), Petras Geniušas (piano)
Concert in the Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, November 28, 1992
L.Berio Waserklavier, Erdenklavier, Luftklavier, Feuerklavier, Wasserklavier
J.Brahms Sonata in C major Op.1, No.1
Intermission
M.Clementi Sonata in F sharp Minor op. 26
S.Prokofiev Sarcasms Op.17
Wagner-Liszt Isoldes Liebestod
F.Liszt Csardas obstinee, Pastorale, Au bord d’une source from Annees de Pelerinage (Siuisse), Hungarian Rhapsody No.10
After his performance of Scriabin’s “Promethee, le Poeme du Feu” with an American Symphony Orchestra at the Lincoln Centre’s Avery Fisher Hall in November, 1998 “The New York Times” wrote: “Mr. Geniusas played compellingly”
Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times
The performance of the Lithuanian pianist Petras Geniusas in the second tour of the contest has become a genuine discovery. The audience was onthrall by his interpretation of F.Schubert’s most complicated Sonata in C minor. The musician has demonstrated not only his resplendent pianism but also his subtle proficiency in profound reflection.
El Dia, Spain
Petras Geniusas’ talent harmoniuosly unites both: the intellect predominant in the Western piano schools, and the individual poetic expressiveness following the best of the Russian piano playing traditions.
Sovetskaya kultura, Russia
Thematic remaking, dotted rhytms, and sonority (in Schumann’s Novellette No 8) had the majestic breathing of high romanticism with amazing culture of sound.
Wolfgang Butzlaff, Flensburger Tageblatt, Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival
… sensitive caught dialogue with the orchestra. … composer Alfred Schnittke thanked brilliant virtuoso pianist Petras Geniusas, who in his devoted performance effectively emphasized stress and contrasts.
Lüzerner Zeitung, Switzerland
Geniusas perfectly executed the Wagner-Liszt Isoldes Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde. Prokofjev’s dissonant Sarcasms demonstrated his vistuosity.
H.Perez-Vidal, Palm Beach Post, USA
Mr. Geniusas draws a handsome tone from the piano… Prokofjev’s magnificently malicious Sarcasms (Op.27) were incisively characterised… Group of Liszt pieces allowed impressive displays of technique…
Alex Ross, The New York Times
Petras Geniusas began the solo introduction of Rachmaninov’s C minor piano concerto in a broad tempo of stately breadth, taking good advantage of clean, masculine strength of his accomplished hands.
Asahi, Japan
