Jurgis Karnavičius (piano) in 1980 graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music with a speciality in piano with Prof. J.Karnavičius, his father. In 1980-1983 he improved in Moscow P.Tchaikovsky Concervatoire with prof. L.Naumov. Since 1981 has worked at the Lithuanian Academy of Music, and since 1992 he is an Assistant Professor.
In 1978 Jurgis Karnavičius was awarded the 1st prize and a special diploma for the best performance of Čiurlionis works at the 4th International M.K.Čiurlionis Piano and Organ Competition in Vilnius (Lithuania). He also was awarded honour diplomas at R.Schumann's Pianists Competition in Zwickau (Germany, 1981) and L.van Beethoven‘s Pianists Competition in Viena (Austria, 1989). In 1990 pianist won the 1st prize in the Young Keyboard Artists Association Competition in Oberlin (USA), in 1991 – 4th prize in the Mavi Marcoz Competition in Saint Vincent (Italy).

Jurgis Karnavičius plays solo and with different orchestras, and he is the permanent concert partner of his wife, opera singer Sigute Stonyte. In recent years he has been actively collaborating with several chamber ensembles, preparing concert programmes with M.K.Čiurlionis String Quartet, Lithuanian Art Museum Quartet, Sostinės String Trio, and others. He has given many concerts in Europe and the USA. In his repertoire there are piano concerts by W.A.Mozart, L.van Beethoven, R.Schumann and J.Brahms; solo works for piano by F.Chopin, F.Liszt, C.Debussy, A.Schoenberg, A.Skryabin, and S.Prokofiev; and chamber works by W.A.Mozart, R.Schumann, C.Franck, J.Brahms, G.Fauré, R.Strauss, P.Hindemith, O.Messiaen.