Nijolė & Jonas Dėdinas Piano Competition Announces Results

Held at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre on 30 November, 2021, The 5th Nijolė & Jonas Dėdinas Piano Competition announces results.   

I prize
Anastasija Šumskaitė (B2, Prof. Petras Geniušas’ class)
Lukas Gedvilas (M1, Prof. Jurgis Karnavičius’ class)

II prize 
Gabrielė Agilė Bajoraitė (B2, Assoc. Prof. Aidas Puodžiukas’ class)

III prize 
Gabrielė Bekerytė (M1, Prof. Jurgis Karnavičius’ class)

Diploma 
Dovilė Vaizgielaitė (B2, Prof. Zbignevas Ibelgauptas’ class)

The jury members were LMTA Professor Aleksandra Žvirblytė (chair of the jury), Professor Jurgis Karnavičius, Professor Birutė Vainiūnaitė, Associated Professor Daumantas Kirilauskas, Associated Professor Aidas Puodžiukas, secretary of the jury – Professor Ramunė Kryžauskienė. 

The competition was broadcast live on LMTA TV.

The Nijolė & Jonas Dėdinas Piano Competition has been held by the LMTA Piano Department since 2016. The initiator and sponsor of the competition is the Dėdinas Family Foundation established by prominent Lithuanian Americans Nijolė Dėdinas and Jonas Dėdinas. The annual prize fund is 3000 Eur. According to the rules, only LMTA students can participate in the competition. 

LMTA information 
1 December 2021

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