Ignas Maknickas - Piano

Programme to include:

Schumann  Kinderszenen Op.15

C. Vine         5 Bagatelles

Chopin         Nocturnes Op.27 Polonaise-Fantasie Op.61

Schubert      Sonata D960
 

Born in California in 1998, Ignas Maknickas comes from a very talented Lithuanian family who have represented Lithuania on National Television and at State occasions. Graduating in 2017, Ignius moved to the UK and since then has won numerous awards including the “Queen’s Commendation for Excellence” as the highest-scoring graduate of the Royal Academy of

Music. Having played with many famous orchestras, as a soloist he has appeared at the Steinway Hall in London, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Charlottenborg Festival Hall in Copenhagen, Ed Landreth Hall in Fort Worth, Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius and Kinross House in Scotland.

"He plays with a kaleidoscopic sense of sound, like a prism that on every turn shone rays of magic" Christopher Axworthy