St Philips Recital Series

Gabrielė Sutkutė

Thursday 7 March - 12.30 to 1pm

Gabrielė Sutkutė - Piano

Thursday 7 March - 12.30 to 1pm

Programme:


Prelude and Fugue in C major BWV 870 – J. S. Bach (1685-1750)


Allegro con brio from Piano Sonata No. 11 in B flat major, Op. 22 

– Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)


Carnaval, Op. 9 – Robert Schumann (1810-1856):

1. Préambule; 2. Pierrot; 3. Arlequin; 4. Valse noble; 5. Eusebius; 

6. Florestan; 7. Coquette; 8. Replique; 9. Papillons; 

10. A.S.C.H.  S.C.H.A. (Lettres dansantes); 11. Chiarina; 12. Chopin;

13. Estrella; 14. Reconnaissance; 15. Pantalon et Colombine; 

16. Valse allemande; 17. Paganini; 18. Aveu; 19. Promenade; 

20. Pause; 21. Marche des “Davidsbündler” contre les Philistins.


Biography:


Lithuanian pianist Gabrielė Sutkutė has already established herself as a musician of strong temperament and “excellent precision and musicality” (Rasa Murauskaitė from 7 Days of Art). She has given many concerts, performed in numerous festivals throughout Europe and appeared in prestigious halls such as the Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, the Steinway Hall UK, the Stoller Hall, the Musikhuset Aarhus and Lithuanian National Philharmonic Hall.

      

Gabrielė also frequently performs with chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras. In 2023, she performed Grieg’s Piano Concerto with the YMSO at the Cadogan Hall, and in 2020, she performed Rachmaninov’s 2nd Piano Concerto with the Grammy-nominated Kaunas Symphony Orchestra. She was invited to play with the renowned Kaunas String Quartet in Lithuania twice. 


Gabrielė is a winner of twenty international piano competitions, where she also received numerous special awards. She was awarded the 1st Prize at the Chappell Medal Piano Competition 2023 and won the 2nd Prize and the Audience Prize at the Birmingham International Piano Competition 2022. She was also the recipient of the prestigious Mills Williams Junior Fellowship 2022/23 and is currently an artist at Talent Unlimited. Gabrielė received Lithuanian Republic Presidents’ certificates of appreciation six times. 


She has a Master of Arts Degree with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music and an Artist Diploma from the Royal College of Music.