ARTIST

ARTIST

Rokas Zubovas(Piano)

The pianist Rokas Zubovas, a faculty member at the Piano Department of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre since 2000, for six years (1994-2000) taught in the Music Department of Saint Xavier University in Chicago, Illinois.

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A winner of the Frinna Awerbuch International Piano Competition in New York and the M.K.Ciurlionis International Piano Competition in Vilnius, Lithuania, he has appeared in recitals and at various festivals throughout the United States, Canada, Argentina, Uruguay, Switzerland, Norway, France, Italy, Greece, Lithuania, Russia, Bulgaria, and other countries of Europe. He also frequently performs in a piano duo with his wife, pianist Sonata Deveikyte-Zuboviene and also as a chamber musician with various soloists and ensembles.
Born in Lithuania, Zubovas started his piano studies in Kaunas, under Rimante Šekšnyte. He received his undergraduate degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music under Prof. J. Karnavicius, and later earned a Master of Music degree from DePaul University in Chicago under Prof. D. Paperno. In addition, he has studied extensively in Switzerland, at the International Heinrich Neuhaus Institute where his teacher was pianist Esther Yellin. In the United States, Rokas Zubovas also studied with pianists Edward Auer and Andrius Kuprevicius.
Occupying a special place in his repertoire are the works of his great-grandfather, the famous Lithuanian composer and artist Mikalojus Konstantinas Ciurlionis (1875-1911). He has developed and presented in many cities of the United States, Canada, Norway, France, Italy, Russia, Argentina, and Uruguay lecture-recitals combining music, literary works and paintings of M.K.Ciurlionis: The World of M.K.Ciurlionis and Ciurlionis: In Pursuit of Soundscapes. He has also recorded piano works by Ciurlionis for LAFA and Bomba Records.

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