Ignas Maknickas (piano)
Friday 8 November 2024 at 7.30pm
This concert is supported by the Countess of Munster Musical Trust scheme
Photo: Kaupo Kikkas
Schubert: Sonata in A major, D664
Carl Vine: Five Bagatelles
Bortkievicz: Preludes Op.33 Nos.1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Remesa: Stigmatas
Chopin: Nocturnes Op.27 Nos. 1 and 2
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op.61
In July 2021 Ignas Maknickas received The Queen’s Award for Excellence as the highest-scoring graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. In 2023 he was the winner of Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions and gave his debut recital at the Wigmore Hall. In 2024 Ignas won First Prize at the Royal Over-Seas League Keyboard Competition having previously also won first prize at the XIX Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Youth in Szafarnia, and at the XX Piano Competition “Young Virtuoso” in Zagreb.
Born in California in 1998, Ignas was raised in Lithuania. In 2017 he graduated from the National School of Art in Vilnius and he was honoured by the President of Lithuania. With his sister and three brothers, the talented Maknickas Family Ensemble has represented Lithuania on National Television and at State Occasions.
Ignas completed his Bachelor and Master of Arts programmes at the Royal Academy of Music on full scholarship under Professor Joanna MacGregor. In September 2023 he commenced the Advanced Diploma Programme with Professor MacGregor, also on full scholarship. He is a Leverhulme Arts Scholar, a recipient of the ABRSM Scholarship Award, the Imogen Cooper Music Trust Scholarship, Munster Trust Mark James Award, Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation Award, Tillett Trust and Colin Keer Trust Award and Hattori Foundation Award.
Carl Vine: Five Bagatelles
Bortkievicz: Preludes Op.33 Nos.1, 2, 3, 6, 7
Remesa: Stigmatas
Chopin: Nocturnes Op.27 Nos. 1 and 2
Chopin: Polonaise-Fantasie, Op.61
In July 2021 Ignas Maknickas received The Queen’s Award for Excellence as the highest-scoring graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. In 2023 he was the winner of Young Classical Artists Trust (YCAT) International Auditions and gave his debut recital at the Wigmore Hall. In 2024 Ignas won First Prize at the Royal Over-Seas League Keyboard Competition having previously also won first prize at the XIX Fryderyk Chopin Piano Competition for Youth in Szafarnia, and at the XX Piano Competition “Young Virtuoso” in Zagreb.
Born in California in 1998, Ignas was raised in Lithuania. In 2017 he graduated from the National School of Art in Vilnius and he was honoured by the President of Lithuania. With his sister and three brothers, the talented Maknickas Family Ensemble has represented Lithuania on National Television and at State Occasions.
Ignas completed his Bachelor and Master of Arts programmes at the Royal Academy of Music on full scholarship under Professor Joanna MacGregor. In September 2023 he commenced the Advanced Diploma Programme with Professor MacGregor, also on full scholarship. He is a Leverhulme Arts Scholar, a recipient of the ABRSM Scholarship Award, the Imogen Cooper Music Trust Scholarship, Munster Trust Mark James Award, Robert Turnbull Piano Foundation Award, Tillett Trust and Colin Keer Trust Award and Hattori Foundation Award.