Lithuanian-born pianist Martyna Jatkauskaite leads an active concert life as a soloist in England and Europe. She has appeared as a soloist with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuania Chamber Orchestra, the Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, the Guildhall Symphony Orchestra and the London Festival Orchestra among others, under esteemed conductors such as Saulius Sondeckis, Modestas Pitrenas, Vasily Petrenko, Espen Selvik, Ovidiu Balan and Ross Pople.
As the winner of the Jacques Samuel Piano Competition, Martyna made her critically acclaimed Wigmore Hall debut in November 2008, followed by a recital at the Faziolli concert hall in Italy. She was invited to perform in the London Festival Orchestra’s Virtuoso Pianists series at Cadogan Hall in March 2009. In 2008, Martyna appeared at the Barbican Hall performing Shostakovich's Concerto for Piano, Trumpet and Strings, conducted by Vasily Petrenko. Martyna is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Philharmonia Orchestra / Martin Musical Scholarship Fund Award, which led to debut recitals at the Royal Festival Hall and Purcell Room. In 2009 Martyna was awarded Recommended Artist under Making Music's Philip & Dorothy Green Award scheme.
Martyna’s musical journey started at the Kaunas J. Naujalis Music College, where she studied with Birute Kumpikiene, and later with Veronika Vitaite at the Lithuanian Music and Drama Academy. In 2005, Martyna was awarded the prestigious Baltic State Scholarship to study at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama with Joan Havill. Martyna received a first class Bachelors Diploma in Music with Honours (2007) and completed her Masters Degree of Music in Music Performance (2009). Martyna is now a Fellow at the Guildhall School.
In May 2009 Martyna won the 2nd Prize and the Audience Prize in Italy at the Citta di Cantu competition for piano and orchestra performing with the Mihail Jora Bacau Orchestra under Ovidiu Balan. As a prize-winner of Citta di Cantu competition Martyna has been invited to play Prokofiev's Piano Concerto No. 3 at Verdi Hall, Milan, in 2011. In 2006 Martyna was the overall winner of the Tunbridge Wells International Young Concert Artists Competition in England, and won first prize at the Vainiunas International Piano Competition in Vilnius, the Pro-Piano Romania competition in Bucharest, the Roma 2000 in Italy, and the Konzerteum '98 in Greece. Martyna is also a prize-winner of the Karl Cherni Competition, Prague, the La Muse International Piano Competition in Italy, the Liudmila Knezkova -Hussey, Canada, and Dudley International Piano Competition in the UK. In 2010 Martyna won the Gold Medal, the premier award for musicians at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, joining the ranks of Jacqueline du Pre, Tasmin Little, and Bryn Terfel. Martyna is regularly invited to perform in festivals such as the Gower Music Festival, the Guildford Music Festival and the Petworth International Music Festival.
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