Jurgis Karnavičius (born 1957, in

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) is a Lithuanian

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. Karnavičius comes from a renowned family of musicians: his grandfather, Jurgis Karnavičius (1884–1941), was a composer, and his father, also named Jurgis (1912–2001), was a pianist and the long-time

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of the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Karnavičius graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music in 1980, specializing in the piano. He then continued his studies at the

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for several more years. Jurgis Karnavičius is a

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soloist who has played with different

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s, and he often accompanies his wife, the opera singer

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. In recent years he has been actively collaborating with several chamber ensembles, preparing concert programmes with the M. K. Čiurlionis String Quartet,

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Quartet, Sostinės String Trio, and others. He has played well over one hundred solo concerts. In 2004, Jurgis Karnavičius earned a professorship with the Lithuanian Academy of Music.

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* 1957 births Living people Music educators Lithuanian classical pianists Musicians from Vilnius 21st-century classical pianists {{pianist-stub