Rokas Zubovas (born 31 July 1966) is a

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n pianist. While still a student at the

Lithuanian Academy of Music The Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre in Vilnius, Lithuania, is a state-supported conservatory that trains students in music, theatre, and multimedia arts. History Composer Juozas Naujalis founded a music school in 1919 in Kaunas. This ...

, Zubovas won the VI Inter-Republical Čiurlionis competition, ex-aequo with Moldovan pianist Ina Chatipova. He continued his studies in Switzerland and the USA, where he was a teacher at Chicago's

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's Department of Music starting from 1994, a position he combined with the first stages of his international concert career. Six years later he returned to his homeland, where he was appointed a teacher at the Lithuanian Academy of Music. He is known for his dedication to the music of Mikalojus K. Čiurlionis, who was his great-grandfather. In the biographical film ''

Letters to Sofija ''Letters to Sofija'' ( lt, Laiškai Sofijai) is a 2013 Lithuanian biographical film about the life of Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis. Cast * Rokas Zubovas as Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis * Marija Korenkaitė as Sofija Kymantaitė * Sa ...

'', he played the role of Čiurlionis.

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Lithuanian classical pianists 1966 births Living people Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre alumni 21st-century classical pianists Lithuanian people of Russian descent {{classical-pianist-stub