Lukas Geniušas (; born July 1, 1990, in

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n pianist. Geniušas began to study piano at the age of five, and in 1996 he entered the Moscow Frederic Chopin College of Music Performing. He studied piano with professor Vera Gornostayeva at the Moscow State Conservatory. Since 2004, he has received the M. Rostropovich Foundation scholarship. He started to perform in public in 1996, and since that time he performed with various orchestras in venues in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vilnius, Wroclaw and Hamburg. He arranged solo appearances in

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, and

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Family

His father is the Lithuanian pianist

Petras Geniušas Petras Geniušas (born 1961 in Vilnius) is a Lithuanian classical pianist. During his career he has worked with composers Alfred Schnittke, Bronius Kutavičius, Osvaldas Balakauskas and Leonid Desyatnikov, some of whom have dedicated several o ...

, and his mother is Moscow State Conservatory professor Xenia Knorre (). Lukas's grandmother is the

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pianist Vera Gornostayeva (). He plays duo piano with his wife Anna Geniushene who is also a highly accomplished pianist, having won the Silver Medal at the Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition.

Awards

*2002:

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, International Piano Competition: "Step to Mastership", 1st place; *2003:

, Russia First Open Competition of Central Music School, 1st place; *2004: Moscow, Russia, International Frederic Chopin Piano Competition for young pianists, 2nd place; *2005:

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, Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, Category Young Artists, 2nd place; *2007:

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, Scottish International Piano Competition, 2nd place; *2008: Moscow, Russia, Competition "Youth Delphic Games of Russia", 1st place; *2008:

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, International Piano Competition, 2nd place; *2009:

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, Italy, International Piano Competition "Music della Val Tidone", 1st place; *2010:

, United States, Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, 1st place; *2010:

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, XVI International Chopin Piano Competition, 2nd place. *2015: Moscow, Russia,

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, 2nd place (split between Lukas Geniušas and George Li).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Geniusas, Lukas 1990 births Lithuanian classical pianists Russian pianists Living people Prize-winners of the International Chopin Piano Competition