Born in California in 1998, Ignas was raised in Lithuania. In 2017, after graduating from the National M.K. Čiurlionis School of Art in Vilnius, he was honoured by the President of Lithuania, H.E. Dalia Grybauskaitė. With his sister and three brothers the talented Maknickas Family Ensemble has represented Lithuania on National Television and at State occasions.

In July 2021 Ignas received “The Queen’s Award for Excellence” as the highest-scoring graduate of the Royal Academy of Music. In 2023 he became the winner of Young Classical Artists Trust International Auditions and had his debut recital at the Wigmore Hall. In 2024 he took First Prize at the Royal Overseas League Keyboard Competition, and made his début on the BBC Radio 3 programme “In Tune” with Sean Rafferty.

Ignas has attended masterclasses with Dmitri Bashkirov, Dame Imogen Cooper, Christopher Elton, Stephen Hough, Yoheved Kaplinsky and Marios Papadopoulos.

As a soloist he has appeared at the Steinway Hall in London, Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, Charlottenborg Festival Hall in Copenhagen, Ed Landreth Hall in Fort Worth, Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius and Kinross House in Scotland.

Find out more about Ignas at his website – https://www.ignasmaknickas.com

Programme:
Dmitri Shostakovich – Waltz No.2 from the ‘Suite for Jazz Orchestra’
Sergei Rachmaninov – Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18 – Ignas Maknickas, piano
Franz Schubert – Symphony No.8 in B minor D.759, “Unfinished”

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