Lauryna Sableviciute
Piano and sight-readingBiographical Info
Lauryna Sableviciute is a Lithuanian born pianist who began to give public recitals at an early age. By the age of 15 she has accumulated many prizes in various competitions.
In 1998 Lauryna graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Drama and moved to Glasgow.She has won prestigious Governors piano competition at RCS before graduating the institution with MMus Performance under prof.Fali Pavri guidance.
Since then, Lauryna has given many recitals in the UK and internationally as a piano soloist, chamber musician, accompanist and freelancer with BBC Philharmonic and Halle orchestra. She has performed Scriabin’s Piano Concerto and Rachmaninov’s Piano concerto nr.2 with Glasgow Sinfonia as well as Mendelssohn’s Piano Concerto nr.1 with Hope Metropolitan Orchestra..
She is often involved in various BBC ir Buxton outreach projects traveling to the schools in remote areas of North England to introduce primary school children to classical music.
Besides her life long commitment to classical music she is a true advocate for introducing audiences to new works by living composers from around the world – never forgetting to include pieces by her native Lithuanian composers. Perhaps being exposed and inspired by living composers music since the early age ,the need to explore and present new works is the core characteristic of Lauryna’s career as a soloist. Many composers such as Stephen Davismoon, Alan Williams, Camden Reeves, Sadie Harrison, Graham Lynch, Marc Yeats, Drew Hammond, Jane Stanley,Stephen Pratt, Savanenkovaite, Sablevicius and many more have dedicate their works to her. She has worked with prominent composers from around the world such as Nigel Osborne ,James MacMillan, Bajoras ( Lithuania), Kutavicius (Lithuania),Janulyte( Lithuania),Martinaitis ( Lithuania),Narbutaite( Lithuania ), Yuri Kasparov ( Russia) ,Kunsu Shim( South Korea) , Gerhard Stabler ( Germany) and many more.
Lauryna is also a dedicated piano tutor and Staff Pianist at institutions such as Royal Northern College of Music , Chetham’s Music School and University of Manchester.