Biographical Info

“Geniušas seems to know how to do everything better than anyone…”
Diapason Magazine / Prokofiev Diapason D’OR

Praised for his ‘brilliance and maturity’ (The Guardian) and eclectic and innovative repertoire,
Russo-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas is invited to perform in recital at most prestigious
venues all over the world including the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salle
Gaveau, Frick Collection New York and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and is invited to
festivals such as the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Verbier Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron and the
Ruhr Piano Festival.
Lukas can be heard with leading orchestras across the globe, such as the Philadelphia
Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Singapore Symphony Orchestra,
Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Scottish Chamber Orchestra,
Royal Northern Sinfonietta etc in collaboration with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen,
Tugan Sokhiev, Oksana Lyniv, Kristiina Poska, Maxim Emelyanchev, Andrey Boreyko, Dima
Slobodeniouk, Andris Poga and Rafael Payare, to name but a few.
A dedicated chamber musician, he performs regularly with the violinist Aylen Pritchin, with his
wife, the pianist Anna Geniushene and notably with the soprano Asmik Grigorian in Europe’s
most prestigious series including at the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence festivals, the Berlin
Philharmonie, Zurich, Geneva and Frankfurt opera houses, La Scala, Milan and the Vienna
Konzerthaus.
Lukas Geniušas’s CD of the unabridged version of Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata – recorded
at the composer’s Swiss residence on his own piano – received 5-stars reviews in BBC Music
and Gramophone Magazine and was awarded both the Diapason ‘CD of the Month’ and ‘CHOC’
de Classica Magazine. This is but one a large and critically acclaimed discography, which has
earned him the Diapason CD of the Year (Prokofiev sonatas) and Gramophone CD of the Year
(Dissonance with Asmik Grigorian) amongst many accolades. His recording of music for two
pianos, Hallelujah Junction, with Anna Geniushene, won Lukas his second Diapason CD of the
Year in 2025.
Born in Moscow in 1990, Lukas Geniušas graduated from the Chopin Music College Moscow
and the Moscow Conservatory. He is the laureate of international competitions, notably Silver
Medalist at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition and the 2010 International Chopin competition.