Eglė Staškutė-Prinz

MA

Senior Lecturer and Collaborative Pianist / Teacher of Piano⋅Keyboard Department

The Lithuanian pianist Eglė Staškutė-Prinz performs as a soloist and chamber musician on international stages. Her concert engagements to date have included, among others, the Great Hall of the Stiftung Mozarteum Salzburg, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, the Musica Mundi Festival in Belgium, the İş Sanat Concert Hall in Istanbul, the Łańcut Music Festival, the Lithuanian National Philharmonic in Vilnius, and the Beethovenfest Bonn. As a soloist, she has performed with the Vogtland Philharmonie, the Mozarteum University Salzburg Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Philharmonic, and the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra.

Eglė Staškutė-Prinz is a prizewinner of several international piano competitions, including the Villa de Capdepera International Piano Competition in Spain, the Rosario Marciano International Piano Competition in Vienna, and the Mozart Prize in Salzburg.

Chamber music is another important focus of her artistic work. She has performed in numerous European countries, including Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, and Turkey. Her musical partners have included, among others, cellist Gustav Rivinius, violinist Liv Migdal, and violist Thomas Riebl.

Born in Vilnius, Eglė Staškutė-Prinz received her first musical training at the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Arts. During her school years, she already received awards at international competitions, including the International Balys Dvarionas Piano Competition, the Vytautas Landsbergis Competition, and the J. S. Bach Piano Competition.

At the Mozarteum University Salzburg, she completed her bachelor’s degree with Rolf Plagge and pursued concert studies with Jacques Rouvier. She completed both programs with distinction. In 2011, she received the Hildegard Maschmann Scholarship in Vienna, awarded to Austria’s best piano student. She also attended master classes with, among others, Pavel Gililov, Itamar Golan, Ivry Gitlis, and Paul Badura-Skoda.

Alongside her concert career, Eglė Staškutė-Prinz works as an accompanist at international master classes, including those of the International Summer Academy of the Mozarteum University Salzburg, IMS Prussia Cove, the International Music Academy in Liechtenstein, the International Summer Academy in Cervo, and the Hindemith Foundation in Blonay.

Eglė Staškutė-Prinz has been teaching at the Mozarteum University Salzburg since 2016. Since 2025, she has been a Senior Lecturer in Piano at the Department of Keyboard Instruments.