Eglė Staškutė
MA
As a concert soloist, she has played with the Vogtland Philharmonic, the Salzburg Mozarteum University Symphony Orchestra, the Salzburg Philharmonic and the National Symphonic Orchestra of Lithuania.
Eglė Staškute has won several prizes at international piano competitions, including Villa de Capdebara in Spain, Rosario Marciano in Vienna and the Mozart Prize in Salzburg.
In many countries, including Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Liechtenstein, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey and others, Eglė Staškute plays concerts as an enthusiastic chamber musician together with musical partners such as cellist Gustav Rivinius, violinist Liv Migdal , or the violist Thomas Riebl. Born in Vilnius/Lithuania, Eglė Staškute attended the National Ciurlionis Art School when he was young and already won prizes at the Balys Dvarionas International Piano Competition, the Vytautas Landsbergis Competition and the JS Bach Piano Competition.
At the Mozarteum University in Salzburg, she did her bachelor's degree with Prof. Rolf Plagge and her concert studies with Prof. Jacques Rouvier, both graduating with distinction. During her studies she received the Hildegard Maschmann scholarship in Vienna in 2011, which she received as the best piano student in Austria.
Eglė Staškute attended master classes with Pavel Gililov, Itamar Golan, Ivry Gitlis and Paul Badura-Skoda, among others.