Martynas Levickis will be one of the guest artists at the 2013 ATG Festival taking place at the Hotel Lisle near Chicago from July 17-20.
Martynas Levickis is a Lithuanian born classical accordionist. He has been playing accordion since the age of 3 and started serious study at the age of 8. He studied at the Saulius Sondeckis Conservatoire in Siauliai (Lithuania), under the direction of Mrs. Maryte Markeviciene. At the age of 12 Martynas began participating in national and international accordion festivals and competitions.
In 2004 he was the first accordionist to be awarded Lithuanian Queen Morta prize. He was also given an honorable mention and prizes by Lithuanian President and the head of Parliament. In 2005 he won the young artist scholarship presented by Siauliai city municipality. In 2006 the Siauliai city authorities awarded him a new accordion Pigini for his achievements.
Career highlights include:
June 2010 – Kings Place, London. Presented a piece “Double” (by composer E.Medeksaite) for accordion and electronics.
2011 – Queen Elizabeth’s Hall, London. Was selected to perform for the Park Lane Group Concert series.
2009-2010 – Has Toured around US from Chicago to San Francisco. Played along with BBC Concert Orchestra, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra and City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, collaborating with conductors V. Gergiev and Ch. Hazelwood.
Martynas has already performed in Italy, France, Netherlands, the USA, Germany, Ireland, England, Poland, Russia, Estonia, Belarus.
Second at prestigious “Gala-Rini” International Competition for the Classical Accordion in Santa Clara, held by Accordion Teachers Guild (ATG), 2010.
Multiple 1st prize winnings at the 71st Annual American Accordionist Association festival in Memphis, 2010.
The first prize in well regarded world accordion competition “Coupe Mondiale 2010”, Piano-Accordion category in Croatia.
The Winner of Lithuania’s got Talent 2010.
Martynas is currently studying his 4th year at the Royal Academy of Music in London under the direction of Prof. Owen Murray. He also had a number of masterclasses with internationally recognized teachers, including prof. Friedrich Lips (Russia), prof. Matti Rantanen (Finland), Claudio Jacomucci (Italy), doc. Raimondas Sviackevicius (Lithuania), Frederic Deschamps (France) and others.
Martynas has recently gained a license of professional music teaching specialized in accordion after accomplishing the LRAM course in Royal Academy of Music in London, UK.
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