Lugansky, Detlef Kraus, Yuri Mazurkevich, Duncan McTier, George Tchitchinadze and more. His professional range and spectrum were broadened by concerts in the Laeiszhalle in Hamburg, Schauspielhaus in Berlin, at UNESCO in Paris and in the Tchaikovski Hall in Moscow. These experiences also inspired him to create his own compositions. In 2001, he founded and lead the international and interdisciplinary "Alternative Classical Music Festivals" in Lithuania which took place up till 2011. In the course of those years many famous musicians, personalities and unusual musical, visual and other artistic projects were brought together. He also ran masterclasses. In 2015, the international and interdisciplinary art academy "Alternative Academy of Arts" was founded in Hamburg. Honors 1983: 4th place at the International competition for violin by Jaroslav Kocián in the Czech Republic 1984: 2nd place at the Lithuanian youth competition 1990: 3rd place at the International Johannes Brahms competition 1991–1997: several performances in Germany and Lithuanian with the piano trio Coloris. Won 1st places at the Elise Meyer Stiftung and the second Hausmann music competition in Hamburg 1997: Awarded with the title of honorary cultural attaché of Lithuania in Paris 2009: Awarded with the title of honorary cultural attaché of Lithuania in Boston Discography 1991: Piano trios by D. Schostakowitsch and F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy (Polygram, Germany) 1997: Pieces for violin solo by Lithuanian composers (Dante, France) 1998: Romantic miniatures for violin and piano (Japis, Iceland) 2005: Author pieces "Miniature cycle for violin solo, Le son et le parole´ (MSVB, Lithuania) 2007: Major Minor, double concerts for violin and viola by I. J. Pleyel and C. Stamitz (Lithuanian Radio) 2008: In Extremis, F. Latėnas piano trio (cultural ministry, Lithuania) 2012: Meditatio, pieces by J. S. Bach, N. Paganini, W. H. Ernst, E. Ysaÿe and M. Švėgžda von Bekker (MSVB, Lithuania) 2017: Lithuanian XXI cent. Expressions for Violin, pieces for violin solo by Lithuanian composers (MSVB, Lithuania) External links Biography on the Website Johannes-Brahms-Konservatorium Hamburg Home page Music educators Living people 1967 births Lithuanian classical violinists Academic staff of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre Musicians from Vilnius 21st-century classical violinists