Piano Cultures of the World: The Baltics

• Asta Vaičekonis, piano
• Dainius Vaičekonis, piano

Join us for a celebration of the musical traditions of the Baltics. Our guest pianists will introduce and perform both classical pieces and traditional folk songs from various regions of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. We will have two grand pianos on stage for this special event.

Pianist Dainius Vaičekonis enjoys an international career as a recitalist, concerto soloist and collaborative artist throughout the US and Europe.

Pianist Asta Vaičekonis has performed extensively as soloist and chamber musician in the US and Europe and was honored as best collaborative artist at the international Chamber Music Competition in Kaliningrad, Russia.

About Corvallis-OSU Piano International

Building a culture of piano in Corvallis – through performance, outreach, and education, we broaden the appreciation and celebration of piano music in our community.

About Asta Vaičekonis, piano

Asta Vaičekonis holds her MM in Piano Performance from the University of Washington and her Bachelor's degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music. Asta was granted a diploma for best accompaniment in the International Competition of Chamber Music in Kaliningrad (Königsberg), Russia (1992). She was a soloist with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra (2002), performed in the University of Washington Summer Arts Festival (2001, 2003), the Bach Fest (2001, 2002) in Lake Chelan, Washington, accompanist for Ladies Musical Club of Seattle's Awards Tours (2000, 2004, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2018), and the Bumbershoot Festival (1999) in Seattle. Asta served as an accompanist and coach in the Summer Chamber Music Seminars in Berlin, Germany (1992, 1993), and has performed with the Chamber Dance Company. She has played many recitals and chamber music programs in various cities of the United States, Lithuania, Latvia, Germany, Russia, and Israel, and made several recordings for the Lithuanian Radio and Television (1993). She was the first solo pianist to play in Seattle’s own Benaroya Hall. Asta is on the piano faculty at Music Works Northwest, has been staff accompanist at Western Washington University, and is currently on the faculty at Seattle Pacific University.

About Dainius Vaičekonis, piano

https://spu.edu/academics/college-of-arts-sciences/music/about/faculty-staff-directory/faculty-source/vaicekonis-dainius