Jurgis Dvarionas

| Lithuania

Jurgis Dvarionas holds a position of the professor of String Department at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre (LMTA), he is chair of the Balys Dvarionas Charity and Support Foundation, founder of the B. Dvarionas Competition.

Jurgis Rimas Dvarionas graduated from the Moscow P. Tchaikovsky Conservatoire in 1965 with distinction, and completed postgraduate course in 1969. Since then he started working at the Lithuanian State Conservatory (now – LMTA). In 1981, Dvarionas was honored with a title of associate professor. In 1983, prof. Dvarionas became a member of Lithuanian Composers’ Union and the chairman of the Musicologists’ Section. Over the time, he has published more than a hundred of reviews and articles. Following his profound achievements, in 1992, Dvarionas was granted with a title of professor. Throughout the period from 1989 to 1998, Dvarionas was the chairman of the Lithuanian Cultural Foundation.

For three decades (1965-1995), Jurgis Dvarionas was giving concerts around the Europe, USA, Asia. In parallel, he recorded several LP’s and CD’s, broadcasted on various radio stations, including Vilnius, Warsaw, New York and Madrid. His extensive performances significantly contributed to publicising the works of Lithuanian composers. Amongst other contributions to Lithuanian national music are his editing, authorship work and adaptations of pieces for violin and piano.

Over more than fifty years of teaching, prof. Dvarionas taught many young generations of professional future violinists’, amongst whom more than twenty laureates of national and international competitions. He has given masterclasses in music academies and conservatoires in Paris, Berlin, Copenhagen, Malmö, Warsaw. Likewise, Jurgis Dvarionas shared knowledge at the international summer seminar series Amber Chamber in Lithuania, music universities in Greece, and conducted masterclasses in Poland. He is the initiator and organiser of the International B. Dvarionas (Vilnius), J. Heifetz (Vilnius), A. Glazunov (Paris) competitions for violinists, and is regularly invited to take part as an adjudicator on the jury panel of various international violin competitions around the globe. Prof. Dvarionas has also significantly contributed to the development of Lithuanian music culture.