Musician
Gintaras was born in Moscow in a family of Lithuanian trumpeter Algirdas Januševičius and tatar–Jewish composer Nailia Galiamova. The family left Moscow in 1987 and moved to Klaipeda, Lithuania. Gintaras began his musical training at the age of 4 at the Eduardas Balsys School of Arts in Klaipeda. In 1993 Gintaras entered the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art in Vilnius.
Gintaras took his first piano lessons with Valentina Potejenko in Klaipeda. Later he was taught by Vale Kulikauskiene (1993–1998) and Jurgis Bialobžeskis (1998–2003) at the National M.K. Ciurlionis School or Arts in Vilnius.
After graduating in 2003, Gintaras studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Drama and in 2004 moved to Germany, where he resides now, completing his studies at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater Hanover. Since 2008 Gintaras also plays cembalo and is taught by professor Zvi Meniker. From 2000 to 2005 Gintaras also had lessons with numerous famous pianists, most notable with Lazar Berman and his wife Valentina, Naum Shtarkman, Malcolm Bilson and Jurgis Karnavičius.
Gintaras started experiencing stage success at the age of 16, after winning national Lithuanian competitions of Balys Dvarionas and Johann Sebastian Bach. In 2002 he was awarded 'Grand Prix' at an international Frederic Chopin piano competition in Narva, Estonia. In 2003 Gintaras was among finalists of International M. K. Čiurlionis Competition in Vilnius, in 2004 - of Montreal International Musical Competition. In 2005 Gintaras won the Yamaha Piano Competition in Lithuania. In 2006 he was awarded a final Diploma at the 1st International Tallinn Piano Competition. In 2007 Gintaras got 3rd Prizes at the International Piano Campus Competition in France and International M. K. Čiurlionis Competition.
In March 2010 he was awarded the 2nd Prize and the "Patrizia Cerutti Prize" for the best performance of a Beethoven Sonata at the International Pinerolo Piano Competition. Two months later he took the 2nd Prize at the International Piano Competition "New Stars" in Wernigerode, Germany and won the 1st prize at the International Rotary Club Competition "Palma de Mallorca" - Rotary Club granted Gintaras a tour in Spain, both solo and with the orchestra, for 2010 and 2011. Later in that year he won the 2nd Prize at the XIX International Ibiza Piano Competition. Most recent of his awards - the 1st prize at the 13th International Chopin Society Competition in Hanover, Germany in April 2011.
Gintaras made his orchestra debut at the age of 15, performing Capriccio Brillante of Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy with the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra under direction of Vytautas Lukočius. Same month, he entered a Great Hall of Moscow Conservatoire to perform Piano Concerto No. 23, K. 488 of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
Up to the date, Gintaras has performed with orchestras over 30 times, working together with Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Yekaterinburg Symphony Orchestra, Chisinau Symphony Orchestra etc. and visiting famous halls, like Palau de la Música Catalana, Sala Mozart of Zaragoza, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier in Montreal, Estonia Hall in Tallinn etc. His Solo Recitals were organised in almost all towns of Lithuania, as well as Paris, Berlin, Besançon, Tallinn, European Capital of Culture of 2005 Cork, Moscow, Warsaw, Chisinau, Hamamatsu and others.
Last update on 04/13/2011
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