Andrius Žlabys

Pianistas, tarptautinių konkursų laureatas
Gimimo data: 1977-04-09
Meno kūrėjo statusas

Meno kūrėjo statusas suteiktas 2005-11-11

LR Kultūros ministro įsakymu Nr. ĮV-513

Biografija

Andrius Žlabys Gimė 1977 04 09 Vilniuje. 1983-1984 mokėsi Vilniaus S. Nėries vidurinėjemokykloje, 1982-1994 Vilniaus M. K. Čiurlionio menų mokykloje, mokytojos Laimutės Jakniūnienės klasėje. 1994-1995 studijavo Interlocheno Menų Centre, Michigan (JAV). Dėstytojai -  Victoria Mushkatkol (fortepijonas) ir Joseph DeFazio (kompozicija). 1994-1995 metais buvo dviejų  Interlocheno konkursų laureatas ir kaip jų nugalėtojas atliko Bethoveno trečią ir ketvirtą koncertus su Interlocheno menų centro orkestru. 1995-2000 mokėsi Curtis (JAV, Filadelfijoje) muzikos institute, studijavo Seymour Lipkin kasėje. 2000 dalyvavo André Laplante ir Sergei Babayan kursuose Orford Music Centre , Quebece, Canadoje. 2000-2005 studijavo Klivlendo (JAV) muzikos institute pas Sergejų Babayaną - gavo pianisto menininko diplomą.

Dalyvavo atvirose pamokose su C. Frank, L. Fleisheriu, G. Graffmanu, A. Schiffu, M. Perahia ir kt. įžymiais atlikėjais ir pedagogais. 1998 dalyvavo "Music Academy of the West" Santa Barbaroje (JAV) vasaros festivalyje – dėstytojas Jerome Lowenthal. Tapo konkurso nugalėtoju ir su festivalio orkestru atliko C. Francko simfonines variacijas. Vėliau šio koncerto įrašas buvo transliuotas per Amerikos Nacionalinį radiją.

1998 m. atliko Brahmso ir Beethoveno kamerines sonatas su žymia smuikininke Hilary Hahn. Tarp 17 koncertų šiose Amerikos-Europos gastrolėse buvo koncertas - tiesioginė transliacija per Amerikos Nacionalinį radiją ir Londono Wigmor salės debiutas.

Andrius Žlabys debiutavo “Carnegie Hall” salėje su Niujorko jaunimo simfoniniu orkestru (dirigentas M. Santora). Jis yra skambinęs su M. K. Čiurlionio menų gimnazijos, Lietuvos kameriniu, Lietuvos nacionaliniu simfoniniu, Lietuvos valstybiniu simfoniniu orkestrais, Valstybiniu Vilniaus kvartetu, Curtis instituto, Vakarų muzikos akademijos orkestrais, su Gidon Kremer ir Yuri Bashmet. Su Gidon Kremer ir “Kremerata Baltica" kameriniu orkestru dalyvavo festivaliuose Europoje ir koncertinėse kelionėse Europoje ir Japonijoje, į kurių programą įtrauktas J. Haydno Koncertas smuikui, fortepijonui ir orkestrui; 2002 koncertavo JAV “Carnegie Hall” salėje.

Lietuvos, Vokietijos, JAV ir kitų šalių spaudoje išspausdinta nemažai teigiamų atsiliepimų ir straipsnių apie atliktus kūrinius, atskirus koncertus, improvizavimo meną.

Daugiau apie Andrių Žlabį skaitykite http://www.andriuszlabys.com

 

Grammy-nominated pianist Andrius Žlabys has received international acclaim for his appearances with many of the world’s leading orchestras, including The New York Philharmonic, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra, Rotterdam Symphony, and Philharmonic Orchestra of Buenos Aires. He is a featured soloist in "Between two Waves" by Victor Kissine for piano and string orchestra released on ECM in 2013 in collaboration with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica.

In 2012 Andrius Žlabys made his concerto debut at the Salzburg Festival performing Mozart’s Concerto K.467 with the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra conducted by Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla.

Andrius Žlabys—born in Lithuania and trained at the Curtis Institute of Music—was 18 years old when the Chicago Tribune wrote: “Pianist-composer Andrius Žlabys is one of the most gifted young keyboard artists to emerge in years.” Žlabys was also heralded by The New York Sun in a review titled “A Shining Hope of Pianists” after his recital at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York.

Žlabys’s artistry has received many other accolades from the press for his performances of “easy virtuosity” (The Strad), “generous and all encompassing“ sound (The Philadelphia Inquirer),“spell-binding interpretation” (The Plain Dealer) and his “wealth of musical perception” (The Greenville News). This international acclaim has followed his uniquely honest approach to music, as described by The Philadelphia Inquirer: “The beloved C-major chord... rippled off Žlabys' hands with such open-hearted rightness that you couldn't escape the notion that the pianist was acting as Bach's ventriloquist...”

Mr. Žlabys’s concerts have included appearances on many of the world’s leading stages, such as Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center, Concertgebouw, Carnegie Hall, Phillips Collection, Teatro Colón, Wigmore Hall, Vienna’s Musikverein and Suntory Hall. He has also appeared at numerous festivals both in the U.S. and abroad, including the Menuhin, Salzburg, Lockenhaus and Caramoor music festivals, and made his Carnegie Hall debut at the Isaac Stern Auditorium with the New York Youth Symphony conducted by Misha Santora in 2001 in a performance of Beethoven’s First Piano Concerto. He was also invited the following season as soloist with Kremerata Baltica to perform Benjamin Britten’s Young Apollo at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall.

Andrius Žlabys has enjoyed collaborations with several esteemed musicians, including violist Yuri Bashmet, violinist Hilary Hahn, and an enduring collaboration with violinist Gidon Kremer with whom Zlabys has toured extensively in Europe, Japan, South America, and the U.S.

In 2003, Žlabys received a Grammy nomination for his recording of Enescu’s Piano Quintet with Gidon Kremer and Kremerata Baltica. A multifaceted musician of wide-ranging repertoire, Andrius Žlabys holds a special reverence for J. S. Bach, while remaining a strong advocate for the contemporary stage with numerous works commissioned by and written for him. He was a winner of 2000 Astral Artists National auditions.

Andrius Žlabys began piano studies at the age of six in his native Lithuania with Laima Jakniuniene at the Ciurlionis Art School, and continued his studies in the U.S. with Victoria Mushkatkol (Interlochen Arts Academy), Seymour Lipkin (Curtis Institute of Music), Sergei Babayan (Cleveland Institute of Music), and Claude Frank (Yale School of Music).