Praised for his ‘brilliance and maturity’ (The Guardian) and eclectic and innovative repertoire, Russo-Lithuanian pianist Lukas Geniušas is invited to perform in recital at most prestigious venues all over the world including the Wigmore Hall, Concertgebouw Amsterdam, Salle Gaveau, Frick Collection New York and the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg and is invited to festivals such as the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, Verbier Festival, La Roque d’Anthéron and the Ruhr Piano Festival.
Lukas can be heard with leading orchestras across the globe, such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, Toronto Symphony Orchestra, NHK Symphony, Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Orchestre national du Capitole de Toulouse, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonietta etc in collaboration with conductors such as Esa-Pekka Salonen, Tugan Sokhiev, Oksana Lyniv, Kristiina Poska, Maxim Emelyanchev, Andrey Boreyko, Mikhaïl Pletnev, Andris Poga and Rafael Payare, to name but a few.
A dedicated chamber musician, he performs regularly with the violinist Aylen Pritchin, with his wife, the pianist Anna Geniushene and notably with the soprano Asmik Grigorian in Europe’s most prestigious series including at the Salzburg and Aix-en-Provence festivals, the Berlin Philharmonie, Zurich, Geneva and Frankfurt opera houses, La Scala, Milan and the Vienna Konzerthaus.
Lukas Geniušas’s CD of the unabridged version of Rachmaninov’s First Piano Sonata - recorded at the composer’s Swiss residence on his own piano - received 5-stars reviews in BBC Music and Gramophone Magazine and was awarded both the Diapason ‘CD of the Month’ and ‘CHOC’ de Classica Magazine. This is but one a large and critically acclaimed discography, which has earned him the Diapason CD of the Year (Prokofiev sonatas) and Gramophone CD of the Year (Dissonance with Asmik Grigorian) amongst many accolades. His recording of music for two pianos, Hallelujah Junction, with Anna Geniushene, won Lukas his second Diapason CD of the Year in 2025.
Born in Moscow in 1990, Lukas Geniušas graduated from the Chopin Music College Moscow and the Moscow Conservatory. He is the laureate of international competitions, notably Silver Medalist at the 2015 Tchaikovsky Competition and the 2010 International Chopin competition.
