Artists

Gabrielé Sutkuté (piano)

Lithuanian pianist Gabrielé Sutkuté has been praised for her "acute musical intuition, impeccable sense of style and genuine charisma". She has performed in prestigious venues throughout Europe, including Wigmore Hall, Cadogan Hall, Bridgewater Hall, Steinway Hall UK, the Musikhuset Aarhus, and Lithuanian National Philharmonic.

In addition to being a soloist, Gabrielé frequently performs with chamber ensembles and symphony orchestras. Last year, she performed Grieg's Piano Concerto with the Grammy-nominated Kaunas Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Markus Huber. In 2023, Gabrielé performed this concerto with the YMSO at Cadogan Hall, conducted by James Blair. She was also invited to play with the renowned Kaunas String Quartet in Lithuania twice.

Gabrielé is the winner of twenty international piano competitions, where she also received numerous special awards. She was awarded the 1st Prize at the Chappell Medal Piano Competition 2023 and won the 2nd Prize and the Audience Prize at the Birmingham International Piano Competition 2022. She was also the recipient of the prestigious Mills Williams Junior Fellowship 2022/23. For her musical achievements, Gabrielé received Lithuanian Republic Presidents' certificates of appreciation six times.

From 2016 to 2022, Gabrielé studied with Professor Christopher Elton and received her Bachelor of Music Degree (First Class Honours) and Master of Arts Degree with Distinction from the Royal Academy of Music. In 2023, she graduated from the Artist Diploma course at the Royal College of Music, where she had been studying with Professors Vanessa Latarche and Sofya Gulyak. This year, Gabrielé was selected as one of eight fellows for the Gabriela Montero Piano Lab at OAcademy.

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