Rokas Valuntonis
On Thursday 2nd May 2019, Lithuanian pianist Rokas Valuntonis (2017 CMF Artist) vowed a packed St Bart’s the Great with a wide-ranging solo recital.
Culminating in a standing ovation, Rokas Valuntonis presented a colossal programme, music by Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Schumann, Scriabin, Debussy, Scarlatti, and Liszt. The setting was intimate: the audience arranged in a semicircle with the stage and the stunning specially lit for the occasion. The audience contained a number of high-profile figures from the music industry, as well as a delegation from the Lithuanian Embassy in London. After an enthralling performance of Liszt’s Mephisto Waltz No. 1, Rokas rewarded the applause with Vladimir Horowitz’s virtuosic Carmen Variations as an encore. Read Christopher Axworthy’s review here. (Photos by one31studio)
