Praised for the elegance and command of her performances, pianist Monika Lozinskienė is active as a soloist, chamber musician, and music entrepreneur.
Driven by musical curiosity, beyond the standard piano repertoire, Monika explores rarely played piano works by composers as diverse as S. Lyapunov, E.J. Moeran, M. K. Čiurlionis and S. Vainiūnas. The resulting concert programs captivate audiences, offering listeners the opportunity to discover new works and re-discover familiar pieces cast in new contexts. Monika’s purpose is to create a shared sense of community in concert spaces by uncovering the stories hidden behind every piece of music — about us and the world we live in. Since 2022, Monika is a City Music Foundation artist in London. Among her honours are commendations for her international musical achievements from Lithuanian Presidents Valdas Adamkus and Dalia Grybauskaitė. The 1st prize winner at the Josep Mirabent I Migrans Chamber Music Competition (Sitges, Spain), Monika also was awared a first prize at the Tonia and Tania Webster Competition (Glasgow, Scotland), where she was recognized for her performances of rarely played Russian piano repertoire.
As a chamber musician, Monika performed at the St. Martin in the Fields, Bloomsbury Festival, Newbury Spring Festival (UK), Festival Musique et Patrimoine en Vienne et Gartempe (Saint - Savin, France), Edinburgh Festival Fringe (Scotland), and at the historic Al Raco de la Calma (Sitges, Spain). Together with polish pianist Anna Szalucka, Monika completes the collaborative piano duo “Piano Phase Project” – a recipient of the Tunnel Trust Award for chamber music (2023). Monika completed her Bachelor‘s and Master’s degrees in solo piano at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). In 2019 she received a scholarship from the International Academy of Music in Liechtenstein and in 2022 she received her second Master‘s degree in chamber music performance from the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. As a musician entrepreneur, Monika founded and directs the “Kaunas Piano Fest,” an international piano festival and series of masterclasses in her native Lithuania. She also founded a podcast “openARTed“ and a global piano community “PianoBuffs“.