KASPARAS UINSKAS
“I have heard many recordings of this work over the years, and Uinskas’s [Liszt Sonata in B minor] is definitely in the top tier, fit to keep company with those by Horowitz and Argerich.”
— Fanfare Magazine
Kasparas Uinskas is a Lithuanian virtuoso pianist known for electrifying interpretations of the great Romantic repertoire, uniting extreme expressive intensity with architectural command.
He has appeared at leading international concert venues including Carnegie Hall (New York), Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall (London), Kennedy Center (Washington, DC), Auditorio Nacional (Madrid), and Bozar (Brussels), where his performances have been met with enthusiastic public response and critical acclaim. Reviewers consistently praise the scale, intensity, and inner dramatic tension of his playing, highlighting a rare combination of virtuosity, structural clarity, and expressive depth.
Uinskas is particularly associated with the large-scale works of the Romantic tradition, with a repertoire centered on Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, and Brahms. His interpretations are distinguished by their sense of architectural span and narrative drive, revealing the inner dramaturgy of the music rather than surface brilliance alone.
Frédéric Chopin occupies a central place in Uinskas’s artistic identity. He is widely regarded as one of the leading interpreters of Chopin’s music in Lithuania and an active international ambassador of Chopin’s legacy. In 2025, Uinskas became the first Lithuanian pianist to record both Chopin Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, captured live in a single concert evening—a feat achieved by only a very small circle of pianists worldwide. This places him in the company of artists such as Krystian Zimerman, Murray Perahia, and Evgeny Kissin, who have undertaken comparable recordings under live concert conditions.
Uinskas appears regularly at major international festivals, including the Martha Argerich Festival (Hamburg), Verbier Festival, and Aspen Music Festival, where he has performed both as a soloist and chamber musician. He has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Alexander Knyazev, Svetlin Roussev, Boris Brovtsyn, Leonhard Elschenbroich and Evgeny Bozhanov, touring and appearing in prominent chamber music series across Europe and the United States.
As a soloist with orchestra, he has performed with ensembles including the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia (Belgium), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, and Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, among others.
Uinskas records exclusively for Hänssler Classic. His 2024 solo album devoted to Franz Liszt received widespread international acclaim and was nominated for Best Solo Album of the Year by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA). The release was also awarded the Pizzicato Supersonic Award, the magazine’s highest distinction. His subsequent Hänssler Classic release features Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2, recorded live at Liepaja Great Amber Hall, with both high-quality audio and video documentation. The album was released on December 19.
Additional recordings include Passions and Reflections (Stone Records), featuring works by Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy, as well as a chamber music album with Alexander Knyazev devoted to the late works of Johannes Brahms, released by Avanticlassic. Uinskas also appears in the Martha Argerich Festival Hamburg live recording collection, performing Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suite.
Born in Lithuania, Kasparas Uinskas studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and The Juilliard School in New York, where he was a recipient of the prestigious Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship and studied under Joseph Kalichstein.
