Piano with Gabrielius A.

Why settle for piano lessons with a guitarist who also teaches drums and viola? This being NYC, start or continue your piano lessons with an actively performing and recording classical pianist with Bachelor’s, Master’s and Doctoral degrees from the Juilliard School and prizes in top international competitions. As a teacher, I am encouraging, enthusiastic, patient, and flexible in teaching adults and children of intermediate through advanced levels. I love finding the most effective individual approach with each of my students so that I can help them reach their full potential, whether in reaching their goals in understanding and making music, or in preparation for performances/auditions. My teaching experience includes university-level faculty positions at Brooklyn College, CUNY (from 2019) and in my native Lithuania (2011-2016), a teaching fellowship at Juilliard (2002-2004), private lessons since 2000, and extensive master classes in US and abroad. I have built a prolific performance and recording career bridging the cultures of my birth country of Lithuania and my present home of the United States. After winning the second prize at the 2005 International Beethoven Piano Competition in Vienna, Austria, I have given solo recitals at the United Nations headquarters in Geneva, National Gallery in Washington, D.C., and Weill Recital Hall Carnegie Hall. As a concerto soloist, I have appeared with such ensembles as Vienna Radio Symphony (RSO Wien), Juilliard (New York), and Bilkent Symphony (Turkey) Orchestras as well as with every major orchestra and ensemble in my native Lithuania. My discography contains multiple world première recordings and is issued on well-established international labels – Ondine, Toccata Classics, and Naxos. Born and raised in Vilnius, I am the first Lithuanian to receive a Doctorate of Musical Arts from The Juilliard School, where I’ve also earned both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree as a full scholarship student of Jerome Lowenthal. I currently accept new intermediate and advanced students ages 8 and up for weekly lessons, and am looking forward to welcoming you in my studio!