"Duettissimo" formed 10 years ago in Vienna, and have only rarely performed in Lithuania. The duo's name came from a piece by Vytautas Barkauskas, dedicated to Dalia Dėdinskaitė and Gleb Pyšniak. The premiere of this work for violin and cello (op.137) at the 'Musikverein' concert hall in Vienna in 2014 was received exceptionally well by the audience, and the duo have seen success across many other countries as well.
DALIA DĖDINSKAITĖ is one of the brightest Lithuanian violinists, a laureate of many national and international competitions. In 2010, Dalia won the main prize at the international competition 'Violine in Dresden' in Germany, after which she was invited to perform L. van Beethoven's violin concerto at the prestigious 'Dresdner Musikfestspiele 2012'. Since 2017, she has been an assistant in the class of the renowned Austrian professor Christian Altenburger at the world's largest music university in Vienna. From 2020 to 2022, she was the first concertmaster of the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra.
D. Dėdinskaitė has performed in many European countries, the USA, and New Zealand, playing solo for the Lithuanian State Symphony, Lithuanian National Symphony, 'Dresdner Kappelsolisten', and Dresden's 'Carl Maria von Weber' Symphony Orchestras, under the baton of Saulius Sondeckis, Juozas Domarkas, Georg Mark, and others. More on Dalia Dėdinskaitė, violinist - dalia-dedinskaite.com
GLEB PYŠNIAK debuted as a soloist at the age of 14 with the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra (conductor Prof. Saulius Sondeckis) at the Lithuanian National Philharmonic. Today, a disciple of the legendary cellist Natalia Gutman, he performs in the world's most famous halls such as Vienna's 'Musikverein', Amsterdam's 'Concertgebouw', and the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, appearing solo with the Moscow Conservatory Symphony, Lithuanian National Symphony, Lithuanian State Symphony, Lithuanian Chamber, St. Christopher Chamber, Porto Symphony Orchestras, and others.
He has won the highest accolades in significant national and international competitions. Since 2019, he has been a lecturer at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. More on Gleb Pyšniak, cellist - glebpysniak.com
Concert program coming soon.
The cover features a photo by Ugnė Žilinskaitė and the 'Duettissimo' album cover with motifs from paintings by Mindaugas Juodžiūnas.