Mazda Hall at 6.30 pm
(Free Admittance)
In a programme of Beethoven: Sonata in E minor Op. 90; J. S. Bach: Partita in D minor;
Mozart: Sonata for violin and piano in G major KV 301; Massenet: Meditation from “Thais”;
Tchaikovsky: Melodie Op. 42 No. 3; Rachmaninoff: Moment musicaux No. 4 , Vocalise;
Brahms: Scherzo for violin and piano (FAE sonata) and Piazzolla: Adio Noñino
Rasa Žukauskaite started to study the violin at the age of six at ‘Kaunas J. Naujalis Music Gymnasium’. Later, she moved to the National M. K. Čiurlionis Arts’ School in Vilnius, where she graduated in the violin class of Undinė Jagėlaitė. From 2005, Rasa continued her studies at the Lithuanian Music And Theater Academy. In 2007-2008 she was given the opportunity to study at the Musikhochschule Mannheim (Germany) with Prof. Roman Nodel, as a part of Socrates Erasmus programme and then as a full time student untll 2010. In 2012, she finished her Masters at the ‘Künstlerische Ausbildung’ in Prof. S. Rabenschlag’s class where she continues her post graduate studies. Rasa has won numerous prizes in many national and international competitions.
Natallia Kapylova is a Belarus born concert pianist who has settled in India.
Natallia began her professional piano studies at the tender age of seven with her music teacher Natallia Cherstvaya for 11 years at the prestigious Belarus Lyceum of Arts in Minsk. Formed in the famous "Russian School", the young pianist continued her studies with renowned Prof. Yushkevitch who assisted her as she brilliantly surmounted the difficult steps towards becoming a successful pianist at the Lunacharsky Conservatory (Belarus State Academy of Music) where she obtained a Bachelor of Music degree in classical piano. She also holds an Artist of Chamber Ensemble and Concertmaster Diploma.
At present, Natallia performs as a soloist and in collaboration with other musicians at numerous concerts in India, such as Lotus Temple concert – New Delhi on the occasion of European Day, recitals at Kawai Theme Music Institute, Alliance Française, Chowdiah Memorial Hall, UB City Amphitheatre and St. Mark Auditorium – Bangalore, Goa, Mysore and Amritsar, just to name a few.
Natallia lives in Bangalore and is married to Ajay Khanna and they have a daughter Anastasia.
