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Victor Paukstelis

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Victor Paukstelis
Viktoras Paukštelis
Born (1983-05-25) 25 May 1983 (age 41)
Vilnius, Lithuanian SSR, Soviet Union
Occupation(s)Pianist and painter

Victor Paukstelis (born Viktoras Paukštelis, 25 May 1983) is a Lithuanian pianist and painter.

Early life and education

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Paukstelis was born in Vilnius, Lithuania. A graduate of the National M. K. Čiurlionis School of Art and Balys Dvarionas Music School, he has obtained a Bachelor's, Master's and a Licentiate of Arts degree from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater, a Bachelor's and Master's degree from Vilnius Academy of Arts and has studied at Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris.[1]

Professional career

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Pianist

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Paukstelis' repertoire includes piano music by Jean-Philippe Rameau, Domenico Scarlatti, Anatoly Lyadov, Alexander Scriabin, César Franck. He also plays music pieces composed by his brother Vytautas Paukstelis. Victor is the head judge on the judge panel of Musica Amabile young Lithuanian pianists' competitions.

Festivals and competitions

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Painter

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Solo exhibitions:

  • 2012: Beatrice Grinceviciute Museum,[6] Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2013: Beatrice Grinceviciute Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2014: Marija and Jurgis Slapeliu Museum, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2016: Pylimo gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2016: The Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Canada.[7]
  • 2017: exhibition "Eclipse" at "Music gallery", Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2017: exhibition "Belvedere", in gallery "Meno forma", Kaunas
  • 2018: exhibition "Vanishing Portraits" at gallery "Akademija", Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2018: exhibition "I Cannot Remember Her Name" at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2019: exhibition "Cultural Landscapes" at I. Kant public library, department of art, Klaipėda, Lithuania
  • 2019: exhibition "The Dream of an Ornithologist" at gallery "Baroti", Klaipėda, Lithuania
  • 2019: exhibition "House of Jäger" at gallery "Kunstkamera", Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2020: exhibition "The Dream of an Ornithologist" at Town Hall, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2020: exhibition "Zealand" at Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2021: exhibition "Gambit" at Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, Klaipėda, Lithuania
  • 2022: exhibition "Dehermetization" at Lukiškės Prison 2.0, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2022: exhibition "Forbidden Landscape" at The Samogitian Art Museum, Mykolas Oginskis Palace, Plungė, Lithuania
  • 2023: exhibition "Viktoras Paukštelis. Chromatica. Painting (2020–2023)" at M. K. Čiurlionis National Museum Of Art, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Combined exhibitions:

Selected group exhibitions:

  • 2013: Donelaitis 2013, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2013: The Anatomy of the 21st Century, Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
  • 2016: exhibition "WUNDERKAMERAden" in gallery "Meno forma", Kaunas
  • 2017: exhibition "Khôra" at Academy of Fine Arts in Gdansk, Poland
  • 2018: Art Fair "ArtVilnius'18", Lithuania.
  • 2019: exhibition "Carnival" at Pamenkalnis gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania.
  • 2019: exhibition "Recommendation" at Klaipėda Culture Communication Center, Klaipėda, Lithuania.
  • 2021: "Biennale Européenne des Blancs Manteaux", "La Halle des Blancs Manteaux", Paris, France
  • 2023 / 2024: VILNIUS VIBES, Angermuseum, Erfurt, Germany
  • 2023 / 2024: 7TH BIENNIAL OF PAINTING, Hrvatsko društvo likovnih umjetnika, Zagreb, Croatia

Paukstelis presented his animated painting project "Restless Paintings" in Austria, Germany, United States and Sweden

Discography

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  • 2013: 'Bach Liszt Debussy Victor Paukstelis' (Baltic Optical Disc)[8]
  • 2014: 'Bach Lyadov Scriabin Piano Music' (Sheva Collection)[9]
  • 2015: 'Rameau Schumann Franck'(Sheva Collection)
  • 2020: 'Mozart, Beethoven, Pärt, Chopin' (Sheva Collection)

References

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  1. ^ Lithuanian Music Performers Centre http://musicperformers.lt/Viktoras-Pauk%C5%A1telis Biography. Retrieved 2 August 2014
  2. ^ Le Parisian (February 2013)http://www.parisetudiant.com/etudiant/sortie/les-concerts-de-midi-demi-fevrier-2013.html Etudiant. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  3. ^ Pourawa, Denis (3 May 2010) http://lecriducagou.org/?p=7808 La Cri du Cagon. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Victor Paukstelis, Piano". www.carnegiehall.org. Archived from the original on 2015-07-04. Retrieved 2023-03-30.
  5. ^ "Victor Paukštelis in Review | New York Concert Review, Inc". nyconcertreview.com. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  6. ^ Žiemytė, Ivona (16 May 2013). http://www.ve.lt/naujienos/kultura/muzika/viktoras-paukstelis-baime---geras-jausmas-jei-neisauga-i-monstra-979626/ Vakarų ekspresas. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  7. ^ "Niagara Pumphouse Arts Centre".
  8. ^ Barnet, Rob (May 2014). http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2014/Jul14/Lyadov_piano_SH101.htm Music Web International. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
  9. ^ Lithuanian Music Performers Information Centre http://musicperformers.lt/Viktoras-Pauk%C5%A1telis/Victor-Paukstelis-Bach-Lyadov-Scriabin-piano-music?lang=1 Sound Recordings. Retrieved 2 August 2014.
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