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Balys Dvarionas
12+ albums
soviet composersClassicallithuaniancomposer20th Century Classical
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Balys Dvarionas (19 June [O.S. 6 June] 1904 in Liepaja — 23 August 1972 in Vilnius) was a Lithuanian composer, pianist, conductor and educationalist. Dvarionas displayed himself as a composer after World War II. His works are abundant with romanticism, and the pieces are based on folk songs. Balys Dvarionas was born in a big family of an organist. Along with his ten sisters and brothers, Dvarionas was taught music from his very childhood. Later Dvarionas had private lessons from Alfrēds Kalniņš, the famous Latvian comoposer. After completing the middle school of commerce, Dvarionas worked as an organist and a conductor of Youth Choir of Lithuanian Societyin Liepaja. In 1920, Dvarionas went to Leipzig, where he studied piano at the Conservatory. After graduating from the Conservatory in 1924, Dvarionas came back to Kaunas, Lithuania where he performed his first recital, and afterwards studied piano in Berlin under Egon Petri, a famous German pianist. Apart from his musical career, Balys Dvarionas made his debut as a teacher. He began teaching piano at Kaunas Music School (from 1933 — Conservatory) and in 1949 he started working at the Music Academy in Vilnius, where he continued teaching until the end of his life. Dvarionas was awarded a professor's title in 1947. Dvarionas's pupils: conductor Rimas Geniušas, pianists Liucija Drąsutienė, Aleksandras Jurgelionis, Gražina Ručytė-Landsbergienė, Halina Znaidzilauskaitė. In 1930s, Dvarionas emerged as a conductor as well. He at
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Little Suite for Piano: IV. Waltz in G minor
1,6152Little Suite for Piano: II. Waltz in A minor
4863By the Lake (Prie ezerelio)
1994Little Suite: II. Waltz in A Minor
1735Introduction and Rondino for Cello and Orchestra (orch. B. Traubas)
1546Little Suite: IV. Waltz in G Minor
1417Winter Sketches: III. Snow-Covered Forest
1228Dvarionas: Élégie for Violin and String Orchestra
799Prie ezerelio (By the Lake)
7510Little Suite for Piano: V. Little Rhapsody
67albums
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Dvarionas: Little Suite: II. Waltz in A Minor
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Dvarionas: Little Suite: IV. Waltz in G Minor
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Dvarionas: Winter Sketches: III. Snow-Covered Forest
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Dvarionas: Little Suite for Piano: V. Little Rhapsody
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Dvarionas: Winter Sketches: II. Down the Hill on a Sledge
Dvarionas: Complete Works for Violin & Piano
Korngold: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35 - Dvarionas: Prie ezerelio (By the Lake) - Violin Concerto in B minor
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Concertos Parlando
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Saint-Saens: Bassoon Sonata - Longo: Bassoon Suite - Hurlstone: Bassoon Sonata
Balys Dvarionas: Concerto for Horn and Orchestra
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Miniatures
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Cello Recital: Vytautas Sondeckis