Dainius Vaicekonis

Dainius Vaicekonis is a well-known pianist and teacher in the Pacific Northwest. He has enjoyed teaching piano at Music Works Northwest since 2000. Dainius Vaicekonis studied and gained degrees from the National Čiurlionis School of Arts in Vilnius, the Lithuanian Academy of Music (BMA), the Mozarteum Academy in Salzburg, Bowling Green State University, Ohio (M.M.) and the University of Washington (D.M.A). His mentors were celebrated European and American artists and professors.

Besides teaching, Dainius leads his active performance career as soloist and collaborative artist in the US and Europe. He was soloist with the Lithuanian National Symphony, the University of Washington Symphony, Butte Montana Symphony, Bremerton Symphony, Port Angeles Symphony and Skagit Symphony. He was the winner in the Seattle Ladies Musical Club Award Tour Competition and the University of Washington Concerto Competition, as well as prizewinner in the International Franz Schubert Piano Competition in Dortmund, Germany.

Dainius was recipient of the Gerberding Fellowship at the University of Washington. His dissertation "The Forest for the Trees: Beethoven piano sonatas as integrated cycles” was published in Germany in 2009. He has performed several times in Benaroya's Nordstrom Recital Hall, Meany Hall, on “Live by George” at KING FM and “The Beat” at KUOW public radio, Bumbershoot, and the UW Summer Arts Festival. Dr. Vaicekonis served as judge in MTNA competitions from 2004-2008 in the Pacific Northwest. Dainius also performs extensively with his wife Asta as a piano duo.

Music Works NW is proud to offer individual piano lessons with Dainius Vaicekonis. Call 425-644-0988 to register.