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Augustinas Rakauskas

Saturday, 31 August 2019, Gstaad Chapel

Chamber Music

Saturday, 31 August 2019
11.30 am, Gstaad Chapel

Born in 1993, Lithuanian accordionist Augustinas Rakauskas trained first in Kaunas, then at the Lausanne University of Music in Stéphane Chapuis’ class. Laureate of the World Accordion Trophy and of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Foundation Prize this year, he is a renowned musician et is also very keen on teaching. Several of his pupils have in turn won international prizes.

Augustinas Rakauskas, Accordion

Viacheslav Semionow (1946) 
“Prophetischer Traum”15'
Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)8'
Prelude and Fugue in C-sharp Major, BWV 848 
Viacheslav Semionow (1946) 
Sonata No. 3 “Erinnerung an die Zukunft” 
Domenico Scarlatti (1685-1757) 
Sonata in B Minor, L. 3310'
Franck Angelis (1962)10'
“Hommage à Paco”90'
CHF 30 

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