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A discussion curated by Kaunas Piano Fest and led by me and Rūta Sudakovienė.  Rūta holds a Master's degree in sports psychology and now she actively coaches athletes, dancers as well as figure skate…

On my 21st episode  I invited  my stage partner, pianist from Poland, currently living in London, Anna Szalucka. In the beginning of June, 2021 we were running a project in Modern museum in Lithuania…

In this conversation I talked with Laurynas - a CO-founder of Urban Vilnius city dance theatre "Low air". More than 40% of the theatre's performances are shown abroad. The company has represented Lit…

Michelle is a musician based in the Netherlands where she performs, runs concert series, teaches and coaches at the The Fearless Artist Mastermind. During the Covid-19 she came up with a challenge #k…

Kamile Marmaite is a professionally trained naturopathic nutrition specialist. She helps people to battle fatigue, tiredness, low energy levels and more serious symptoms by explaining healthy daily l…

Avo Kouyoumdjian is currently my piano professor at the MDW - University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna where I study Chamber music masters. Born in Beirut, Lebanon to a family of Armenian de…

Akvilė Kavaliauskaitė is a Lithuanian writer and journalist. In 2015 she published her first book "Two Lives In One Summer" and in 2020 her second book - collection of short stories "Bodies". I turne…

Violinist Lukas Medlam is a British-Austrian violinist, composer and a graduated physicist. Lukas was homeschooled by his musician parents till his teens while they were at the peak of their careers …

Barbara's Oakley work focuses on the complex relationship between neuroscience and social behavior. Barbara has a degree in more than 4 different study fields, including Systems Engineering, Electric…

In this conversation you will hear an inspiring musician Sibila Konstantinova who also happens to be my piano teacher at the University of Music and Arts in Vienna, where as of 2013, she became an as…

In this conversation  you will hear Bruce Devereux from Canada who is a recreation & volunteer manager at the Christenson Village  care centre. Bruce takes care of many creative activities which incl…

"I'm not a marketer, but I don't think it's very hard to have a 35 year old person in a sweater and jeans in a picture going into a concert, just to show people that that's fine." - Joshua Weilerstei…

Fali Pavri was my mentor and piano teacher at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland for two years. He was born in India and after finishing his degree in chemistry, he decided to move to Moscow where h…

A conversation with a cellist and doctor Paul van Houtte from New Zealand. I met Paul in 2019 when I did my Erasmus exchange in Vienna. He came to Vienna from New Zealand for his medical internship i…

A conversation with Angela Myles Beeching - a career specialist and an author of Beyond Talent: Creating a Successful Career in Music.  In this conversation I was curious to reveal how people whose w…

Lithuanian dancer, movement teacher and philosopher Justas Kučinskas shares his knowledge about human development and how dance has encouraged him to always think out of the box and bring his conscio…

"Punishing oneself for not doing something is a great way to not do something". A conversation with meditation practitioner and teacher Shannon M Whitaker who says that meditation is not about calmin…

A conversation with performance coach, piano teacher and a founder of Mental Skills Lab. In this lab she invites performers from various fields to explore their thinking, emotions and behavior. Donat…

Contemporary artist Marija Baranauskaitė explains how she reached a point in her life where she needed to learn to be individually free and happy with what she was doing. Otherwise, she says, you are…

Have you ever done something very different from your own profession and found similarities? With Jon, we found that cooking in the kitchen can be as similar as preparing for a performance. In this t…