Mindaugas Bačkus - Le Quattro Stagioni (2025) [Official Digital Download]

Cellist Mindaugas Bačkus (b. 1973) has musical pedigree: his grandmother Anelė Karaliūtė-Bačkuvienė was a soloist of the State Opera Theatre in the interwar period and later taught singing, his father Vyturys Bačkus played cello in the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre orchestra and taught cello in a music school.
In 1991, M. Bačkus graduated from M.K. Čiurlionis School of Arts, where he studied with Romanas Armonas, in 1991–1998 pursued Bachelor and Master degrees at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, where he was a student of Prof. Rimantas Armonas. In 1999–2001, M. Bačkus continued his postgraduate studies under the tutelage of Prof. Ralph Kirshbaum and Prof. Karine Georgian at the Royal Northern College of Music (UK) earning Master Degree and Professional Performer diploma. In 2007–2009, the cellist returned to the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre where he earned Art Licentiate Diploma under Prof. Rimantas Armonas. In 2009, having received an ERASMUS scholarship, he honed his baroque cello skills under Prof. Viola de Hoog at the Utrecht School of the Arts (the Netherlands).

M. Bačkus started his professional career while still at school blazing many a different trail. However, his heart lies in chamber music, solo concerts and recordings. His wide music interests manifest not only in all-inclusive academic cello repertoire, but also in intensive search for expression means scrupulously ‘examining’ the 20th–21st-century music scores, delving in jazz projects or focusing on baroque cello idiosyncrasies (this instrument was the topic of his Art Licentiate dissertation). A wide range of performing styles imbues his artistic vocabulary with rich palette of colours showcased in daring imagination, vibrant and suggestive intonation, lush timbral tenor and well-judged stylistic atmosphere.

TRACKLIST

1. Justina Zajančauskaite - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "La primavera": I. Allegro
2. Justina Zajančauskaite - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "La primavera": II. Largo
3. Justina Zajančauskaite - Violin Concerto in E Major, RV 269 "La primavera": III. Danza pastorale. Allegro
4. Rūta Lipinaitytė - Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate": I. Allegro non molto
5. Rūta Lipinaitytė - Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate": II. Adagio e piano – Presto e forte
6. Rūta Lipinaitytė - Violin Concerto in G Minor, RV 315 "L'estate": III. Presto
7. Egle Valutė - Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293 "L'autumno": I. Allegro
8. Egle Valutė - Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293 "L'autumno": II. Adagio molto
9. Egle Valutė - Violin Concerto in F Major, RV 293 "L'autumno": III. Allegro 'Caccia'
10. Julija Andersson - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 "L'inverno": I. Allegro non molto
11. Julija Andersson - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 "L'inverno": II. Largo
12. Julija Andersson - Violin Concerto in F Minor, RV 297 "L'inverno": III. Allegro



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