Lithuanian-born pianist Evelina Puzaite is an internationally recognised performer of natural sensitivity and strong charisma. She is in constant demand as both a soloist and as a chamber musician. Evelina regularly performs at the most prestigious venues including the Barbican, Wigmore Hall and South Bank Centre. Evelina has won numerous prizes, including First Prize at the Rubinstein Piano Competition in Paris, First Prize at the Tel-Hai International Piano Competition in Israel and many others. After unanimously winning the Abstract Securities Landor Competition, Evelina was awarded a long term recording contract with Landor Records.
Evelina appears regularly on television and radio in her native Lithuania and recently she appeared on BBC 3 Radio ‘In Tune’. Evelina has performed extensively throughout Europe, including Italy, France, Greece, Sweden, Poland, Lithuania, as well as in Russia, Israel, and the USA. She has appeared with many prominent Orchestras and conductors including: Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra/ Sondeckis, Lithuanian Symphony Orchestra/Antoni Wit/Alan Buribaev/Cyril Diederich, Brighton Philharmonic Orchestra/Barry Wordsworth, GSMD Symphony Orchestra/David Angus, Guernsey Symphony Orchestra/ Stuart Startford, St. John‘s Chamber Orchestra/Nigel Wilkinson.
Evelina’s recital engagements have included performances at the Usedomer Music Festival in Germany, Festival di Londra in Italy, the first EPTA Festival in Cyprus, the Presteigne Festival in Wales, Edinburgh Festival, ‘Smart Concert Series’ Festival in Bulgaria (2012), Rudolfinum Hall in Prague (2013). She also performed at the opening concert of the Brighton Festival, YCAT/Landor Piano Festival at the Wigmore Hall and has collaborated with the Fine Arts Quartet at the Vilnius Festival in Lithuania. In 2012 Evelina’s debut at the Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall (New York) was called ‘memorable’ and her own sonata – ‘refreshing novelty’.