Milda Daunoraite

Milda Daunoraite (b.2001) began her piano studies at the age of six. She received her formative education at The Purcell School of Music (London) and is currently studying with Tessa Nicholson at the Royal Academy of Music, under a full fees scholarship, where she is a recipient of the ABRSM Scholarship award. She has been supported by The Keyboard Charitable Trust , ‘SOS Talents foundation – MS’ and Mstislav Rostropovich Charity and Support Foundation.

Milda’s performances were featured live in 40 countries through Mezzo TV, as well as Radio Classique, TV5 Monde and Lithuanian National Television and Radio. Milda performed the 4th V. Bacevičius concerto for Piano and Orchestra in Lithuanian National Philharmonic with LNSO as a result of having EMCY publish her profile on their website. This performance was broadcast across Europe by Euroradio (EBU).

She has performed at venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Musikhuset Aarhus, United Nations headquarters in Geneva, at the EMMA World Summit of Nobel Prize Peace Laureates in Warsaw and many others. In addition, she has performed in countries such as Spain, Latvia, Ukraine, Georgia, Sweden, and in many cities across Lithuania. Milda’s recent performances include Laeiszhalle Recital Hall in Hamburg, Deal Music&Arts Festival, The Petworth Festival, Biarritz Piano Festival and Palermo Classica Festival.

Milda has won the Purcell School concerto competition which lead her to perform the Ravel piano concerto in G major at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank.

Milda is a prize winner of numerous international competitions, such as the 1st Prize in the international V. Krainev Piano Competition in Kharkov, Ukraine; the ‘jury‘ prize in the PIANALE International Academy & Competition; Grand Prix in the 10th and 15th international piano competitions “Music Without Limits” in Lithuania which lead her to perform in Frankfurt, Germany and Aarhus, Denmark; 1st prize in the 4th international Piano Competition in Stockholm; Milda is also a four-times Prize winner in the national and international Balys Dvarionas competitions.

Milda is a part of a concert series “Piano and Art” at Künstlerfinca Can Brut, Mallorca, where she is regularly invited to perform solo recitals.

Milda started playing the piano at the age of six and her first piano teacher was Irena Meldaikienė. After becoming a scholar of ‘Sos Talents Foundation – Michel Sogny’ at the age of eight, Milda began performing extensively throughout Europe for many eminent music societies, festivals and key events. She then studied with Liudmila Kašėtienė and Justas Dvarionas, later continuing her studies at the Purcell School of Music in London from 2017.

Milda has also received guidance from musicians such as Pascal Devoyon, Joanna MacGregor, Pascal Rogé, Yevgeny Sudbin, Pietro De Maria, Yong Hi Moon, Olga Kern, Mūza Rubackytė and many more.