Young Piano Prodigies Perform at UNOG to Celebrate Lithuania National Day
On 20 February, Lithuania's National Day was celebrated at the Palais des Nations with a concert of young piano prodigies from Lithuania and Georgia.
The guests were greeted by the Head of the UNOG Cultural Activities Program Mr. Francesco Pisano, Lithuanian Permanent Representative Ambassador Andrius Krivas, Georgian Permanent Representative Ambassador Shalva Tsiskarashvili, Lithuania's Honorary Consul and Founder of the SOS Talent Foundation Dr. Michel Sogny. The numerous guests were enchanted by classical music masterfully interpreted by Marija Kaleničenko (10 years old), Milda Daunoraitė (15), Kasparas Mikužis (15), Barbare Tataradze (13) and Ilia Lomtatidze (13). They performed pieces by Dvarionas, Bartok, Liszt, Khachaturian, Prokofiev, Sogny and other composers. Thus the young pianists from two countries continued the tradition of concerting together at the UN Office at Geneva, which they already did previously in 2013 and 2015.
The Permanent Mission of Lithuania thanks the young piano players and their teachers for the beautifil music; Dr. Michel Sogny and his SOS Talent Foundation for the support provided to their musical education and to the concert; as well as the Permanent Mission of Georgia and the UN Cultural Activities Program for partnering in the orgaization of the event.
Images: courtesy by UNOG Cultural Activities Program
