![]() ![]() Praised as 'revelatory' (New York Times) with 'breathtaking virtuosity' (The Observer), Ksenija Sidorova is a major ambassador for the classical accordion and collaborates regularly with leading composers and musicians. ![]() ![]() Levickis is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music in recognition of his distinguished contribution to music in his field and sits on the Advisory Board of the Lithuanian World Arts Council. He was also the Artistic Director of Vilnius Accordion Music Week for six years. He has led residential courses and in 2014 founded the annual Composers+ Summer Academy to premiere new music for the accordion with chamber ensembles. Over the years, Levickis has performed at venues including the Royal Albert Hall, St Petersburg Grand Philharmonic Hall and Auditorio Nacional in Mexico, and at festivals such as Dresdner Musikfestspiele, Thüringer Bachwochen and Edinburgh Jazz Festival. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, several of his 26 concerts for the festival are now rescheduled to take place in 2023. In 2015, Levickis founded his chamber ensemble, Mikroorkéstra, and was named Preisträger in Residence of the 2020 Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – an honour he will have for a second time in 2023. As the first accordionist signed to the Universal Music Decca Classics label, his eponymous debut album went straight to the top of the UK Official Classical Artist Album Charts. Levickis is the recipient of more than 30 international awards in 2010, he won the Coupe Mondiale World Accordion Championships. Aged eight, he began to learn formally at the Saulius Sondeckis School of the Arts in his hometown of Šiauliai, before going on to study with Owen Murray at the Royal Academy of Music, followed by postgraduate studies with Iñaki Alberdi at Musikene in Spain.
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