Giedrė Lukšaitė-Mrázková Explained

Giedrė Lukšaitė-Mrázková (born 1944) is a Lithuanian–Czech harpsichordist and organist.

Lukšaitė was born to the family of educator and cultural historian Meilė Lukšienė in Kaunas, Lithuania.[1] She studied organ and piano at the Musical Academy in Vilnius, and at the P. I. Tchaikovsky State Conservatory in Moscow. She completed study at the Musical College of Academy of Performing Arts in Prague in 1974. Her professor was organist Jiří Rheinberger.[2] After that she studied harpsichord with Zuzana Růžičková.

As professor of the Faculty of Music of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague,[2] she has collaborated with Jaroslav Tůma, Gabriela Demeterová, and with many orchestras (the Dresden Philharmonic, the Lithuanian Chamber Orchestra etc.). She was a member of chamber orchestra Ars Rediviva (led by Music Director Milan Munclinger).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rasa . Baškienė . 11 September 2018 . Bernardinai.lt . Meilės Lukšienės svajonė . lt . 15 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Giedre Luksaite-Mrazkovas (Harpsichord, Organ) - Short Biography. 2021-12-10. www.bach-cantatas.com.