Kasparas Uinskas is a Lithuanian virtuoso pianist known for electrifying interpretations of the great Romantic repertoire, uniting extreme expressive intensity with architectural command.

He has performed in many of the world’s foremost concert halls, among them Carnegie Hall in New York, the Berlin Philharmonie, Wigmore Hall in London, the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC, the Auditorio Nacional in Madrid, and Bozar in Brussels. His appearances have been greeted with enthusiastic audience response and strong critical praise. Reviewers frequently point to the breadth, intensity, and inner dramatic tension of his performances, noting a rare synthesis of technical brilliance, structural insight, and emotional depth.

Uinskas is closely identified with the monumental works of the Romantic tradition, focusing particularly on Chopin, Liszt, Schumann, and Brahms. His interpretations emphasize long-range form and narrative continuity, bringing out the music’s internal dramaturgy rather than relying on surface virtuosity alone.

Frédéric Chopin stands at the core of Uinskas’s artistic profile. He is widely recognized as one of Lithuania’s leading Chopin interpreters and serves as an active international advocate for the composer’s legacy. In 2024 he became the first Lithuanian pianist to record both of Chopin’s Piano Concertos—Nos. 1 and 2—live in a single evening, an achievement matched by only a small number of pianists worldwide. This accomplishment places him alongside artists such as Krystian Zimerman, Murray Perahia, and Evgeny Kissin, who have undertaken comparable live concert recordings.

He appears regularly at major international festivals, including the Martha Argerich Festival in Hamburg, the Verbier Festival, and the Aspen Music Festival, performing as both soloist and chamber musician. His chamber music partners have included Alexander Knyazev, Svetlin Roussev, Boris Brovtsyn, Leonhard Elschenbroich, and Evgeny Bozhanov, with whom he has toured and appeared in prominent series across Europe and the United States.

As an orchestral soloist, Uinskas has collaborated with the Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, the Lithuanian State Symphony Orchestra, the Royal Chamber Orchestra of Wallonia in Belgium, the Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, the North Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, the Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, among others.

He records exclusively for Hänssler Classic. His 2024 solo Liszt album received broad international acclaim and was nominated for Best Solo Album of the Year by the International Classical Music Awards (ICMA), in addition to receiving the Pizzicato Supersonic Award, the magazine’s highest distinction. His subsequent Hänssler Classic release presents Chopin’s Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2 in live recordings from the Liepāja Great Amber Hall, documented in both high-quality audio and video, and issued on December 19.

Other recordings include Passions and Reflections (Stone Records), featuring works by Chopin, Schumann, and Debussy, as well as a chamber album with Alexander Knyazev devoted to Brahms’s late works, released by Avanticlassic. He also appears in the Martha Argerich Festival Hamburg live recording series, performing Prokofiev’s Cinderella Suite.

Born in Lithuania, Uinskas studied at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, the Fryderyk Chopin University of Music in Warsaw, and The Juilliard School in New York. At Juilliard he was awarded the prestigious Vladimir Horowitz Scholarship and studied with Joseph Kalichstein.