ABOUT
Known for their dynamic energy on stage and imaginative music making, Piano Duo - Piano Phase Project made a striking entrance into the classical music scene in 2020. Monika Lozinskienė and Anna Szałucka take a special interest in repertoire influenced by jazz rhetoric and impressionism, with repertoire including Ravel, Debussy, Gershwin, Kapustin, Čiurlionis and Reich among others. The duo is known for writing their own arrangements and explore their creativity through exciting and innovative programmes.
Alongside traditional format concerts, Piano Phase Project explores new ways of presenting classical music to audiences by developing original musical installations in contemporary settings. The ensemble collaborates with contemporary theatre performers, dancers, visual artists, podcasters and broader media to invite listeners for a journey with classical music in a new and exciting environment.
Piano Phase Project’s most recent performances include St. Martin In The Fields, St. Barts Heritage, Wiltshire Music Centre, Sienko Gallery, the Bloomsbury Festival, The Musicians' Company, Kaunas Philharmonic Hall, Classical:NEXT conference, Kaunas 2022 - Еuropean Capital of Culture, BLC Business Centre, Organum in Vilnius as well as installations at the MO Museum in Lithuania. Their ongoing initiatives are supported by St. Christopher Vilnius Rotary Club, Bob Boas Charitable Trust, Lithuanian Council for Culture and Vilnius municipality. In 2022, Piano Phase Project became City Music Foundation Artists. In 2025 the piano duo will be touring Scotland as The Tunnel Trust prize winners.
Anna Szałucka is a Polish pianist living in London. After studying at the Royal Academy of Music under Ian Fountain and later being mentored by Dame Imogen Cooper, she won the First Prize together with four Special Awards at the 3rd Tallinn International Piano Competition in 2016. In 2022 Szałucka released her newest solo album “The Houglass” with the October House Records. Her previous albums include release with Naxos, celebrating Polish music of the twentieth century and including a world premiere of Górecki’s Piano Sonata and Four Trumpet Sonatas after Mozart released by LINN together with trumpetist Jonathan Freeman-Attwood.
Monika Lozinskienė is active as a soloist, chamber musician, and music entrepreneur. Among her honours are commendations for her international musical achievements from Lithuanian Presidents V. Adamkus and D. Grybauskaitė. The 1st prize winner at the Josep Mirabent I Migrans Chamber Music Competition (Spain), Monika also received a first prize at the Tonia and Tania Webster and a third prize at the Bamber/Galloway Piano Competitions (UK). Monika holds two Master’s degrees from The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna. In 2018 Monika founded the Kaunas Piano Fest a piano festival and series of masterclasses in her native Lithuania. She also founded and produces openARTed podcast about the classical music industry.