"I believe in a musician’s vocational call to promote beauty, good, and harmony"
"I believe in a musician’s vocational call to promote beauty, good, and harmony"
In memory of Aiste's grandfather the the National Balys Dvarionas Music Competitions for young pianists was established in 1974. Since 1986 the competition expanded to all string instruments too. Later in 1989 the competition has gained the international status and became EMCY accredited in 2002.
Since its begining, hundreds of exceptionally talented children from around the world have participated.
Since 2010 Aiste has been a regular member of the judging panel of National Dvarionas Music Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists which takes place in Vilnius, Lithuania and is visiting her homeland regularly hence supporting the young musicians of the future.
As of 2020 Aiste Dvarionaite has also joined the Jury Panel of International Balys Dvarionas Competition for Young Pianists and Violinists.
In 2022 the Aiste was invited to join the 1st International Violin Competition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava alongside other known pannelists such as František Novotný (Check Republic), Bartosz Bryla (Poland), Shizuka Ishikawa (Japan), Eszter Perényi (Hungary), Peter Michalica (Slovakia), and Dalibor Karvay (Slovakia).