Jonas Morkunas

Born in Kaunas, Lithuania, in 1994. He obtained his soloist diploma with François Benda at the Conservatorio della Svizzera italiana. Recipient of the Kiefer Hablitzel | Göhner Music Prize, he has performed recitals at the Thomas Mann, Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis and Lecce Classica music festivals. As an orchestral musician, he has performed with the Lithuanian National, Aurora and Swiss Youth symphony orchestras and the Baltic Sea Philharmonic, among others. He has attended masterclasses with professors Pascal Moraguès, Alessandro Carbonare and Calogero Palermo. He has been granted scholarships from the Lithuanian Council for Culture and the Nominal Jonas Aleksa Scholarship for artistic merits.