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Rusne Mikiskaite

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London based saxophone player currently studying at Royal College of Music. Rusne is alto saxophone player of Laefer Quartet.
Saxophonist
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Rusne Mikiskaite picked up the saxophone at the age of eleven in Trakai School Of Arts, where she was taught by Ričardas Ciupkovas. Lead by an active and greatly competent teacher Rusne attended the National J. Pakalnis competitions and won prizes, she also won the third prize in the International competition „Gradus At Parnasum“, performed in various concerts and festivals. In 2004, at the age of sixteen, Rusne graduated from Trakai School of Arts and started studying at Juozas Tallat-Kelpsa Conservatory in Vilnius with professor A. Pupkevičius. While studying, she played in various ensembles, performed in festivals, projects of conservatory, also she performed in the Lithuanian National Television show about the Conservatory. After successfully graduating from Vilnius Conservatory, Rusne started studying in the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. She studied classical saxophone with docent Aleksandras Fedotovas. In the second year of her studies, Rusne was granted an Erasmus Scholarship, that gave her a chance to study classical saxophone in the Netherlands, under professor J. Van der Linden. After the Erasmus exchange Rusne kept on studying in Lithuania, where she was performing in many concerts together with her father, birbyne player Kastytis Mikiska, organists Jurate Lansbergyte and Jarune Barkauskaite, fautists Vytautas Oskinis and Marius Pupkovas. Rusne was performing at Druskininkai Summer „M.K.Ciurlionis“ festivals twice, played in st. John, Liutherons and other churches around Lithuania, where she performed various sacral music pieces along with an arrangements of M.K.Ciurlionis music and A. Piazzolla pieces. In 2008 Rusne performed at the Great Musicians Parade in the Lithuanian Philharmonic hall together with K. Mikiska and J. Lanzbergyte. In the year 2009 Rusne was a participant of the 6th Contemporary Noncommercial Art Festival „Vilnius Faces“, where she was playing soprano saxophone in the opera „The Other Three Sisters“ by Albertas Navickas. Rusnė also performed with the Academy‘s saxophone quartet, played with the State Symphonic Orchestra at the festival „Gaida“, and participated in the international festival „Music without borders“ in Druskininkai. Rusnė was a member of the European Saxophone Ensemble 2011. She toured many European Countries with this ensemble, performing together with other 11 saxophonists from different EU countries and artistic director Cezarius Gadzina. In year 2013 Rusnė was teaching as well as performing concerts in the international summer music cource “Trakai fanfare week”. In year 2014 Rusne was performing in the international music fstival “Reacurrences”in Vilnius. At the present Rusne is studing masters in Utrecht conservatory, the Netherlands. Here she is performing actively with pianist Thijn Vermeulen, various chamber music groups, ARtez/HKU saxophone orchestra.

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