The Uinskyte-Ruggeri Duo was founded in 2012, performing music from the Baroque to the 19th Century, and ranging from original pieces to transcriptions of piano and orchestral scores. The Duo are particularly interested in researching and performing new concert repertoire which exploits the sound palette and orchestral potential of the organ. The most played transcriptions (all performed by the Duo) include “The Four Seaosns” by Vivaldi, Kabalevsky’s Violin Concerto, Respighi’s Concerto Gregoriano, Bazzini’s Concerto Militare and a wide repertoire of composers between the 19th and 20th Centuries (Cilea, Pilati, Veretti, Ponchielli, Rota, Schnittke, Stravinsky).

The Duo performed in important Italian and foreign festivals: Cremona (Violin Museum), International Organ Festival in Arona, International Organ Festival in Vallemaggia (CH), Società Filarmonica in Trento, International Organ Festival in Modena, Antegnati Festival in Brescia, Palazzina di caccia of Stupinigi, Classical Music Festival in Corsanico (Lu), Orgues et montagnes de l'Alpe d'Huez (F), S. Giacomo Festival in Bologna, Festival Organalia in Turin etc.

Intense recording activity, both with organ and harpsichord, for Italian (Elegia) and foreign labels (Fugatto and Brilliant). In that regard the Duo received important critical acclaims including "5 stars" Radio Classica (December 2014) for "The four Seasons" amd "5 stars" Amadeus (December 2015) for the CD "The Lingiardi orchestra-organ... for a violin".

 

LINA UINSKYTE was born in Vilnius, Lithuania, and was awarded a diploma from the city’s M.K. Ciurlionis Music School. She went on to undertake further studies with Pavel Vernikov at the S. Cecilia International Music Institute in Portogruato; with Vladimir Spivakov, violinist/director of the Moscow Virtuosi, at the Muraltengut in Zurich; and, as orchestral soloist, with Paul Roczek at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels. She completed her Master’s Diploma with Jean-Jacques Kantorow and Gordan Nikolic at the Rotterdam Conservatory, and she made her solo debut performing Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto in Brussels in 2001, with the Bilkent Symphony Orchestra, before embarking on a major series of concerts in Italy and abroad. Recently, Lina Uinskyte has performed in the contemporary music programme at the Teatro La Fenice, Venice, in the Teatro alla Scala’s ‘Milan Music’ festival, and in the Milan Concert Society’s seasons at the Sala Verdi; she teaches violin at the Conservatory “L. Marenzio” in Brescia (seat of Darfo Boario).

 

 

MARCO RUGGERI was born in Cremona in 1969. He studied at the Conservatories of Piacenza and Brescia, graduating with diplomas in organ, harpsichord and choral conducting before completing his studies with A. Marcon at the Schola Cantorum in Basel. A prizewinner at the 1996 Bruges Organ Competition, he won first prize at the Bologna Harpsichord Competition in 1997. Marco Ruggeri graduated cum laude in musicology from the University of Pavia (1996); his publications include editions of Ponchielli’s organ music, the Catalogo del Fondo Musicale by Padre Davide da Bergamo, and, for Ricordi, a Manual of Basso continuo. He recorded CDs dedicated to the works by P. Davide da Bergamo (Tactus), G. S. Serini, M. E. Bossi, D. Scarlatti (MV Cremona), W. A. Mozart (Multimedia S. Paolo). The recording of the organ work by Ponchielli (La Bottega Discantica) obtained the award “Musica eccezionale” by the magazie “Musica”. A series of CDs of Italian composers of the 19th Century will be released by Brilliant. He teaches at the Conservatory “Guido Cantelli” of Novara.