Internationally acclaimed multiple prize-winning Lithuanian pianist Rasa Vitkauskaite has been hailed for “artistry of poetic and observant sensitivity” (Gramophone) and dubbed as “a Beethoven interpreter of penetrating insight” (Fanfare). Recently invited to join the prestigious Steinway Artist roster, Rasa has performed in over 30 countries. She is the long-serving, critically acclaimed pianist of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and a voting member of the Recording Academy.

Current season highlights Rasa’s new album A Concert Piano Christmas at Boston Symphony Hall, which is currently for consideration in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo at the Grammy® Awards. Her recent Concerto CD including Mozart Concerto No. 20 in D Minor and Beethoven Concerto No. 3 in C Minor was praised as comparable to Rudolf Serkin and the New York Philharmonic. She has also recorded the Mendelssohn Double Concerto with Tchaikovsky Gold Medal violinist Ilya Kaler.

Rasa released her debut solo CD Reflections on Ongaku Records in 2014, featuring works by Beethoven, Ravel, Guastavino and Liebermann. Fanfare highlighted the release on its cover, praising her “scintillating pianism.” Her debut recording as soloist with orchestra performing Liszt/Weber Polonaise brillante recorded at the Hungarian National Radio was released as a digital single in 2016. Recent seasons have also featured a solo recital on the prestigious Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series in the Chicago Cultural Center that was broadcast live on WFMT radio and hundreds of affiliated stations nationwide. 

Winner of the Grand Prix at the Mendelssohn Cup Piano Competition in Italy, Rasa Vitkauskaite has won top prizes at numerous prestigious international piano competitions including First Prizes at Les Rencontres Internationales des Jeunes Pianistes (Belgium), the competition in Taurisano (Italy), and the Rubinstein Piano Competition (Paris). Other awards include the Westmont Fellowship at the Montecito International Music Festival in Santa Barbara, California, and a Kathryn Wasserman Davis $10,000 grant supporting a tour of Israel promoting peace. Rasa has performed as soloist with the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra, Anima Musicae Chamber Orchestra, Budapest Sinfonia, Kaunas and Latvian Philharmonic Orchestras, I Solisti di Perugia, Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra and the Boston Conservatory Orchestra. Her most recent concert engagements include performances at festivals in China, South Korea, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Hungary, and the United States. Her teachers include Randall Hodgkinson, Michael Lewin, Alberto Miodini, Jūratė Karosaitė and Jūratė Prėskienytė.

An avid chamber musician, Rasa performs regularly with world-renowned clarinetist Jonathan Cohler, and has collaborated with violinists Ilya Kaler, James Buswell, Irina Muresanu, cellist Julia Bruskin, and clarinetist Franklin Cohen among many other world renowned musicians. In 2016, she co-founded Chamber Music Boston – a premier classical chamber music ensemble featuring exciting performances in intimate settings by world-class artists.

Rasa teaches a large number of students at her private studio in Cambridge, MA, and frequently leads masterclasses worldwide including most recently at Ohio University, University of Akron, National University of Rosario in Argentina, Carlos Gomes State Institute in Brazil, New England Conservatory Preparatory School and Longy School of Music of Bard College.

Rasa Vitkauskaite is a Steinway Artist.