Edita Stankeviciute
Pianist and piano educator with more than 30 years of professional teaching, international piano competition juror in Germany and the Netherlands, founder of Windsor Piano School, and founder and organiser of the Windsor International Piano Competition.
Windsor Piano School, since 2008
203 Clarence Road, Windsor
An international piano educator
Edita Stankeviciute is a Lithuanian-born pianist and piano educator with more than 30 years of professional teaching experience. Her published professional biographies record higher-education piano teaching in Lithuania, at the Lithuanian State Conservatoire in Vilnius and the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute. She has six documented international jury years in Germany and the Netherlands between 2017 and 2024: the Euregio Piano Award in 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, and the International Piano Competition for Young Musicians in Enschede in 2024. She has taught international masterclasses in the UK and Sicily.
In 2008 she founded Windsor Piano School, which she continues to lead as Principal. The school is an official ABRSM Private Visit Centre, and its piano department follows the written progression pathway she set. Separately, she founded and led the Windsor International Piano Competition over its documented 2015–2022 period, bringing an international jury and competitors to Windsor. Her student Harvey Lin reached the Keyboard Final of BBC Young Musician twice, in 2016 and 2020.
International competition jury work
Six documented international jury years in Germany and the Netherlands between 2017 and 2024, each recorded in the competitions' own published jury lists. The Windsor International Piano Competition, which Edita founded and led over its documented 2015–2022 period, is listed separately and is not counted in these six years.
Windsor International Piano Competition
Windsor, UK · founder and leader over its documented 2015–2022 period · separate from the six jury years
Source: WIPC international jury
Euregio Piano Award
International competition · Geilenkirchen, Germany
Source: Euregio Piano Award jury archive
International Piano Competition for Young Musicians
Enschede, Netherlands · founded 2001
Source: Competition jury page
The Euregio Piano Award is run with the cultural office of the city of Geilenkirchen and is a member of the Alink-Argerich Foundation.
Founder — Windsor International Piano Competition
Edita founded and led the Windsor International Piano Competition over its documented 2015–2022 period, from its first edition in 2015. Open to pianists of any age and nationality, it brought an international jury, international competitors and masterclasses to Windsor.
Documented editions and winners
- 2015: Grand Prize, Harry Nowakowski-Fox
- 2016: Grand Prize, Francisco Montero
- 2018: fourth competition, 10–14 July, at Windsor Parish Church; final concert and award ceremony on 14 July
- 2018: Windsor International Piano Masterclass, 6–9 July, co-led by Edita with Prof. Giulio Potenza and Prof. Francesca Vidal
- 2022: 1st Prize, Maxim Kinasov, including a recording with KNS Classical; 2nd Prize, Bocheng Wang
Sources: WIPC · Bach Cantatas (Nowakowski-Fox) · KNS Classical (Montero) · WIPC masterclass · Keyboard Charitable Trust · Scottish International Piano Competition (Wang)
International jury
- Gabriele Baldocci, Professor of Piano, Trinity Laban Conservatoire (Italy)
- Mikhail Kazakevich, Professor of Piano, Trinity College of Music (Russia)
- Carles Lama, Steinway Artist and co-founder of KNS Classical (Spain)
- Giulio Potenza, the competition's artistic director (Italy)
- Antonella Scuderi, Professor of Piano, V. Bellini Conservatory, Catania (Italy)
- Francesca Vidal, Artistic Director, Città di San Donà di Piave competition (Italy)
- Xin Wang, jury president, Euregio Piano Award (China)
- Edita Stankeviciute, founder (Lithuania)
Source: WIPC jury page
Two BBC Young Musician Keyboard Finals
Harvey Lin began piano lessons with Edita at Windsor Piano School at the age of seven. In 2016, aged 13, he was one of five pianists selected for the Keyboard Category Final of BBC Young Musician. In 2020, aged 17 and a music scholar at Eton College, he reached the Keyboard Final again. Eton College's account of his 2020 final names Edita as his teacher.
These are the achievements of one exceptional student, not typical outcomes. We record them because each is publicly documented. The school's full evidence record is on Piano Exam Results & Student Achievements.
Sources: Pianist · Classical Music · Eton College
International masterclasses
Windsor Piano Academy
Windsor, UK · masterclasses attended by the Sicilian pianist Gabriele Laura
Windsor International Piano Masterclass
Windsor, UK · co-led with Prof. Giulio Potenza and Prof. Francesca Vidal
Source: WIPC
Masterclasses for young Sicilian pianists
Attended by Gaspare Capodicasa and Calogero Lupo, as recorded by the city of Bagheria (venue not stated)
Source: Città di Bagheria
Edita's published professional biographies also record visiting professorships at the A. Toscanini Conservatoire in Ribera and the V. Bellini Conservatoire in Palermo, Sicily.
Higher-education and professional background
Professional biographies published by international piano competitions record that Edita:
- graduated with distinction from the Lithuanian State Conservatoire in Vilnius;
- gave concerts and broadcasts across the former Soviet Union;
- joined the Conservatoire's teaching staff and became its Professor of Piano, teaching solo piano and accompaniment;
- lectured in piano at the Department of Music of the Vilnius Pedagogical Institute;
- served as chief music specialist in Lithuania's Department of Culture.
From 1995 she concentrated on teaching. In 2008 she founded Windsor Piano School in Windsor.
A documented student record: Harvey Lin
One exceptional student's publicly documented results, in date order.
| Year | Achievement | Source |
|---|---|---|
| c. 2012 | Grade 8 piano at the age of nine, after two years and three months of lessons, passed with distinction | Bracknell News; WMSO |
| 2012 | First Prize, Young Pianist of the North International Piano Competition, Newcastle | WMSO |
| 2013 | First Prize, shared (ex aequo), 5th International Rosario Marciano Piano Competition, Vienna | Soirées at Breinton |
| 2014 | First Prize, Chopin International Piano Competition, Hartford, USA | WMSO |
| 2014 | Winner, Emanuel Trophy Piano Competition, North London Music Festival | WMSO |
| Feb 2015 | LRSM diploma in piano performance, with distinction, aged 11 | WMSO |
| 2015 | Semi-finalist; fifth in the semi-final round, Nutcracker International Television Contest for Young Musicians, Moscow | Soirées at Breinton |
| 2016 | Keyboard Category Final, BBC Young Musician | Pianist |
| 2016 | Music scholarship, Eton College | Classical Music |
| 2020 | Keyboard Category Final, BBC Young Musician | Classical Music; Eton College |
LRSM is ABRSM's Level 6 performance diploma.
Independent sources
- Euregio Piano Award jury archive
- International Piano Competition for Young Musicians
- Windsor International Piano Competition
- WIPC jury
- WIPC masterclass
- Keyboard Charitable Trust
- Eton College
- Pianist
- Classical Music
- Bracknell News
- Windsor & Maidenhead Symphony Orchestra
- Soirées at Breinton
- Città di Bagheria
- Gabriele Laura CV
Piano lessons at Windsor Piano School
A team of conservatoire-trained piano teachers works to the pathway Edita set. At the £18 taster session each student is matched to the right teacher.