Martynas Levickis likes to call his instrument a »magic box of tricks«. Indeed, when this Lithuanian straps on his accordion and begins to play, the audience often falls silent as if watching an amazing magic show. The soundscapes that Levickis elicits from his ‘box’ are as impressive as they are varied, as unexpected as they are virtuoso. Levickis’ career began in the deep forests of Lithuania, where he began imitating birds and the rustling of trees with his accordion at the age of three. At the age of eight, he finally attended the S. Sondeckis School of the Arts in his hometown of Šiauliai. He later studied with Owen Murray at the Royal Academy of Music in London.

Levickis’ career as an ambassador for the accordion took off rapidly when he won the TV casting show ›Lithuania’s Got Talent‹ in 2010 and became a superstar in his home country. This was followed by a debut album on Decca Classics which went straight to number 1 in the British classical music charts. Today, Martynas Levickis is one of the most sought-after accordion soloists in the world and has performed with the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig, the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the National Philharmonic Orchestra Vilnius, among others. Guest appearances have taken him to concert halls such as the Royal Albert Hall, Wigmore Hall, the Auditorio Nacional in Mexico and the Elbphilharmonie as well as to festivals such as Bath, the Heidelberger Frühling, the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival and many others. In autumn 2023, he received the Opus Klassik as ›Instrumentalist of the Year‹. Last year, the television channel Arte accompanied this young accordionist in a television portrait.