Bach: Badinerie BWV 1067

Bach: E Flat Major Sonata BWV 1031 

Martinu: Sonata for Flute and Piano 1st movement

Pakalnis: "Svajone" (Dream)

S. Rachmaninov: Prelude for solo piano no. 2 in B Flat major

Turkish March arr. for Solo Flute

Gaubert: Fantasie for Flute and Piano  by P. Gaubert 

Rimsky- Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee arr. for Piano and Flute 

(Programme subject to change)

Lithuanian flautist Silvija Scerbaviciute is the principal flute of RTE Radio Concert Orchestra in Dublin, Ireland, since February 2021. Silvija graduated from the Royal Academy of Music in London, UK, with a First Class Honours Bachelor’s degree in July 2017, where she studied with Michael Cox, Helen Keen (piccolo) and Lisa Beznosiuk (baroque traverso). While at RAM, Silvija received the Regency Award of Notable Achievement and won the Patrons Award, which led to a solo recital at Wigmore Hall in May 2017.

Silvija has since embarked on an exciting career both as an orchestra and chamber musician. She has performed as principal flute with the BBC Symphony Orchestra (currently on trial for the position), Oslo Philharmonic, Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Hallé, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Northern Sinfonia and as principal piccolo with English National Opera and Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Silvija is also a guest principal flute on West End musicals of Lion King, Wicked and My Fair Lady. During her time in London, Silvija worked as a regular guest with the Philharmonia Orchestra, London Sinfonietta and London Mozart Players and in 2017-2018 held the flute position at the London Philharmonic Orchestra Future Firsts Academy and Southbank Sinfonia orchestra training schemes. In 2016, she received a full scholarship to participate at the prestigious Aspen Music Festival and School in Aspen (Colorado, USA) where she won the Woodwinds Concerto Competition and had the exciting opportunity to learn from the American music scene. Silvija is an alumna of Chetham’s School of Music (Manchester, UK) and is originally from Vilnius, Lithuania, where she attended the National M.K.Ciurlionis School of Music.

Karolína is an awarded concert pianist and daughter of internationally celebrated, Juno awarded Czech pianist Antonin Kubalek. She is alumna of the Royal Academy of Music, the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, the Prague Academy of Music, and the Glenn Gould School of Music in Toronto. Karolina currently makes Glasgow her home and contributes proudly to the UK music community, serving not only as a solo and collaborative artist but also as the artistic founder and curator of the new concert series "Music in the Mearns". Her exceptional talent garners international acclaim. Karolína’s memorable Prague Spring debut in 2009 left a lasting impression on audiences and critics alike, as recognized in Hudebni Rozhledy - national Czech music magazine. Karolina has received coaching from world renowned performers including Menahem Pressler, Boris Berman, and Ian Fountain.

Karolina's illustrious career has graced stages across Europe and beyond, including Germany, Croatia, Hungary, England, Scotland, Poland, Lithuania, Portugal, and The Netherlands. Notably, she has performed concertos by Beethoven and Mozart with prestigious orchestras like the Toronto Concert Orchestra under the baton of the late Kerry Stratton and Symphony in the Barn in Ontario, Canada under the baton of Irish conductor Kevin Mallon in 2021.

In 2023/2024 Karolina has continued her performances, this time with her close friend and colleague Ugnė Viržonytė where they have played in notable venues such as the Glasgow City Chambers and St Giles’Cathedral and Usher Hall. Karolina appeared twice during the Edinburgh International Festival with Ugnė as well as performances as a solo pianist. This coming year she will be performing again as a soloist in St Giles’ in Edinburgh, the Edinburgh Pianodrome and once again in St Mary’s Cathedral with programmes featuring Rachmaninov, Glass, Mozart, Chopin, and Scottish inspired music.

In 2025, Karolina is touring Mozart’s Piano Concerto no. 20 in d minor with an RCS Chamber ensemble around the country, and was featured on BBC Radio Scotland ‘ Classical Now ‘ discussing her work curating Music In the Mearns and her upcoming performances, where they aired her own self-produced White Label recording of Beethoven’s 32 Variations in c minor.