Lithuanian Culture Institute

Mindaugas Stumbras

Mindaugas Stumbras

Mindaugas Stumbras (1996) is a jazz guitarist​, who performs and writes both jazz andcontemporary music. He is one of the mostpromising Lithuanian jazz performers, whoactively participates in Lithuanian and foreignjazz scenes.

Having completed his secondary education at the Juozas Tallat-Kelpša Conservatory in Vilnius, the musician continued his education and in 2019 obtained a bachelor’s degree from the Royal Conservatory of Scotland.

Over the past few years, M. Stumbras has visited many European countries with his music, played in well-known jazz clubs and visited famous international jazz festivals. In 2018, he released his debut album, Our Kingdom, which was successfully presented and appreciated by listeners and music critics. 2021 he released his second studio album “Inspirations” and it gained even bigger interest in the broad jazz scene. The ensembles he founded have won Vilnius Jazz Young Power (2015) and Kaunas Jazz Competition (2020). In 2016, M. Stumbras took the first place in one of the most significant Lithuanian guitar competitions “Gitarų Šėlsmas”, and in 2018, 2020, 2021 and 2022 his works were selected for the collection “Jazz from Lithuania” published by the Lithuanian Jazz Federation. In 2022 he was awarded by Lithuanian Ministry of Culture for successful musical activity at the young age.