Accordionist Martynas Levickis was the first player of his instrument to top Britain's Classical Albums sales chart and the first signed to the venerable Decca label. He gained wide exposure as a youthful winner on the Lithuania's Got Talent television program.
Levickis was born on June 11, 1990, in Taurage, Lithuania. He started playing the accordion at age three and was self-taught for the next five years. When he was eight, he enrolled at the Saulius-Sondeckis arts high school in the city of Siauliai. He began winning championships and competitions in the mid-2000s decade,...