Mindaugas Labanauskas (Lithuania) – completed the accordion studies in 2002 at the Klaipeda‘s universite faculty of arts, accordion section in the class of prof. Vladislava Kaknaviciute.
He was pedagogically active in children schools of music (Kedainiai, Kaunas) in the period 2002 – 2009. His students are winners of national and international accordionist‘s competition.
From 2005 director of Prienai district Veiveriai A.Kucingis name art school.
From 2008 became Kaunas accordion society vice president.
From 2013 – Lithuanian national accordionist‘s union vice president.
Mindaugas Labanauskas is an organiser of international accordion competitions and festivals – director of International competition for acordeonist‘s „Ascoltate“ (2009, 2012, 2015), International competition for young musician‘s „Olimpo musicale“ 2008, 2011, 2014, International competition for pianoforte and ensembles „Musica pianoforte“ (2012, 2015).
From 2008 he is a delegate in „Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes (CIA)“ and in „confederation mondiale de l‘ accordeon (CMA)“.
On 2014 he was an organizer of 64th worldwide accordionist‘s competition „Trophee mondiale“ in Kaunas (Lithuania).
Mindaugas Labanauskas was a member of ZIURI in International accordionist‘s competition‘s „Trophee mondiale“, „Coupe mondiale“, „Italian awarld“ and other.