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Vestards Šimkus (piano)

  

Vestard Shimkus

Lisztomania 2011

In comparison with Liszt all pianists are babies.

Anton Rubinstein

 

Sunday, 2011 January 30th, 7 PM

Tuesday, 2011 February 1st, 7 PM - EXTRA CONCERT!

Great Guild Hall

 

Vestards Šimkus (piano)

 

Program – F.Liszt

In 2011 the whole world is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the great pianist and composer Franz Liszt. The Herman Braun Foundation opens its Lisztomania and invites prominent musicians. Pianists Vestards Šimkus and Sergio Tiempo (March 6) are among them. At the Summertime festival you will listen to the Grand Prix winner of the Liszt international competition 2011 in Utrecht. The autumn will bring the first prizewinners of this year international competitions in Utrecht, Weimar and Budapest playing at the gala concert. Irina Dolzhenko and Inna Davidova will present to us the Liszt’s songs. The concert of Muza Rubackyte with Années de Pèlegrinage will be the top of the Lisztomania.

 

Vestards Šimkus was born in Jūrmala. He began to gain an international recognition after debut performances with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica, Nord-West Deutsche Philharmonie, Orquestra Sinfonica del Valles and Tallin Chamber Orchestra in such concert halls as Wiener Konzerthaus, Tokyo Opera City, Salle O.Messiaen (Paris), Berwald hall (Stockholm), Konserthuset (Stockholm), Moscow Conservatory, Prague Rudolfinum and Amsterdam Concertgebow among others as well as after becoming a 1st-prize-winner of several international piano competitions, including the 55th Maria Canals International piano competition in Barcelona and the 5th Bad Kissingen KlavierOlympiade international piano competition.

Shimkus began his piano studies at age of five in 1989 in Emīls Dārziņš Music School in Rīga. He has studied with Dmitri Bashkirov and Claudio Martinez Mehner in Escuela Superior de Musica Reina Sofia (Madrid), Daniel Pollack in University of Southern California (Los Angeles), Vadim Suchanov in Richard Strauss Konservatorium (Munich), has also studied composition with Pēteris Vasks.

Shimkus' collaborations with such conductors as Lawrence Foster, Andris Nelsons, Vassily Sinaisky, Anu Nali, Eri Klas, Jonathan Darlington, Olari Elts, Salvador Brotons, Woldemar Nelsson as well as his recital, concerto and chamber music performances throughout Europe, USA, Middle-East, Japan and China have often brought a storm of appreciation from audiences and critics. He has been invited to perform in Kissinger Sommer Festival, Germany, Bergen Festival, Norway, Gidon Kremer Festival in Lockenhaus, Austria, KREMERata Baltica Festival in Sigulda, Latvia, Stoke-on-Trent Festival, UK, Stavanger International Chamber Music Festival, Norway and Al Bustan Festival in Beirut, Lebanon.

Vestard Shimkus has been a stipendiate of the foundation New Names of the Planet, has been awarded with the White Star Order of Estonia, Grand Music Award of Latvia 2002 and 2009. Some of his compositions have been published by SCHOTT Music & Media. His Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra was premiered on July 2008. He has released four CD albums.

Shimkus also plays jazz and has given several solo concerts consisting just of his spontaneous piano improvisations.


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01.02.2011  19:00
Great Guild Hall

Vestards Šimkus (piano)
Program – F.Liszt

 

30.01.2011  19:00
Great Guild Hall

Vestards Šimkus (piano)
Program – F.Liszt

 

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