The two pianists first met in Sweden, where they studied with Professor Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist, and have played together several times since.
Aurelia Šimkus’ international career began at the age of 16, when she joined a German record company Ars production released his solo album Joke. Magazine Piano News recognized it as the album of the month, writing that “Aurelia Šimkus is a great pianist and a real discovery”, while the newspaper Westphalian Review he admired the soul in his way of playing the piano full of the most refined musicality and sensuality. For his second solo album flow. I call you In 2016, Aurelia won the prestigious Eco Klassik prize.
Aurelia Šimkus participated in festivals Interlaken Classics, Next Generation Festival, Kisingenes vasara, At the Kurt Weill Festival, at the Bonn Schumann Festival, at the festival Masters of tomorrow etc. Performed with the English Chamber Orchestra, Warsaw Symphony Orchestra, Dortmund Philharmonic Orchestra, Georgian Chamber Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra Orpheusthe Freiburg Philharmonic Orchestra, the Rhineland-Palatinate Philharmonic Orchestra and other groups.
The foreign press writes of the pianist Toni Jaiks Young: “An absolute discovery … It combines the qualities of a true virtuoso and an artist” (Chopin’s courier) and “Yang has a dazzling technique and gives a personal touch to everything he plays.” (The Dallas Morning News). Hailed as one of Canada’s best young musicians, pianist Tony Jake Young gained international recognition at the age of 16 when he won fifth place at the Warsaw International Chopin Piano Competition in 2015, making him the youngest winner of the competition. Young also won Wayne Clyburn laurels, Bosendorfer and Yamaha USASU, Hilton Head and other international piano competitions.
As a soloist he has performed at the Koerner Hall in Toronto, the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, the Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, the Seoul Arts Center, the Warsaw National Philharmonic, the Millennium Amphitheater in Dubai, the Severance Hall in Cleveland, the Chopin Hall in Mexico City and elsewhere. .
The concert will feature Mozart’s gallant and joyful sonata for two pianos in Remajor K.448, as well as compositions by the brilliant melodist and aristocrat of the piano keys, Frederic Chopin. You will hear the restless spirit of Sergei Prokofiev’s Fourth Piano Sonata, which reveals the composer’s introspective and contemplative side. Legendary 20th century pianist Sjatoslav Richter said of this sonata: “It is intimate chamber music with hidden riches”. But Peter Tchaikovsky in the popular ballet suite Nutcracker overture for two pianos takes us into the wonderland of Christmas and into the whirlwind of dance that celebrates youth, friendship and love.
Tickets: https://www.bilesuparadize.lv
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