Saturday, January 25 at 7 PM
KARLIS BUKOVSKIS, PIANO
PERFORMING ROMANTIC WORKS BY LISZT, BRAHMS AND SCRIABIN
In concert at Curtis at All Hallows
Kārlis Bukovskis, from Alūksne, Latvia, entered Curtis Institute of Music in 2022 and is the John J. Medveckis Fellow. He is a student of Robert McDonald.
Mr. Bukovskis has delighted audiences with solo recitals and has won several important awards competitions, including the Latvian Young Piano National Competition in which he received the main prize in his age category. He has also participated in concerts and festivals throughout Latvia, Lithuania, Georgia, Russia and Uzbekistan. In 2015 and 2016, he was awarded the Excellence Award from the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia.
Mr. Bukovskis has performed piano concerts with a number of orchestras, including works by Edvard Grieg, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, and Sergei Rachmaninoff. He has also participated in several masterclasses with Georgian pianist Eliso Virsaladze and Norwegian virtuoso Leif Ove Andsnes. In addition to his piano studies, he has studied composition and composed several works. In 2021, Mr. Bukovskis created a piece for the Latvian organ music project Doms iedvesmo, dedicated to the organ of the Riga Dome Cathedral.
This will be Mr. Bukovskis’ second performance for Curtis at All Hallows. He previously played a program of music by Latvian Composers to a sold-out audience. A question and answer session with Mr. Bukovskis will follow the program.
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