Two Worlds: Debussy & Gershwin Solo Piano Works

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Cat No: PRIMA008

Release Date: 05 March 2021

Label: Prima Classic

Packaging Type: Digipak

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 850000325159

Genres: Classical Solo Instrumental

Description

A personal selection of piano pieces by George Gershwin and Claude Debussy, played by the young virtuoso Andrejs Osokins.

The early twentieth century is known as an era of continuous musical revolutions when a growing number of talented musicians were eager to present new and exciting discoveries to their audiences. This program unmistakably reveals this spirit of experimentation.

This album aims to be a musical palette that will allow us to savor the atmosphere of the early twentieth century. Perhaps the compositions will amalgamate into a story about the sensibilities, experiences, and oscillations of foregone times.

Included in this album is Andrejs Osokins' version of Gershwin's "The man I love" played with his left hand only. The video clip of this track is here: https://youtu.be/p_l9gRPChKc

Latvian classical concert pianist Andrejs Osokins is a laureate of the world's most prominent piano competitions, including Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition in Tel Aviv, the Long-Thibaud International Competition in Paris, the Leeds International Piano Competition and the Queen Elisabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels, as well as a laureate of the 5th International German Piano Award presented by International Piano Forum in Frankfurt.

Osokins was described by critics as impeccably stylish, praised for his powerful intellect and charisma, wide expressive sound palette, notably convincing in many different styles of music. Osokins is an Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM), London. In 2008 Andrejs Osokins was awarded with The Great Music Award, which is the highest form of state recognition in the field of music in Latvia.

Andrejs has had the honor of performing with prestigious orchestras including the National Orchestra of Belgium, the Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Manchester's The HallÃ© Symphony Orchestra, the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Dublin's RTÃ‰ National Symphony Orchestra, Kremerata Baltica orchestra, Latvian National Symphony orchestra, and under button of Sir Mark Elder, Vladimir Fedoseyev, Marin Alsop, Yuri Simonov, Bojan Videnov, Pablo Mielgo, Andris Poga, Ain 257;rs Rubi 311;is and James Judd.

Andrejs' performance diary has included recitals in many high-profile recital venues including the Berlin Philharmonie, the Great Hall of Konzerthaus Berlin, Frankfurt's Alte Oper; Milan's La Verdi concert hall, National Concert Hall in Dublin, Royal Festival Hall, Wigmore Hall, the St Martin in the Fields and Kings Place concert hall in London, Gasteig concert hall in Munich, La Monnaie concert hall in Brussels, Opera Comique in Paris and the Symphony Hall in Birmingham.

The pianist has previously released albums on the DUX and Skani labels, also distributed by Proper, including Dedication (DUX0984), and The Three Osokins (LMIC060).
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