Vasks - White Scenery - Vestard Shimkus (world premiere of the piano cycle "The Seasons")

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Pianist Vestard Shimkus performs the 1st movement - "The White Scenery" ("Baltā ainava") - from the new piano cycle "The Seasons" composed by Pēteris Vasks. Recorded live, September 18th, 2009 at the Liepāja Theater, during the world premiere of the whole cycle.

Pianist and composer Vestard Shimkus (*1984) was born in Latvia and began gaining international recognition after performances with BBC Philharmonic, Orchestre National de France, Borodin Quartet, Isabelle van Keulen, Czech Philharmonic and KREMERata Baltica with conductors Andris Nelsons, Lawrence Foster, Vassily Sinaisky and others.
Winner of several international piano competitions.
Composer of a piano concerto of his own (2008).

More info: http://vestardshimkus.arcadiamusica.com

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  • This piece covers everything - love, pain, peace. Everyone can find in it what he searches for.

    Could listen 100x times a day.

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  • We had to listen to it today in our Latvian literature lesson and write down what we felt. And I sure felt lots of things.

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