Vestard Shimkus - Flight of the Drunk Bumble-Bee

Pianist Vestard Shimkus plays his own "Flight of the Drunk Bumble-Bee" (based on "Flight of the Bumble-Bee" by Rimsky-Korsakov) for piano.
July 2005.

Vestard Shimkus (Vestards Šimkus) studied in Riga, Los Angeles, Madrid and Munich with professors Dmitri Bashkirov, Daniel Pollack, Vadim Suchanov and others. Has also studied composition with Peteris Vasks.

Among his prizes are 1st prize at the international Bad-Kissinger KlavierOlympiade piano competition (Germany, 2007), Los Angeles Liszt Piano Competition (2002) and Stockholm Performing Artists Competition (2001). In 2002 he was awarded with the Grand Music Prize of Latvia (2002) and "White Star" order of Estonia (2005).

Shimkus has given performances throughout Europe, the USA, the Middle-East and Japan. Festival appearances have included Bergen Festival (Norway), Lockenhaus Gidon Kremer Festival (Austria), Kissinger Sommer Festival, Al Bustan Festival (Lebanon), amongst others. He has performed with BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestre National de France, KREMERata Baltica, Nordwestdeutsche Philharmonie and Tallin Chamber Orchestra and has collaborated with such conductors as Lawrence Foster, Vassily Sinaisky, Eri Klas, Woldemar Nelsson, Anu Tali, Jonathan Darlington, Andris Nelsons and Olari Elts.

Shimkus has released two solo CD albums and has had compositions published by Schott Music. His own newly composed piano concerto was premiered on July 2008.

Info: www.geocities.com/vestards

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[CireRice]

I really dig this interpretation. I like the bended tonalities. I really want to explore that more. with modern recording you can bend distort sound so much I want to reproduce that in piano music and more I always wonder where real creativity lives in modern day so much emphasis on the classics but I want modern ... Here lies some real brilliance keep up the good work

[michiimouse]

nice! i like it. it's cute. makes me imagine a drunk bee floating around haha. :p

[more2debra]

Wow, found the perfect music a little too late for my video Flight of The Drunken Bumble-Bee.

[splico17]

@MairaLeikarte hahah i didnt mean that, i was just replying to another comment that said volodos has a transcription, which is actually cziffra's. Im not that deaf, i dont think anybody is :)

[coolkiddd555]

drunk on honey

[ReturnOfTheStienway]

wow!!! I really like this. he made it sound completely different.

[mccarthy51]

thats a hard song how do you play dat fast i wish i can play it ;)

[splico17]

@bontemps16 there is no volodos transcription, he plays cziffra's improvisation which was written down...

[deedeethedude]

Volodos is a baby for this.. Shimkus..

[Shaghayegh11]

AWESOMEEEEEEEE!

[scriabin007]

nice...but a bit!