Vestard Shimkus - Beethoven - Sonata op.2 No.3 - 1st mvt - Stockholm recital

Pianist Vestard Shimkus plays the 1st movement from Piano Sonata op.2 No.3 in C major by Ludwig van Beethoven. Recorded live during his recital at Stockholm Konserthuset, November 16th, 2008.

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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[ChopinFanatic19]

Bravo, Mr. Shimkus. This is an exceptional display of the pianist's abilities, both technical and musical. Well done.

[northernlight11]

hot

[RavingScience]

@lilywhitey89 She really masters this?! Maybe she's not actually playing this movement, maybe she learned how to play the 2nd movement which is as Adagio... Anyway, 3 months working in this piano sonata. That's tough!

[kartons3009]

I am proud that he is latvian :)

[gunstrap]

lol I only looked up this video to hear what saoirse ronan has apparently learned on piano after only 12 weeks of lessons. :D

[meabhyxxx]

@lilywhitey89 Ya I find that hard to believe too. But is this definitely the piece she is after learning ??

[lilywhitey89]

How on earth did Saoirse Ronan master this in 12 weeks with no previous piano lessons??

[Ray0X0]

Sin duda una de las más bellas sonatas de Beethoven. La interpretación de Vestard es realmente excelente, sin embargo es, para mi gusto, algo apresurada... los maestros antiguos obtienen mucho más "sabor", profundidad y también belleza de esta maravillosa composición. Lógicamente él se deja llevar un poco por su juventud y da rienda suelta a su impetuosidad, pero Beethoven siempre se disfruta mejor a un tempo más calmo. Los beethovenianos clásicos como Arrau comprendían perfectamente esto.

[liszt73]

FANTASTICO!!!!!!!

[samuelngkee]

Wow! Fantastic!!!!!