July 15, 2025, 20:00
The Great Hall
Three Osokins
Artists:
Sergey Osokin, piano
Andrey Osokin, piano
Georgy Osokin, piano
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Guntis Kuzma
On 15 July, the festival will be opened by pianists Sergejs Osokins, Andrejs Osokins and Georgijs Osokins with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under the baton of conductor Guntis Kuzma.
The three Osokins is a brand in the piano world. Sergejs Osokins and his sons – Andrejs and Georgijs Osokins are multi-talented virtuosos, piano pioneers and insightful artists, whose concert programmes are always a celebration and a special event for lovers of piano music.
The Osokins’ joint concerts are an event with a deeply thought-out message, in which the most beautiful golden repertoire of piano music and classical music masterpieces are always played in original arrangements for two and even three pianos.
Georgijs Osokins
PianoGeorgijs Osokins gained international attention through his participation at age of 19 in the 2015 Chopin Competition where his performances received either superlatives or led to controversy.
He was a clear audience favourite and the most discussed competitor when he was dubbed by critics as "exceptional and unpredictable." Even before the finals, he walked away with opportunities often reserved just for prizewinners as concert invitations started pouring in for a solo recital at the prestigious "Chopin and His Europe" festival in Warsaw and for his first tour of Japan, as well as invitations from three continents for concerts and recordings.
These included performances at the NOSPR Concert Hall in Katowice, the Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Hall, Zaryadye Concert Hall in Moscow and recitals in Switzerland, Germany, the United States, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom.
Sergejs Osokins
PianoSergejs Osokins was born in 1960. He began studying piano performance at Emīls Dārziņš Special Secondary Music School (Riga, Latvia, teacher Juta Daugule) and continued his piano education at the P.Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory with Prof. Nina Yemelyanova (1978-1983). Professor Sergejs Osokins often performs in Latvia, also in Norway, France. He has appeared with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of Latvian Academy of Music, performing concertos: by Beethoven, Brahms, Vasks “Message”.
Andrejs Osokins
PianoFrom 2015 Andrejs became a member and an organizer of the Three Osokins piano dynasty project, which had become one of the most significant concert event in Latvian classical music scene – in 2015 three piano virtuosi of Osokins dynasty: Andrejs, Georgijs and Sergejs played together for the first time for the fully packed Dzintari hall and the next year their concert in Latvian National Opera was broadcasted worldwide by the German internet television Klassik.TV.
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra
Liepāja Symphony Orchestra is the oldest orchestra in the Baltic States. It was started in 1881, when the first Philharmonic in the Baltics was established. In the repertoire politics special attention is paid to Latvian music – the orchestra has repeatedly premiered and commissioned new works. In recent seasons all the 12 monumental opuses of Liepaja concert series initiated by Liepāja Symphony Orchestra have been submitted to public and specialist evaluation. They have been released by such record labels as “Odradek Records” and “Skani”. Orchestra has two times received the highest national music award – The Great Music Award, as well as numerous Latvian Recordings Awards. The season 2022. / 2023. welcomes Guntis Kuzma as its artistic director and chief conductor. The orchestra regularly tours concert halls in Latvia, and goes on tours abroad.
Guntis Kuzma
ConductorSince 2022/2023 year season Guntis Kuzma is the chief conductor and artistic director of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. The winner of the Grand Music Award 2018 for two outstanding performances: the interpretation of Ādolfs Skulte's Symphony No.5 at the “Grand Concert of Latvian Symphonic Music”, conducting the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, and the performance of Sebastian Fagerlund's Clarinet Concerto as a soloist. He is the winner of many international competitions.
