Here are some excerpts from the recent international reviews about the latest CD album „Vestard Shimkus. Rachmaninov“ (Artalinna, France, 2014) „The preludes, first of all, remind the elegant sonority of Vladimir Ashkenazy with a, however, very personal commitment.(..) [Variations On A Theme Of Chopin] are performed with an eloquence and[…]
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Vestard Shimkus has been awarded with the „LOTTO-Förderpreis 2014“ of the prestigious international „Rheingau Musik Festival“. It is a prize of EUR 15000 which is awarded annually to an outstanding young musician perfoming at this festival. The jury (which includes the conductor Christoph Eschenbach and the director of the festival[…]
Read More »The SACD album „Wagner Idyll. Vestard Shimkus“ has just been nominated for the prestigious International Classical Music Awards 2014 in the „Solo Instrument“ category along with albums of Arcadi Volodos, Andras Schiff, Nelson Goerner, Maria Joao Pires, Rudolf Buchbinder and Aldo Ciccolini. Source: www.icma-info.com
Read More »October 16 („Gors“ Concert Hall, Rēzekne) & October 17 (Riga Dome Cathedral). With Latvian Radio Choir conducted by Sigvards Kļava. Programme: Vestard Shimkus – Piano Concerto No.2 „In a Darkness Auspicious To Me“ for piano and choir (world premiere); Hans Otte – Pieces Nos.2, 4 & 11 from „The Book[…]
Read More »„A brilliant debut.(..) Fascinating, how attentively Shimkus presented the works of different [Wagner] transcribers.(..) The radiant harmonic grounds of „Siegfried-Idyll“ could be heard even… more meaningfully than in the original orchestral version.(..) Cool, souvereign and concentrated.“(Offenbach-Post) „A restless enthusiasm and technical brilliance.(..) He evoked Wagner’s orchestral sound with a lucid[…]
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