{"id":9736,"date":"2025-09-10T09:56:03","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T07:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/?p=9736"},"modified":"2025-09-10T10:11:25","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T08:11:25","slug":"georgijs-osokins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/artists\/pianist\/georgijs-osokins\/","title":{"rendered":"Georgijs Osokins"},"content":{"rendered":"

Latvian pianist\u202fGeorgijs\u202fOsokins is widely acclaimed for his rich sound and for his unique performance style. The first Baltic pianist to establish himself in the top tier of international classical artists, the Latvian-born, Berlin-based Osokins is celebrated for his performances of repertoire ranging from Bach and Scarlatti to Arvo P\u00e4rt and P\u0113teris Vasks, via Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and many more. Critics highlight his \u201cimpeccable technique\u201d (France Musique), \u201csubtlety of touch\u201d (The Strad) and \u201cagility and grace\u201d (Gramophone). Osokins has performed at major venues and festivals including Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Pierre Boulez Saal, Salzburg Festival, Lockenhaus Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Vancouver Playhouse, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Hall and the Shanghai Music Festival.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

September 2025 sees the release of his debut album with\u202fDeutsche Grammophon\u202f\u2013\u202f<\/span>For Arvo<\/span><\/i><\/b>, featuring the complete piano works of Arvo P\u00e4rt, marking the legendary composer\u2019s 90th anniversary. <\/span>In the 25\/26 season, Osokins performs solo recitals in Berlin, Munich, Helsinki, Riga, at the Arvo P\u00e4rt Center in Estonia, for the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, Klavier Festival Ruhr, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Weidener Meisterkonzerte, and in Polling.<\/p>\n

In the 2025\/26 season, Osokins makes his debut with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande performing Chopin\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 2<\/strong><\/em> at Geneva\u2019s Victoria Hall, Lucerne\u2019s KKL and in Lausanne under the baton of Mirga Gra\u017einyt\u0117-Tyla. This follows their acclaimed January 2025 \u00a0concerts with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo, which promptly re-invited Osokins to appear later that year in Beethoven\u2019s Piano Concerto No. 4<\/strong><\/em> under the baton of Tianyi Lu.<\/span>\u00a0Further appearances include performances of Arvo P\u00e4rt\u2019s\u202f<\/span>Lamentate<\/span><\/i><\/b>\u202fwith the\u202fLatvian National Symphony Orchestra\u202funder\u202fKristiina Poska, as well as concerts with the\u202fKassel Philharmonic Orchestra\u202fand the\u202fMoravian Philharmonic Orchestra.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgijs\u202fOsokins gained international recognition at the age of 19 after competing in the 17<\/span>th<\/span>\u00a0 International Chopin Piano Competition, where he became an audience favourite. <\/span>In recent seasons,\u202fGeorgijs Osokins\u202fhas collaborated with orchestras including the\u202fIsrael Philharmonic Orchestra\u202fwith\u202fChristoph Eschenbach\u202fand\u202fRotem Nir, as well as the\u202fOrchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo\u202fwith\u202fMirga Gra\u017einyt\u0117-Tyla. With\u202fKremerata Baltica, he undertook a tour across Asia, appearing in major concert halls in\u202fSouth Korea, China, and Taiwan. <\/span>Osokins frequently collaborates with Gidon Kremer, touring across the UK, Ireland, Europe, Asia, and the USA. Alongside Lucas Debargue, he became the first resident guest artist in Kremerata Baltica\u2019s 25-year history.\u202f<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgijs Osokins\u2019 debut album, released in 2016, featured works by Chopin<\/span>. The UK-based label\u202fPiano Classics\u202fsubsequently issued two of his recordings dedicated to\u202fChopin\u2019s late works\u202fand to\u202fRachmaninoff, both receiving critical acclaim in leading music magazines across the UK, Canada, Germany, Denmark, and France. In 2022, the German label\u202fAccentus\u202freleased Osokins\u2019 first chamber music album, recorded alongside\u202fGidon Kremer\u202fand\u202fGiedr\u0117 Dirvanauskait\u0117, featuring trios by Chopin and Beethoven. The recording was nominated for both the\u202fInternational Classical Music Awards\u202fand\u202fthe Opus Klassik. In May 2025, Osokins signed an\u202fexclusive contract with Deutsche Grammophon, becoming the\u202ffirst Baltic pianist\u202fto join the iconic label\u2019s roster.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgijs Osokins was born into a family of pianists in the Latvian capital of Riga in 1995. His earliest lessons were with his father, Sergejs Osokins, and he continued his studies at Riga\u2019s Em\u012bls D\u0101rzi\u0146\u0161 Music School, whose former students also include the world-renowned Mariss Jansons, Gidon Kremer, Misha Maisky and Andris Nelsons, among others. He further worked with Sergei Babayan at the Juilliard School in New York, and with Georg Friedrich Schenck at the Robert Schumann Hochschule in D\u00fcsseldorf.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Georgijs Osokins received the Cross of Merit awarded by the President of the Republic of Poland and the Latvian Grand Music Award \u2013 the highest\u202fhonour in\u202fmusic in Latvia – and remains the youngest recipient in the Awards\u2019 history.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Osokins performs on his own bespoke piano bench designed by Fazioli.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Latvian pianist\u202fGeorgijs\u202fOsokins is widely acclaimed for his rich sound and for his unique performance style. The first Baltic pianist to establish himself in the top tier of international classical artists, the Latvian-born, Berlin-based Osokins is celebrated for his performances of repertoire ranging from Bach and Scarlatti to Arvo P\u00e4rt and P\u0113teris Vasks, via Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff and many more. Critics highlight his \u201cimpeccable technique\u201d (France Musique), \u201csubtlety of touch\u201d (The Strad) and \u201cagility and grace\u201d (Gramophone). Osokins has performed at major venues and festivals including Elbphilharmonie, Wigmore Hall, Carnegie Hall, Pierre Boulez Saal, Salzburg Festival, Lockenhaus Festival, Gstaad Menuhin Festival, Vancouver Playhouse, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Hall and the Shanghai Music Festival.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":9771,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9736","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pianist"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9736"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9787,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9736\/revisions\/9787"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9736"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9736"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csam.tobetold.film\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9736"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}