Georgijs Osokins–2022 Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Preliminary Round Recital

Sixteenth Van Cliburn International Piano Competition Preliminary Round Recital June 2, 2022 Van Cliburn Concert Hall at TCU GEORGIJS OSOKINS Latvia I Age 27 SCRIABIN Sonata No. 9, op. 68 (“Black Mass”) HOUGH Fanfare Toccata CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, op. 58 Born into a family of pianists in Riga, Latvia, Georgijs Osokins began his studies at the age of 5 with his father, Sergejs Osokins. After 12 years at the Emīls Dārziņš Music School, he studied with Sergei Babayan at The Juilliard School in 2015, then moved to Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf to study with Georg Friedrich Schenck. He finds “consistent development” to be the hallmark of a great musician: “only when an artist fully embraces his responsibility of being the linking element between the creator and the recipient, can he start to generate art himself.” Georgijs has performed around the world, with numerous orchestras including Taiwan Philharmonic, Kremerata Ba