MAGNUS PIANO WEEK Prof. Toms Ostrovskis spalio 22-23d.
TOMS OSTROVSKIS
Vice-Rector for Academic Work, , Head of Performing Arts Department, Associate Professor, Piano Department
Toms Ostrovskis studied piano performance at the Emils Darzins Secondary Music School and Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, continuing his education on full scholarship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama under the tutelage of Ronan O’Hora, where he obtained Master of Music in Performance Degree and an Advanced Instrumental Studies Diploma; from 2005 to 2007 he was a fellowship student at GSMD, researching piano teaching methodology in a joint City University-GSMD programme. During studies, Toms Ostrovskis participated in many international competitions and masterclasses in Great Britain, Holland, Portugal and France, learning from various renowned artists-teachers, such as David Dubal, Joseph Banowetz, Christopher Elton, Joan Havill, Sergey Babayan, Karl Kemmerling, John O’Conor, and others. He has participated in Liepaja Piano Stars Festivals and has performed with such collectives as the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, Bucharest Radio Orchestra, Guildhall Symphony Orchestra, London City University Symphony Orchestra, and other collectives. He was a finalist of European Broadcasting Union Radio Competition „New Talent” (Bucharest) and Guildhall Gold Medal competition (London), 3rd prize winner in the International Jazeps Vitols Piano Competition (Latvia), recipient of the Myra Hess Education Awards and the Yamaha – Kemble UK Scholarship Award.
Since 2007 Toms Ostrovskis is a member of the Piano Department of Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. He has lead masterclasses in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Italy, Iceland, Sweden, Poland, Great Britain, and other countries. He is an active chamber musician and frequently participates in various solo and chamber music projects in Latvia and abroad. Toms Ostrovskis has made numerous recordings for the Latvian Radio 3 “Klasika”. Since 1998 he is a member of the Latvian Piano Teachers Association (board member since 2010), representing EPTA Latvia in festivals and conferences across Europe. In 2007 he became actively involved in the Innovative Conservatoire (ICon) project, an international collaboration to stimulate knowledge exchange, innovation and reflective practice in Conservatoires. Since 2014 he is the director of the „Talents of Inese Galante” competition and since 2019 leads the education initiative of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival, organizing international masterclasses of such renowned musicians as Mischa Maisky, Yefim Bronfman, Andras Schiff and Renee Fleming, amongst others. Since 2016 Toms Ostrovskis is a member of the Nordplus “Actt in Art” network, developing entrepreneurship opportunities at higher music education institutions; since 2017 he is a member of project evaluation committee of the Creative Industries Incubator of the Investment and Development Agency of Latvia.
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