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Teofils Biķis

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Teofils Biķis (Liepāja, 1952–2000) was a Latvian pianist.

He was trained at the Moscow Conservatory under Lev Vlassenko, graduating in 1975. That same year he won the Vianna da Motta International Music Competition and was appointed a teacher at the Novosibirsk Conservatory. In 1989 he was promoted to the Latvian Academy of Music, where he held a professorship and led the piano department. He served subsequently as the president of the European Piano Teachers Association's Latvian branch.

Competition record
1968 Soviet Union II Ciurlionis iRPC 3rd Prize ex aequo with Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic Raimonda Šeinfeld
1975 Portugal VI Vianna da Motta IMC 1st Prize ex aequo with United States William de Van

References

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  • [1] Music in Latvia
  • [2] Vianna da Motta competition 2nd Spring 1998 newsletter