About
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 Baltica, Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, and Tokyo New City Orchestra. Recitals have taken him across Asia, North America, and Europe, with notable appearances at the Elbphilharmonie, Klavier-Festival Ruhr, Lockenhaus Festival, International Piano Series in Bern/Fribourg, Salzburg Festival, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre Hall, Tongyeong Hall in South Korea, Berlin Konzerthaus, and Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam. He often tours with Latvian violinist Gidon Kremer.
A finalist of the 2015 Chopin and 2019 Busoni Competitions, Georgijs won first prizes at the International Moscow F. Chopin, Scriabin International Competition in Paris, and Manhattan International Music Competition. He has released four commercial recordings to date, with rave reviews from Gramophone, Danish Radio, Pizzicato, and France Musique.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary Round
- SCRIABIN Sonata No. 9, op. 68 (“Black Mass”)
- HOUGH Fanfare Toccata
- CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, op. 58
Quarterfinal Round
- BEETHOVEN Sonata No. 31 in A-flat Major, op. 110
- CHOPIN Variations in A Major, B. 37 “Souvenir de Paganini”
- LISZT Après une lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata
Semifinal Round - Recital
- BACH–BUSONI Adagio in A Minor, BWV 564
- MOZART Sonata No. 9 in D Major, K. 311
- TAKEMITSU Rain Tree Sketch II
- CHOPIN 12 Etudes, op. 25
Semifinal Round - Mozart Concerto
- MOZART Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major, K. 503
Final Round - Concerto 1
- BEETHOVEN Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, op. 58
Final Round - Concerto 2
- TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, op. 23
Meet Georgijs
Performance Videos
Preliminary Round
HOUGH Fanfare Toccata
CHOPIN Sonata No. 3 in B Minor, op. 58
Relive the 2022 Competition
Own the 30 live recordings of each competitor’s Preliminary Round performance of Sir Stephen Hough’s Fanfare Toccata.