Teofils Biķis

Teofils Biķis
Background information
Born	(1952-08-30)30 August 1952 Rucava, Latvian SSR, Soviet Union
Died	2 November 2000(2000-11-02) (aged 48) Riga, Latvia
Genres	Classical
Occupation	Pianist
Instrument	Piano

Teofils Biķis[a] (30 August 1952 – 2 November 2000) was a Latvian pianist.

He born in Rucava and 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	II Ciurlionis iRPC	3rd Prize	ex aequo with Raimonda Šeinfeld
1975	VI Vianna da Motta IMC	1st Prize	ex aequo with William de Van

Notes

1. • Latvian: Teofils Biķis
   • Russian: Теофил Карлович Бикис, romanized: Teofil Karlovich Bikis

References

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