Biography

Georgijs Osokins was born into a family of pianists in Riga in 1995. After initial lessons with his father Sergejs Osokins at Riga’s Emīls Dārziņš Music School, he studied at the Juilliard School in New York, and the Robert Schumann Hochschule in Düsseldorf. He is in close contact with such leading artists as Gidon Kremer, Daniel Barenboim and Christoph Eschenbach, whose advice and opinions have helped shape his musicianship.

He gained international recognition at 19 as a finalist in the 2015 Chopin Competition, leading to performances at Berlin’s Konzerthaus, Hamburg’s Elbphilharmonie and Tokyo’s Metropolitan Theatre Hall. In 2019, he became a permanent guest artist with Kremerata Baltica. His honours include Poland’s Cross of Merit (silver) and Latvia’s Grand Music Award, whose previous recipients include Elīna Garanča, Mariss Jansons, Gidon Kremer and Andris Nelsons.