A
third generation pianist, Arthur Ozolins was born to Latvian parents in
Lubeck, Germany, 1946. International attention focused on this musician
in the early 1970s when The New Yorker heralded his emergence as “... one
of the great virtuoso pianists of our time.” He has also performed in such
renowned halls as the Sydney Opera House, Australia; Sala Verdi, Milan;
Teatro Colon, Buenos Aires; Theatre des Champs-Elysées, Paris; Schauspielhaus,
Berlin; Shostakovich Hall, St. Petersburg, among others. He has toured
with such orchestras as the Royal Philharmonic, St. Petersburg (Leningrad),
Stockholm and Oslo, Barcelona, Ulster, and Taiwan. Recipient of the first
Juno Award given in classical music, Arthur Ozolins, for more than 25 years,
has been at the heart of music-making in Canada and his various celebrated
recordings have made him popular worldwide as a master pianist. [Photo,
courtesy Arthur Ozolins]