Uki ovaskainen biography
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Uki Ovaskainen
UKI OVASKAINEN
"Uki Ovaskainen is a wonderful pianist.Uki Ovaskainen was born in Espoo, Finland He plays the piano since he was five, and first time performed with an orchestra at the age of eleven.
His playing is very lyrical and poetical.
His interpretation of the various styles is always intelligent and in good taste" - Pnina Salzman
„Uki Ovaskainen is the finest young talent I have heard in the past ten years.
He combines real musical intelligence with a first rate technique and remarkable sensibility“ - Charles Rosen
Winner of the 1st prize, the prize of the audience, and “Contemporary Music Prize”
for the best interpretation of the compulsory work at the international “Premio Jaen” competition in Jaen, Spain
BIOGRAPHY
Uki Ovaskainen was born in Espoo, Finland 1975.
He plays the piano since he was five, and first time performed with an orchestra at the age of eleven. From 1989 to 1996 he studied with Hui-Ying Liu-Tawaststjerna at the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki and from 1996 to 1999 with Professor Jose Ribera at the Royal Danish Academy of M