Teofils Biķis


Teofils Biķis was a Latvian pianist.
He 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.
1968 II Ciurlionis iRPC3rd Prizeex aequo with Raimonda Šeinfeld
1975 VI Vianna da Motta IMC1st Prizeex aequo with William de Van