Daumants Liepinš

The young Latvian pianist Daumants Liepins (Liepiņš),  winner of Vendome prize at Verbier festival 2019, is one of the most promising pianists of his generation. He has established himself already as one of the core musicians in his country - in 2017 he won the Grand Prix of the Lielā Mūzikas Balva (Latvian National Grand Music Award) in the Young Artist of the Year category, which is the most prestigious award for a classical musician in Latvia. Currently, Daumants is based in Sweden in the class of prof. Julia Mustonen-Dahlkvist.

PRIZES

• First prize at Vendome prize/Verbier festival 2019
• First prize at Maria Canals International Piano Competition in Barcelona, 2019
• Second prize at George Enescu International Piano 
• Competition in Bucharest, Romania, 2018
• First prize at Nordic Piano Competition, 2017