The true purpose of art | Aurelia Shimkus | TEDxRiga

Have you thought about the true purpose of music and art in general? It is not to simplify and beautify everything. The goal of art is not to entertain us.

Aurelia Shimkus explains what makes art different from the music we listen to enjoy ourselves.

The young and highly talented pianist Aurelia Shimkus (Aurēlija Šimkus) was born in Riga, Latvia on November 2nd, 1997, started to learn the piano play when she was 4 years old in a little Latvian town called Tukums by teacher Jeļena Bērziņa. Currently, she is continuing studies at Emīls Dārziņš Music High School by her musical adviser Sergey Osokin.

Aurelia began to gain international recognition after winning the 3rd prize at the prestigious 11th Kissinger KlavierOlymp international piano competition in Bad Kissingen, Germany. Furthermore, she has recently been awarded with the scholarship of Mozart Gesellschaft Dortmund and thus has performed with the English Chamber Orchestra at the Konzerthaus Dortmund on November 2014. Her debut SACD album Scherzo with the music of Beethoven, Schumann and Liszt was released on August 2013 on the German label ARS Produktion.

German magazine “Piano news” has given her a highest rating and says she is an outstanding pianist and a real treasure!

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