Imants Bluzmanis

Imants Bluzmanis (born 7 May 1987 in Jūrmala, Latvian SSR) is a Latvian pianist. He took his first piano lessons when he was six years old and studied under I. Strause, J. Maleckis, S. Osokins and V. Suchanov. He participated in several piano master classes under D. Bashkirov, O. Maisenbeg, S. Dorensky, V. Margulis, N. Kazimirova, I. Ossipova, M. Chochlow, H. Palsson, I. Lazko, J. Kalnciems and I. Ilja. 2006-2011 he is studied at the Academy of Performing Arts in Munich by Franz Massinger, a famous pupil of Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli. 2011-2012 he was following the postgraduate education by Gitti Pirner in Munich. He is a prizewinner of many piano competitions in Latvia and abroad (2nd Prize in the International N. Rubinstein Competition in Paris 2002, 3rd Prize in the International Epta - Cyprus Competition in Larnaka 2004 and the 2nd Prize in the 27. International B. Smetana Piano Competition in Czech Republic in 2006). Imants Bluzmanis has given concerts in Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Russia, France, Cyprus, Czech Republic and Slovenia.