Teofils Biķis
Teofils Biķis (Liepāja, 1952–2000) 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 iRPC | 3rd Prize | ex aequo with Raimonda Šeinfeld |
1975 | VI Vianna da Motta IMC | 1st Prize | ex aequo with William de Van |
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