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Sophiko Simsive
2018 SOLO PIANO COMPETITION WINNER (Who performed in recital as part of the 2019 Keston MAX residency)
('18) solo piano
- Represented by Interartists Amsterdam Classical Music Management;
- Currently working towards her Master of Musical Arts under Boris Berman at Yale School of Music;
- Ms. Simsive was the winner of the GrachtenfestivalPrijs 2016 of the Netherlands and was Artist in Residence during the Grachtenfestival 2017;
- In 2015, Ms. Simsive won the first prize as well as the press prize at the Geertruidenberg Klassiek.