Armands Ābols

Armands Ābols is a Latvian pianist.

In 1992 Abols won at 18 Barcelona's Maria Canals, the dean of Spanish piano competitions. Three years later he took part at the XIII Paloma O'Shea Competition; he made it to the finals, ranking along the rest of the finalists second to Enrico Pompili - the Grand Prize was declared void, a decision Ābols criticised [cite web | author=Jesús Delgado | title=El premio de piano de Santander queda desierto | url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/26apos/SHEA/_PALOMA/premio/piano/Santander/queda/desierto/elpepicul/19950808elpepicul_1/Tes/ | publisher=El País | date=August 8, 1995 | accessdate=] .

In 1993 he began a concert career, regularly performing through South America. In the mid-90s he settled in Chile. Since 2003 he holds a professorship at the Southern University of Chile's Conservatory.

References

* [http://semanasmusicales.cl/Artistas%202008/Armand.htm Semanas Musicales de Frutillar]
* [http://www.uach.cl/conservatorio/plantaacademica.htm Southern University of Chile's Conservatory]