Vika (Viktoriya Yermolyeva - born November 2, 1978) is a Ukrainian pianist … Read Full Bio ↴Vika (Viktoriya Yermolyeva - born November 2, 1978) is a Ukrainian pianist currently living in Iceland. She started as a classical pianist and won several international piano competitions but she later became known through her Youtube portal under the nickname 'vkgoeswild' for creating piano covers of famous rock and metal songs. After the success, thanks to her Youtube videos, she officially switched her career from classical to rock music.
After studying at the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Ukraine (2000), she completed her graduate studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar, and the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, Italy with the famous pianist Lazar Berman. Further studies took her to the Codarts Academy of Music and Modern Dance, at Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands.
In the early classical phase of her career, she won a variety of piano competitions, such as 1st Prize at "Filippo Trevisan" competition for Piano Interpretation in Italy, winner of The Grachtenfestival 2005 Amsterdam, 1st Prize at 35th International Competition "Vincenzo Bellini" in Italy, 1st Prize at 20th International Piano Competition "Citta di Marsala", 1st Prize at International Piano Competition “Citta' Di Trani”, 1st Prize at 4th Sigismund Thalberg International Competition, and the Grand Prix at 9th Pierre Lantier International Music Competition in duet with V. Dmitriev (flute) in France.
Since 2006 she refocused her career on playing rock music, concentrating on heavy metal covers by the whole gamut of famous metal bands. Her works have millions of views on YouTube and her subscribers number over 200,000. She also occasionally covers classical orchestral compositions as well as music from sound tracks that are not otherwise available in sheet music.
On January 29, 2011 she performed her first live rock concert in Reykjavík, Iceland (VIGGIE & VIKA: Live in Iceland) collaborating with drummer Brian Viglione.
Official website: http://www.vkgoeswild.com/
After studying at the Tchaikovsky Music Academy in Ukraine (2000), she completed her graduate studies at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Weimar, and the International Piano Academy "Incontri col Maestro" in Imola, Italy with the famous pianist Lazar Berman. Further studies took her to the Codarts Academy of Music and Modern Dance, at Rotterdam Conservatory, Netherlands.
In the early classical phase of her career, she won a variety of piano competitions, such as 1st Prize at "Filippo Trevisan" competition for Piano Interpretation in Italy, winner of The Grachtenfestival 2005 Amsterdam, 1st Prize at 35th International Competition "Vincenzo Bellini" in Italy, 1st Prize at 20th International Piano Competition "Citta di Marsala", 1st Prize at International Piano Competition “Citta' Di Trani”, 1st Prize at 4th Sigismund Thalberg International Competition, and the Grand Prix at 9th Pierre Lantier International Music Competition in duet with V. Dmitriev (flute) in France.
Since 2006 she refocused her career on playing rock music, concentrating on heavy metal covers by the whole gamut of famous metal bands. Her works have millions of views on YouTube and her subscribers number over 200,000. She also occasionally covers classical orchestral compositions as well as music from sound tracks that are not otherwise available in sheet music.
On January 29, 2011 she performed her first live rock concert in Reykjavík, Iceland (VIGGIE & VIKA: Live in Iceland) collaborating with drummer Brian Viglione.
Official website: http://www.vkgoeswild.com/
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Jozef Varga
@In2ThinAir ...I even don't try
kay gee
@Jozef Varga Est not fer dyne `Rockers,' freaks' and fans of hAir bands
nor fer der fans uuf der 'piece of arse`, YesMen und Straphangars
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I first watched this about 9 or 10 years ago. I keep coming back. Your performance is timeless; thank you, VK.
vkgoeswild
thank you
Anna Khudorenko
same here, keep coming back . Fantastic!
Jake
Me too 😄
10Fingers1Elbow
This is CRAZY. When you realize that she's doing the voice and the guitar at the same time... and the bass. Absolutely unbelievable.
Chloe Webb
Sometimes even playing guitar and singing a song by a band that has vocals by someone who doesnt play guitar can be difficult due to the timing of vocals and strumming. Trying to put all that and the bass together on the piano can be an exercise in futility unless you have the patience and raw talent to master each song in a way they were neveer meant to be played.
I have so much respect and admiration for what she's doing on the piano. Some people are hearing covers. I'm hearing what seems like a new composition and performance based on a previous composition, not just a simple cover using her talent on the piano. Putting these parts together in a piano composition and then performing it - the word cover just doesnt even begin to do it justice.
Ốc Manga
@Chloe Webb yes, I have never found a pianist on youtube who can do what she does. Most of them are just cover melodies and vocals. The rest she composed an entire orchestra. She is next level.