The 18th will take place in Dzintari Concert Hall in September.Kremerata Baltica” festival, which will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the orchestra and the 75th anniversary of the world-famous violinist Gidon Kremer.
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The concerts of the festival will take place on September 10 and 11. The anniversary itself will be performed by them Gidon Kremer, a talented pianist Georgijs Osokins and the Kremerata Baltica Orchestra conducted by Fuad Ibrahimov. The promising pianist will also be on stage at the concerts Agnese Egliņa and percussionist Andrejs Pushkarevs.
On the opening day of the festival, September 10, a special gift will be given to the visitors of Dzintari Concert Hall – the premiere of the versatile composer, pianist and poet Lera Auerbach’s “Serenade to the Melancholic Sea”. Gidon Kremer has described the musician as “one of the most gifted artists I have ever met. Her work is true and sincere, also innovative and bold “.
In the concert program, we will hear the composition “In Memoriam by Philip Hirsch” by contemporary Russian composer Viktor Kirsch, performed by contemporary Russian composer Viktor Kisin Philippe Hirschhorn, a teacher and friend of Gidon Kremer’s school time. The collaboration between Kremerata Baltica and Viktor Kisin began in 2001 and has culminated in several albums released by the prestigious record company ECM.
The concert will also feature the composition “Twilight” for two violins, vibraphone and string orchestra by Giya Kancheli, a close associate of Gidon Kremer, a composer of silence and tears, which, like several other opuses by the composer, was inspired by Gidon Kremer.
The program also includes the composition “Music for Piano, Timpani and Strings” by composer Peter Plakid, as well as “Music for a Large Ensemble” by Kremerata Baltica musician-composer and double bassist Kristaps Peterson, which has been composed especially for the first concert playback.
In the concert on September 11, in the romantic chords of old and new music, alongside maestro Gidon Kremer and the “Kremerata Baltica” orchestra, the outstanding pianist Georgy Osokin and percussionist Andrejs Pushkarev will be on stage. The concert will feature the rarely played “Chamber Symphony” by Fikret Amirov. Fikret Amirov was a prominent 20th century Azerbaijani composer who combined the traditions of Azerbaijani, Middle Eastern and Western music culture in his work.
Gidon Kremer’s performance will feature the end-of-life opus of the romantic Robert Schumann – “Concerto for Violin and Orchestra”. The legendary violinist Yehudi Menuhin described Schuman ‘s “Concerto for Violin” as “the missing bridge between Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms due to its human warmth, nobility, richness and richness. The concert program also includes Georg Pelēčs’ “Flower Suite”, in which the composer enchants with the magic of dandelions, callas and peonies. It is Gidon Kremer who deserves the merits of Georg Pelet’s music to reach the international level, the concert organizers emphasize.
Pianist Georgy Osokin, a resident artist at Kremerata Baltica, will perform Frédéric François Chopin’s “Second Piano Concerto”, a 20-year-old composer’s confession of love to Polish singer Konstancja Gładkows. Georgy Osokin is going to take part in the international Frederic Chopin Piano Competition again in October this year, where he won the laurels in advance. Until then, no pianist from Latvia had won an award in this prestigious competition.
Tickets for the festival are available at “Biļešu paradīze” sales points and on the Internet.
Concerts in Dzintari Concert Hall can be attended: by presenting a valid Covid-19 vaccination or disease certificate; identity document.
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