Raimonda Paul’s songs in known and new sounds: a great concert takes place at the Daugava / Articolo stadium

Popular pieces by Latvian composer Raimonds Pauls, the nation’s most beloved, are familiar and also in new sonorities, performed by popular singers together with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra at Daugava Stadium, starting a new series of musical events.

The producer and creative director of the concert, Arstarulsmirus, pointed out: “The main task was to make the event a festive and magnificent event with Latvian music, highlighting one of the authors of Latvia and of course the first hand was immediately given. to the Master ».

As the Daugava stadium is experiencing the reach of the symphony orchestra for the first time, a large stage has been created. It looks like an old radio set with giant projections and visual effects.

“The theme of this year’s concert is Raymond Paul’s music, and my warmest associations with Raymond Paul are his 60s and 80s,” concert director Papa Chi said. “And if we talk about scenography, then my association is those radio equipment and their design, so there is also wood and a bit of” Bauhaus “. I also had the challenge of making a stage with my friends where they don’t. there are irons, you see, it’s clean, all the irons are hidden “.

Participants in the concert shared their thoughts on the Master’s work.

Singer Aminata: “Before me the maestro is a special person, because I met him when I was 15, and he is the person who introduced me to this world of music and invited me to his show” Tavern at Paul’s ” . then I also started my musical path and career. I really have a great pleasure and honor today to perform in a concert dedicated to his music, and I chose the song “Kūko, kūko, cuckoo” because it is a very special song that we knew since childhood, but in this concert I wanted to sing in a slightly different style. “

Singer Aija Andreyeva: “” Carrie’s Song “is absolutely one of my favorite Raymond Paul songs, the whole story of Carrie is very close to my heart, I even have a record at home and I drag her into the ring. It’s extremely music. dear to me. It’s in our collective consciousness, I grew up with his music, it’s like a code in every Latvian, I can’t imagine what Latvians would be like without Raimonds Paula. “

Singer Dināra Rudāne: “If we talk about Raymond Paul’s code, it is his personality, his sense of the world and his attitude towards it”.

The compositions that have become classics alternate with the latest hits, mixed in special medleys, combining melodiousness and rhythm. The audience is very surprised by the meeting between Georges Siksna and rapper Ozol.

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