“A big a part of the Christian neighborhood is aware of me…”

On June 1, for the eleventh time, Latvian church buildings open their doorways wider, inviting you to Church Evening. Elija Kapicka has additionally typically participated within the musical a part of the occasion together with her performances – she is a singer and composer, at the moment she is diligently studying the piano, though she is is the writer of 5 track albums. Since Elijah’s work is said to the style of Christian music, it’s much less acquainted to radio listeners. It’s true that such a specification doesn’t restrict the selection of style – there may be Christian rock, additionally Christian nation, however Elijah prefers to jot down songs stuffed with meditation, ideas, all the time utilizing nice poetry.

When the mother and father named their daughter Elijah, they didn’t keep in mind the prophet of the Previous Testomony Elijah, however it was horrible with the conversion to Christianity. Each together with her husband Mārtiņš Elija are members of the Reformed Church, and the singer solely writes her first identify, not her final identify, on the information:

“Identical to physics or chemistry, music transcends boundaries and obstacles. The Christian is extra acceptable to the textual content, and now greater than 19 years have handed since my first album “From the Depths” got here out. There have been psalms, prayers, the message was put in lovely music, that is how Christian music turned my challenge. I used to be in a extra meditative, meditative state. “

Elia, the final identify of the lady is Lukina, from Riga, her mother and father weren’t concerned in music, it was simply singing classes at college, the place there was additionally a small group, truly a choir. The primary try at writing was love songs, and the primary composition was boldly created by the poetry of Ruta Eler (Stelmaher). Elijah wrote the poems closest to him within the pocket book, fortunately. nonetheless, she was admitted to the 2nd highschool in Riga, the place she bought there solely due to her good voice, and apart from, she met her husband Mārtiņš on the college Kapicka has no musical schooling, she is a skilled trainer:

“I can say about myself that I particularly love textual content. Once I work with texts, they begin to resonate in my head, particularly if it is poetry of a top quality.”

Additionally within the 2007 album “Kā āzirtis dīl rasasi…” Ruta Stelmacher’s poetry was used, however largely Jānis Rokpeļņi’s poetry. Impressed by the textual content, on the similar time it meant an awesome duty in reaching the pearls. To self-criticism, Kapicka provided her voice trainer Inga Bērziņa to sing some songs, the saxophonist Deniss Paškēvičs took half within the recording, preparations have been made for the primary 4 albums of Elia to be made by Raimonds Tiguls.

“I keep in mind the internal contact of wanting, however being afraid. It began after I went to a Gregorian music camp in 2004, which was led by Guntars Prānis. It was per week with very fascinating lectures, we sang so much, we studied the notation and sound of outdated notes. I confirmed my songs on the expertise night, Prānis instructed and instructed to contact Tigula.”

In highschool, Elia had discovered to play the guitar, she put information of Tigul’s songs. The singer Līga Priede was concerned within the recording, Kapicka herself continued to check vocal artwork. Her work has not been seen in concert events, though it has been sung so much, however in church buildings.

“No artist lives in the identical state of affairs through the years. Progress occurs, understanding develops.”

On the finish of final 12 months, after a 15-year break, Elija Kapicka’s album “On the similar time” was launched, which is predicated on the assembly of two artistic individuals – the poet Ruta Stelmacher and the music writer Elija.

Ruth Stelmacher has revealed 4 collections over the previous few years, and Elijah has loved every one. There was a want to indicate the general public in Latvia how lovely this poetry is, the songs have been written, and we even had to decide on some that may have a spot within the ultimate album. Ruta is just not solely a poet, but in addition a painter. She has a daughter, Mētra, a painter and photographer, Elija has typically carried out on the opening of reveals, as well as, typically in a duo with Marek Sarnovski, whose work can be devoted to Christian music. Mētra had created photos exhibiting the deserted buildings of Latgale, and the concept arose to create a musical accompaniment for them. Kapicka turned to Tigula, who was busy, somebody had instructed Raymond Macat. He agreed, even taking part within the opening ceremony of the album. Within the album, there are 11 songs interspersed with poetry readings, the compositions may be heard sung by the writer himself, Ligas Priedes and Vitalijas Bogdanović. It tells about youngsters and outdated individuals, naivety and maturity, pleasure and unhappiness, peace and warfare, start and departure, temporal and everlasting, it’s a tribute to the first-born grandchildren of the 2 artists – Adelaina Kapicka and Walter Štelmacher (www. .vienlaikus.lv).

Music is just one of Elia’s labors of affection although, she has actually been in love together with her backyard close to Ragana for a very long time now.

“It is exhausting to say it is a backyard. It’s a park planted in an space of ​​3 hectares. I mustn’t go close to nurseries, and these years have handed in varied pursuits.”