Actor Ivars Kalnins On April 9, he will visit Dundaga Castle to share his creative experience and help raise donations to support Ukraine. The start of the creative afternoon is at 2 p.m.
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“Dear friends! My hottest wish at the moment is that the war in Ukraine will probably end,” says Ivars Kalnins. “This is the land where my friends and colleagues live. I have collaborated with film studios in Kiev, Odessa and Yalta on several occasions. I have been associated with a group of producers from Poltava for 20 years. This group stays theater performances concert activities of various artists. “
“Even during the pandemic, when it became possible, we spoke to Ukrainian refugees in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Cyprus. These refugees are part of the emigration that took place after 2014. Let’s be vigilant, keep our eyes and ears open! May our hearts always “We are open to compassion and love, so we are always ready to help. Then all evil and hatred will sink into this world of good feelings. We will win and live in a beautiful, harmonious, loving world,” says the actor. before the upcoming meeting in Dundaga, promising to reveal who and why is his favorite TV series.
The visit to the event is a donation in support of Ukraine. In the event, as an additional donation, there will be an opportunity to obtain music recordings by Ivars Kalniņš – CDs and vinyl records.
Ivars Kalnins was born in 1948 in Riga, into a family of four children. After primary school he went to work – with his father as a locksmith’s assistant. Studied in high school in the evenings – graduated from Riga Rainis 8th evening (shift) secondary school (1968). Invited by her sisters, she went to the Riga Film Studio’s folk film studio. Ivars Kalnins graduated in 1971. This was followed by the theater faculty of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian State Conservatory (now the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music), which he graduated in 1974. Already in the diploma thesis show – Andrejs Dripes “In the Last Barrier” (director Arnolds Liniņš) he played the main role.
Ivars Kalniņš represents a generation of performing artists, which marks the beginning of a new era in Latvian theater and cinema, when the course of director Arnolds Liniņš’s Dailes Theater begins to practice the tendency of organic or natural acting.
From 1972 to 2000, he was an actor at the Daile Theater. Even after leaving Daile, Ivars Kalnins continues to play theater, film and make music.
Dundaga Castle is the oldest and largest castle in North Kurzeme, which is closely connected with the heritage of Baltic German culture. It was built next to the Curonian Spit in Vanema and since 1237 it was registered in the diocese of Riga, later in the cathedral of Riga, and for more than 200 years (until the agrarian reform of 1920) it belonged to the Ostenzaken family, which ruled both North and South Kurzeme. Thanks to the financing of the European Regional Development Fund, large-scale renovation works of the castle were completed in 2021 – part of the premises on the first and second floors were restored.
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