On Sunday, November 21, the charismatic and virtuoso organist Christian Schmitt from Germany will visit the concert hall “Latvija” in Ventspils.
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According to the concert organizers “Delfi”, after his debut at the Salzburg Festival with the Berlin Philharmonic and mezzo-soprano Magdalena Kožená under Sir Simon Rattle, Christian Schmidt has become one of the most sought-after organists in the world. This season, the musician is the “artist in the spotlight” in the Zurich “Tonhalle” orchestra, while also curating International Organ Music Days and singing the organ of the new concert hall under the direction of Paavo Järvi. Christian Schmidt also resides at the Augsburg State Theater and is the principal organist in the Bamberg Symphony Orchestra.
“As for any artist whom his representatives, listeners and concert organizers are not afraid to call a virtuoso, outstanding and ‘one of the world’, his creative achievements include many concert halls, festivals and musical collaborations with major ensembles, conductors and soloists. Daniel Barenboim, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Elbe Philharmonic and many others).
Perhaps the personality traits of him as a seeker and a kind of mediator will be especially noticeable and interesting to the listener. Namely, Christian Schmidt is not only happy to share his knowledge and instrument playing skills as a guest lecturer and regularly teaching the organ at Codarts University in Rotterdam, but also as an expert in organ reconstruction and construction of new instruments in Berlin, Nuremberg, Zurich, Lucerne and Brno. . His most recent projects include digital sampling of the Essen Philharmonic organ in collaboration with acoustics from the Netherlands. As a result, the sound of the Essen organ can now be heard almost anywhere in the world.
All of the above, as well as the master’s knowledge and skills, will give an additional intriguing edge to the opuses of Johann Sebastian Bach, Arvo Pärt, Jean Langlais and other composers expected at the Ventspils concert, “the concert organizers write. .
Pending a government decision on restrictions on public events after November 15 this year, now “Ticket Paradise” sales network tickets are available for the live broadcast of the concert from the concert hall “Latvija”. If the epidemiological regulations are favorable for attending public events in person, tickets will also be available for attending the concert in person on November 21 in the concert hall “Latvija”.
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