Iveta Apkalna’s sunrise concert will be performed at Jūrmala Festival this year as well

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Iveta Apkalna is famous for being able to expand the horizons of organ music with his personality. This is also proved by the awards received – Iveta is the first award-winning organist to receive the “Grammy” analogue in classical music, the prestigious “ECHO Klassik” as the best performer, she also has collaborations with today’s best composers, conductors and 15 albums in CD and DVD format. .

This time, as the sun rises, the majestic timeliness of Johann Sebastian Bach’s music and the compositions of the American minimalist Philip Glass will be heard on the seafront on July 30, pulsating with the energy of life and the infinity of time. Performed by Iveta Apkalna, we will hear the closing of Glasha’s opera Satyagraha, dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, the leader of the Indian Independence Movement, and the meditative composition Mad Rush, written by Philip Glass in honor of the Dalai Lama’s first visit to North America in 1979. The customers were asked to create music that could be played indefinitely, as the organizers of the visit anticipated that the Dalai Lama’s arrival at the venue could be delayed. A similar atmosphere of infinity is created by Glas “Music in contrary motion”.

From Johann Sebastian Bach’s creative program, there will be a holy light-filled Fantasy for the organ in Solmajor, a remestor of the chrestomathy Tokat and the fugue, and Richekar in the dominator of “Musical Dedications” – a polyphonic masterpiece in which Bach’s genius entails a sacred dimension. The concert will be performed by the energetic “Sinfonia” from Bach’s “Ratswahlkantate”.

Iveta Apkalna is called the queen of the organ and is considered one of the world’s leading soloists – instrumentalists, who regularly performs with the world’s most famous conductors and orchestras, as well as recites new organs in many concert venues. Her play in the game combines perfect virtuosity, deep musicality and impeccable understanding of styles.

In 2003, she received the Latvian Grand Music Prize. Iveta received this award again in 2018 in two categories – “Musician of the Year” and “Concert of the Year”. Iveta is also the initiator and artistic director of the International Organ Music Festival “ORGANISMS”, which has been taking place in her hometown Rezekne since 2015, at the Latgale Embassy “Gors”.

The seventh “Jurmala Festival” in Dzintari Concert Hall with five magnificent concerts will take place from July 27 to 31. The honorary artist of the festival is opera singer Aleksandrs Antoninsenko together with Raimonds Pauls, Ksenijs Sidorovs, Iveta Apkalns, Zandas Švēde, Intars Busulis, Daumants Kalniņš, Dinārs Rudāns, Latvian Radio Big Band, Sinfonietta Rīga, Latvian National Symphony Orchestra and conductors will take care of an unforgettable summer musical adventure in Dzintari Concert Hall, which this year celebrates its 85th anniversary!

Visitors to the “Jurmala Festival” concerts will have to present an interoperable vaccination or Covid-19 disease certificate, as well as an identity document. The rules also apply to children.

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