On Friday, May 7, at 7 pm, pianist Andrejs Osokins’ solo program “Osokins – Beethoven” will be broadcast live from the Latgale Embassy “Gors”.
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According to Kristīne Valeniece, a marketing specialist at the Latgale Embassy, the program will include not only the music of Ludwig van Beethoven, but also the works of Robert Schuman, Frederic Chopin, Sergei Rachmaninoff. The premiere of Kristaps Peterson’s composition dedicated to Beethoven and a conversation with the composer are announced as the intrigue of the concert.
Ilona Rupaine, the head of Gora’s artistic and event department, says about the upcoming concert: “The solo program is in honor of Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th anniversary. In addition to Beethoven’s best-known fantasy “Sonata quasi una fantasia” or the Sonata of the Moon, the concert program will feature two more anniversaries in 2020 – Robert Schumann and Frederic Chopin’s – a prelude to the sound-saturated prelude to the minor, as well as a fragile transcription of the solo song “Lilac” for piano. “
For the surprise of the live broadcast, a composition dedicated to Kristaps Peterson Beethoven, Andrejs Osokins says: “It will be a great honor for me to premiere Kristaps Peterson’s dedication to Beethoven at the Latgale Embassy” Gors “. In my opinion, this work of the composer is a very valuable contribution to Latvian piano music. Peterson expands his scope by adding his sound imagination through the touches, knocks and touches of his hands and fingers, as if awakening ever new dimensions of the piano. “
Pianist Andrei Osokin stands out for his versatility – both as a bright and charismatic soloist at the Berlin Philharmonic and other major European concert halls in collaboration with outstanding world orchestras, as well as in solo programs and interpretations of contemporary music. Andrejs is also a reliable stage partner for opera singers Marina Rebeka and Inese Galante, and an enthusiastic chamber musician in the ensemble. The pianist has won laurels in important pianist competitions, including the Arthur Rubinstein International Piano Competition in Tel Aviv, the Long-Tibo International Competition in Paris, the Leeds International Piano Competition and the Queen Elizabeth International Piano Competition in Brussels.
“I look forward to the concert dedicated to Beethoven’s music with special excitement and excitement. Together with the listeners, we will watch the influence of Beethoven’s monumental personality on the entire future development of European music,” said Andrei Osokin.
The online concert “Osokin – Beethoven” and the conversation will be listened to and watched “Gors” website a on the social network Facebook.
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