Nominees for the Grand Music Prize; conductor Imants Resni and opera soloist Samson Izjumov will be honored for their lifetime contribution / Article

Nominees for the Grand Music Prize are known

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The list of nominees for the Grand Music Prize this year stands out with many new names, new concert venues and new projects. In total, the jury today named the nominees in seven categories, as well as the winners of the Lifetime Achievement Award, these are singer Samson Izjumov and conductor Imants Resnis. The contribution of both laureates has been creatively rich and brilliant for many years, and the lives of both continue to be glorious.

The laureates were described by the chairman of the jury Andris Vecumnieks: “The life of Samson Izjumov’s artist is a vivid contribution to Latvian music culture for more than 40 years. Excellent “Maestro is still relentlessly active, lively, lively, creative, but demanding – both towards students and colleagues. In other words, Imants Resnis is an extraordinary personality full of energy and vigor.”

Grand Music Award 2021

For a lifetime investment

• Singer Samson Izjumov
• Conductor Imants Resnis

The young artist of the year

• Koklēja Līga Griķe
• Singer Edgar Osley
• Flutist Egija Sproģe

Concert of the year

• Contemporary music festival “deciBels” online concert “A-Ronne” on March 12 – Latvian Radio Choir and conductor Kaspars Putniņš (organizer – JVLMA and “Latvijas Koncerti”)
• Concert “Amao Omi /” Nonsense War “” on September 3 at Riga Lutheran Church – Kaspars Znotins, Riga Saxophone Quartet, Riga Dome Choir School Mixed Choir and conductor Jurģis Cābulis (organizer – Riga Dome Choir School Mixed Choir Association)
• Concert of the festival “Windstream” “Cathedral and Rock” on October 10 in the Grand Guild – Atis Zviedris, Atis Ieviņš, orchestra “Riga” and conductor Valdis Butāns (organizer – orchestra “Riga”)

For an excellent interpretation

• Ensemble of the State Chamber Orchestra “Sinfonietta Rīga” (Agnese Egliņa, Egija Sproģe, Mārtiņš Circenis, Liene Neija-Kalniņa, Ivars Brīnums, Kārlis Klotiņš) and conductor Normunds Šnē – Gerard Grize at the “Vortex Temporum” festival in the guild
• Singer Jānis Šipkēvics – Krista Auznieks chamber opera “Current” on August 14 and 15 at the cultural site “Hanzas perons” (together with the State Chamber Orchestra “Sinfonietta Rīga” and conductor Normunds Šnē)
• Violinist Georg Sarkisyan – Arama Hatchaturyan Concerto for Violin and Orchestra on October 29 at the Grand Guild (with LNSO and conductor Kristina Poska)

For outstanding performance all year round

• Latvian Radio Big Band and its artistic director Kārlis Vanags
• Liepaja Symphony Orchestra in the online concert series “Symphony Closer”
• Organist Aigars Reinis about concerts in Riga Dome Cathedral

For outstanding work in the ensemble

• Cellist Margarita Balanas
• Pianist Elīna Bērtiņa
• Double bass player Jānis Rubiks

Composer of the Year

• Krists Auznieks
• Jēkabs Jančevskis
• Anna Ķirse

Annual performance

• Multimedia mono “Human Voice. Telephone”, director Sonora Vaice (organizer – Operetta Theater)
• Audiovisual concert performance “Excited on the Shore”, artistic director and conductor Laura Leontjeva (organizer – Saulkrasti Choir “Anima”)
• Imants Kalniņš opera “Matīss, Cup Bajārs”, conductor Ainārs Rubiķis, director Rēzija Kalniņa (organizer – “OratoriO”)

The vote for the sympathy of the “Delfi” audience will take place from February 14 to March 6, offering everyone to choose their favorite from the Grand Music Award nominees.

The press conference dedicated to the announcement of the nominees for the “Grand Music Prize 2021” was attended by: Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis (“National Association”); Guntars Ķirsis, Member of the Board of Latvijas Koncerti; Member of the Board of Latvian Television Ivars Priede and Chairman of the Board of Latvian Radio Una Klapkalne.

The jury of the “Great Music Awards 2021” was represented by: chairman of the jury, conductor, musicologist, composer Andris Vecumnieks; music teacher and lecturer Iveta Grunde; musicologist, head of the editorial office of Latvian Television Cultural Programs Ieva Rozentāle; Andris Saulītis, researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Latvia.

The Grand Music Award (LMB) is the highest Latvian state award in music. In 1993, at the initiative of the then Minister of Culture Raimonds Pauls, the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia decided to honor the most outstanding achievements in the life of state music with a special award. The high prestige of LMB both in society and in the music community is ensured by the work of a respectable jury, whose members attend concerts throughout the year and meet monthly. At the beginning of January, the jury nominates the previous year’s LMB nominees, which will be announced at a special press conference of the Ministry of Culture, and only before the LMB presentation event will the jury vote on the winners.

Andris Vecumnieks (chairman of the jury, conductor, musicologist, composer), Iveta Grunde (musicologist, music teacher and lecturer), Daina Markova (musicologist), Ieva Rozentāle (musicologist, head of the editorial office of LTV Cultural Programs), Maruta Rubeze worked in the jury of “LMB 2021” (musicologist, journalist of Latvijas Radio 3 “Klasika”), Andris Saulītis (researcher at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the University of Latvia), Ingrīda Vilkārse (theater scientist, music teacher).

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