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Photo: ‘Čurlionis Quartet’ and Lithuanian music in ‘Big Amber’

On Sunday, January 16, at the opening of the season of the chamber series “Personally”, the exciting and technically virtuoso “Čurļoņa Quartet” made its debut at the Liepāja Concert Hall “Lielais dzintars”.

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According to the organizers, most of the works performed at the concert made their debut in Latvia for the first time.
In preparing the Liepaja musical program, the quartet has chosen composers who are “united by youth”.

As Gediminas Dačinskas, the viola player of the “Čurlionis Quartet”, revealed before the concert: various new things, including experiments.This music is very understandable because they use themes from pop and folk music.They are very open and such music is both suitable for us and in line with the music of Edward Grieg, whose compositions express emotions and attract people, who would not normally attend classical music concerts “.

Photo: 'Čurlionis Quartet' and Lithuanian music in 'Big Amber'
Photo: Valters Pelns


Lithuanians opened the chamber music evening quartet with the composition “Dance in Blue” by composer Zita Bružaitė, which was continued by Vidmantas Bartulis’ First String Quartet “O, dear” or “Oh, dear”, which surprised the audience with a musical kiss. in conclusion. The sound of the first string quartet “… in extremis”, inspired by theater-inspired composer Fausta Latėna, embodied a heartfelt dialogue between string instruments and prepared visitors for a cheerful and graceful melodic culmination with experimental and contemporary composer Teisuta Makačina.

The evening continued with a string quartet by Edvard Grieg, in which the composer of Norway’s changing and visually beautiful landscape was musically played in a four-part composition. After applause from the audience, the quartet returned to the stage with the addition of a concert – Astora Piacola’s String Quartet “Chador”.

The Čurlionis Quartet consists of experienced musicians – the first violin Jonas Tankevičius, the second violin Darius Dikšaitis, violinist Gediminas Dačinskas and the cellist Elena Daunytė.

According to the representatives of the concert hall “Lielais dzintars”, in the continuation of the spring season of the chamber series “Personally” on Sunday, February 6 at 3 pm, listeners will have the opportunity to meet the guest from Armenia – talented instrumentalist Arsen Petrosyan, one of the most important Armenian bagpipes promoters around the world. Tickets are available for purchase “Ticket Paradise” box offices.

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