“Osokina Freedom Festival @ 152” was performed, which took place with nine concerts from July 7 to 11 at the Piano Salon at 152 Brīvības Street in Riga. Various Latvian artists participated in the festival: Ģirts Krūmiņš, Deniss Paškevičs, Magdalena Geka, Iveta Cālīte, Rihards Lībietis, Gints Smukais, Katrīna Gupalo and the author of the festival idea Andrejs Osokins, as well as special guests of concerts – Ieva Parša a Raimonds Tiguls. During the festival, several new collaborations and projects have been born, which will continue to be heard due to the great response from the audience.
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The festival opened on Wednesday, July 7, with a program of German romanticism performed by Andrei Osokin, which included music by Ludwig van Beethoven, Robert Schuman, Franz Schubert and other composers so close to the pianist. The special guest of the concert was the Latvian mezzo-soprano Ieva Parša, who together with Andrejs Osokins performed the songs of Franz Schubert, including the singer’s own chorus from the German language.
On July 8, the festival was continued by musician and composer Deniss Paškevičs with the program of the electro-acoustic music project TEN KA, which will be heard very soon – at the end of July – in vinyl format in the musician’s new album “sonic geometry: structures, patterns and forms”.
Denis Pashkevich says: “I feel honored and inspired to have been able to take part in this wonderful music festival, which has a revolutionary spirit – just like its artistic director and festival-bearer Andrei Osokin and his team. In this age, culture is more important than ever, just like the word ‘freedom’. These are the basic values, the postulates of faith, which the Osokin Freedom Festival perfectly projects. Thank you for the opportunity to sound and the warm professional reception! I appreciate the invitation to play the new material of the TEN KA electro-acoustic music program and I believe that it was an inspiring and interesting journey for the listener in the world of sound and vision. ”
On Friday, July 9, there was a solo concert by Katrīna Gupalo, in which songs composed by Imants Kalniņš and Katrīna herself were performed, including several premieres of brand new compositions by the singer. The evening was followed by a film and musical music concert by Katrīna Gupalo and Andrejs Osokins, which was a special and long-awaited event not only among spectators, but also among musicians, because together they are rarely seen on one stage.
On July 10, the concert performance of the actors Ģirts Krūmiņš and Andrejs Osokins, created for this festival, was premiered, which was dedicated to outstanding personalities of the 20th century in music. In the production, the poetry of Marina Tsvetaeva and Velga Krile interacted with the compositions of Alexander Scriabin, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Jānis Mediņš and other composers.
“The program of the festival was unusual and exciting – it touched and delighted my soul. I am grateful to Andrejs and Katrīna for their wonderful cooperation. In the rehearsals, we could feel that step by step we are creating something very special together. Andrejs is an outstanding and very sensitive stage partner. The venue of the festival and its close proximity to the audience and the atmosphere at and after the concerts were so really friendly that I always wanted to stay longer, ”reveals Ģirts Krūmiņš.
On the closing day of the festival, July 11, the chamber music concert “Women – Composers” by violinist Magdalena Geka and pianist Iveta Cālīte gathered fans of classical music with standing statues. The musicians performed a very diverse and suggestive program, introducing the listeners to the works of Latvian and foreign female composers, which have been little heard or appreciated so far. The concert featured music by Klara Schumane, Maija Einfelde, Ruta Paidere and Amanda Maiere.
The festival ended with an energetic program of folk and original music by guitarists Rihards Lībietis and Gints Smukais and Katrīna Gupalo, who performed together for the first time, performing a concert program created especially for the festival. It intertwined many world-famous Italian, Ukrainian and Latvian folk songs with original compositions by Rihards Lībietis. The special guest of the evening was composer and master of ambient music Raimonds Tiguls, who performed not only his compositions for voice and piano, but also played with the unique instrumental hang.
“For all of us, this festival was like a real music festival, where we could meet all the listeners in person and enjoy the music with all our minds, body and soul, feeling the goose skin created by the sound. I am really happy and pleased that, despite all the recent difficulties and uncertainties, we have chosen to organize this festival and invite such a large group of artists to participate in it. This time of the festival was like a creative laboratory for all of us, where great artists and ideas that know no borders met, creating wonderful collaborations and events, ”says Andrejs Osokins.
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