“Romantic solo for saxophone” is a special solo concert program of saxophonist and playing virtuoso Raivo Stašanas, created in cooperation with music producer and composer Gaita Lazdānas, and will be played for the first time on January 17 at VEF Culture Palace.
This will be the first solo program for Raivo Stašan, the brightest artist of the concert program “Kungi uzlugji dāmas” and one of the most romantic jazz saxophonists in Latvia, which will present his latest instrumental pop music album “Romantic solo for saxophone”. This disc includes ten original songs created in collaboration with Gaiti Lazdāns, while the concert will include songs not only from the new album, but also popular pieces of world and Latvian music, such as the melody from the movie “The Long Road in the Hills”, something from Sting, Candy Dalfer, etc. Āris Ozols (guitar) and Oskars Deko (percussion and percussion instruments) will perform together with Raivo Stašanas and Lazdanas, while Maija Lusēnas and Zintis Žvarts (saxophone) will take part in the concert as guest artists.
The story of how Raivo Stašanu became friends with the saxophone is interesting. “It happened that my mother really liked the saxophone. Mom had the idea that I could learn it, and I did. I can safely say that the saxophone is a real instrument of the heart, singing like a voice,” says the musician. “By the way, I am the first saxophonist to graduate from the Latvian Academy of Music. When the academy’s centenary was celebrated before the covid pandemic, I was given my own chair in its great hall with my name on it. It’s a great honor to be able to sit in my chair there! By the way, that’s row 9, place 11.”
Raivo, on the other hand, has a different story about the new masterpiece: “This is currently my only solo album, but I can be heard on the discs released by many other artists. I came to my solo album thanks to the idea of Gait Lazdāns. The compositions on the disc were not created in one year, but were written over a longer period of time. All of them were composed by Gaitis.”
2024-01-01 17:01:22
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