Over the weekend – October 30 and 31 – Liepāja Concert Hall “Lielais dzintars” will celebrate its fiveth anniversary since the opening of the concert hall. According to Elizabete Hartmane, a representative of the concert hall, “Delfi” intends to honor the rich musical life of the city of Liepaja, the history of which can be measured over several centuries.
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In two evenings, listeners are invited to both exploratory pre-concert readings and a retrospective concert with the participation of the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra and soloists. The concert program will be played twice: on Friday, October 30, at 7 pm and on Saturday, October 31, at 5 pm.
“This time the anniversary concert will be like a retrospective journey through time. We will remember and celebrate the rich concert life of the city of Liepaja, which has been active since the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. During the concert we will touch The Philharmonic, until our days, when the concert hall “Lielais dzintars” shines in Liepāja, and bright stars of the world’s performing arts give us unforgettable musical moments and experiences, “says the artistic director Baiba Bartkeviča about the festival concert program.
Listeners will be able to enjoy a historically sound insight into the rich musical history of Liepaja and go on a retrospective trip together with pianist Agnese Egliņš, soprano Margarita Wilson and tenor Artjomas Safronovs. The resident of the concert hall will be on stage throughout the concert Liepaja Symphony Orchestra. Gintars Rinkevičs, the chief conductor of the LSO, at the conductor’s desk. The special guest of the concert will be Swedish-born, 19-year-old violinist Daniel Lozakovich, an artist from Deutsche Grammophon, who will play Peter Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto. The concert will be conducted by Orest Silabriedis.
Complementing the five-year anniversary celebration program, one hour before each concert or on Friday, October 30, at 6 pm and on Saturday, October 31, at 4 pm, visitors are invited to attend the pre-concert reading “Liepāja Culture Watercolor. The Road to Great Amber in Music”. Researchers of the University of Liepaja – Professor Ilze Valce and Doctor of Arts Vēsma Lēvalde – will share the research on the history of Liepāja’s music and creative life and the role of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra. Admission to the event is free of charge upon prior receipt of the entrance card to the concert hall information center. The event will take place in the Chamber Hall in the presence of up to 86 listeners.
The pre-concert reading will be available live on Saturday, October 31, at 4 pm in the concert hall. “Big Amber” on the Facebook page.
The concert will also be available to be broadcast live on Latvian Radio 3 “Klasika” on Saturday, October 31, at 5 p.m.
The concert will take place in accordance with national restrictions. Visitors are invited to come to the concert in face masks, observe the distance and use the hand disinfectants available in the concert hall. The concert in the Great Hall will be attended by up to 300 people.
Tickets are available at “Biļešu paradīze” box offices and on the Internet.
We remind you that the ambitious building – Liepāja Concert Hall “Lielais dzintars” was opened on November 6, 2015 with the music of Liepāja Symphony Orchestra Agra Engelmāns and the most played young Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds. The concert program was crowned by the immortal masterpiece of Ludwig van Beethoven – Ninth Symphony – interpreted by the State Academic Choir “Latvia”.
In five years, the concert hall has been visited by artists from more than 70 countries and has been visited by 1.2 million visitors. Every year, more than 200 different music, art, theater and dance arts, as well as corporate events take place in Liepāja Concert Hall.
Every day about 400 people stay in the concert hall, because “Lielais dzintars” is home to Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Liepāja Secondary School of Music, Art and Design, concert hall manager SIA “Lielais dzintars”, here is the small hall of Liepāja Theater, as well as a cafe and restaurant.
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