In April and May of this year, the LNSO will close 2020/2021. year concert season with three gorgeous online concerts. On April 30, pianists Reinis Zariņš and Lithuanian conductor Modest Pitrens will delight the audience. On May 14, Andris Poga will take the stage together with pianist Elīna Bērtiņš for the last time as the artistic director and chief conductor of the LNSO. On May 21, the LNSO will meet again with Russian music legend – conductor Vladimir Fedoseev, they will be joined by pianist Georgy Osokin, mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrov and the State Academic Choir “Latvia”.
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“The 2020/2021 season at the LNSO, like symphony orchestras around the world, has been challenging. We were glad to meet the audience in person in the autumn, but most of the season took place in the LNSO digital concert hall format, reaching around eight thousand We have offered almost all the concerts for free so far, but at the end of the season, hoping for the support of the audience, we have decided to sell entrance tickets to the concerts.We will end the season with three large symphony concerts performed by outstanding artists. We are especially pleased to have the opportunity to meet the legendary Russian maestro Vladimir Fedoseev, who has a sincere friendship with the LNSO and a joint Grand Music Prize, “says LNSO director Indra Lukina.
The first concert will be shown on April 30 at 19:00, when pianist Reinis Zariņš, Lithuanian conductor Modest Pitrens and LNSO will perform compositions by LNSO season resident composer Linda Leimane, as well as Robert Schuman and Johannes Brahms. Pianist Reinis Zariņš is one of Latvia’s most notable talents, a master of deeply thought-out interpretations, a brilliant soloist and a skilled chamber musician. He has played in the world’s best concert halls – the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, the Veil Hall of the Carnegie Center in New York, the Vigmore Hall in London, the Tchaikovsky Hall in Moscow, etc. Reinis is also a four-time winner of the Latvian Grand Music Prize.
The concert conductor Modest Pitren has a close connection with Latvia – from 2009 to 2014 he was the chief conductor of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet and later the chief guest conductor. Pitrens is a winner of international competitions. Lecturer at the Conducting Department of the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater since 2003, Head of this Department since 2015. The last time Pitrens and the LNSO played together was two years ago, and the trio Palladio also took part in the concert.
May 14 pl. At 19:00, the audience will be delighted by pianist Elīna Bērtiņa and LNSO conductor Andris Poga. This concert is special, because after eight years of cooperation, it will be the final concert for Andris Pogas as the orchestra’s artistic director and chief conductor. The concert will feature Sergei Prokofiev’s effective First Piano Concerto and Anton Bruckner’s ambitious Ninth Symphony.
“I will always remember eight seasons as chief conductor of the LNSO as a very dynamic time with many events, moments of happiness and also challenges. Any orchestra is a creative entity where tradition is always needed in balance with development, endless pursuit of excellence, and LNSO has both elements. and grateful for these years and, although we end the season and the whole period with a concert remotely, without an audience in the concert hall, late musicians as soon as possible to meet again with the audience, who will definitely be thirsty for real sound, symphonic joy! ” tells Andris Poga.
Speaking about the concert program, the conductor says: “Playing Bruckner is always a challenge, but at the same time it is an extraordinary, even superhuman joy. It is never walking an easy, walkable path. Bruckner’s Ninth is one of the highest peaks in the symphonic repertoire – Everest, which is difficult to climb, but if you manage to get up, do not dazzle from the brightness of the sun. “
In turn, on May 21, pl. At 19:00 there will be a reunion with the legendary conductor Vladimir Fedoseyev, pianist Georgy Osokin, mezzo-soprano Olesya Petrov and the State Academic Choir “Latvia”. Vladimir Fedoseev, 88, is a old master of the Russian Symphonic Conducting School, a living legend. Artistic director and principal conductor of the Tchaikovsky Grand Symphony Orchestra since 1974, first guest conductor of the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra (since 2000), permanent guest conductor at the Zurich Opera House (since 1997) and Zurich Tonhalle (since 2000). For 2013/2014. LNSO and Vladimir Fedosejev received the Grand Music Prize in 2013 for the opening concert of the 2013 season.
At the concert on May 21, he will be joined by the audience’s favorite pianist Georgy Osokin. Following the success of the Chopin Competition in Warsaw in 2015, Georgy Osokin became a sensation, earning the epithets “outstanding, unpredictable and revolutionary” from critics. In May 2019, Gidon Kremer announced that Georgi had become a permanent resident guest artist of the Kremerata Baltica Orchestra. Along with the French star Liga, Debargo Georgi is the first to be awarded the title by the orchestra in its 22-year history. Georgijs has also collaborated with the LNSO on several occasions.
Olesya Petrova, the owner of the phenomenally beautiful voice, will also perform at the concert on May 21. She was born in St. Petersburg and graduated from the Rimsky-Korsakov State Conservatory in St. Petersburg. Olesya Petrova performs in prestigious opera houses and concert halls in Europe, USA, South America, Korea, China, Japan. She sang an unforgettable mezzo-soprano solo in the performance of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem with VAK “Latvija” and LNSO under the direction of Andris Poga at the Paris Champs Elysees. The program of the concert on May 21: Ludwig van Beethoven’s beautiful fantasy – The Fourth Piano Concerto – and Sergei Prokofiev’s cinematic, strong and sixth part of “Deathfield”, a deeply moving cantata “Alexander Nevsky”.
The concerts will be available to watch live on the LNSO and “Biļešu paradīze” websites. Tickets for concerts can be purchased here. With a special access code, concerts will also be available for recording until May 31.
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