Latvian New Music Days 2021
Online Concert
The premiere of the live concert was on March 5. Everyone with the ticket can view the recording until March 19.
Program:
Alvils Altmanis (1950) Triptych,
Aleksandr Žedeljov (1983) Friendly DNA Genocide (premiere),
Mykolas Natalevičius (1985) dew.mist,
Julius Aglinskas (1988) In Between Silence,
Rūta Vitkauskaitė (1984) Hightet,
Anatolijus Šenderovas (1945–2019) Dialogue I-II for violin and cello
In 2019 the Composers Unions of all three Baltic States have joined together in a Baltic Contemporary Music Network that aims to cooperate between the states and promote the Baltic contemporary music abroad. In April and May 2021, the First Baltic Music Days will take place in Tallinn and Tartu. On the eve of this event, we invite Estonian and Lithuanian contemporary music ensembles to perform the music of composers from all three Baltic States.
Twenty Fingers Duo is a duet of contemporary and modern music artists Lora Kmieliauskaite (violin) and Arnas Kmieliauskas (cello), featuring vivid and multifaceted performances of intense sound that change the sound and space, re-discovering the authenticity, pause and silence of instrumental timbre. L. Kmieliauskaitė and A. Kmieliauskas - multiple winners of national and international music performance competitions. Twenty Fingers Duo is recognized for its intense and engaging performances and unique sound, and has earned the name of an ambitious and curious ensemble for its ongoing collaborations, exploring performativity in its performances and promoting contemporary Lithuanian music.
The festival produced and organized by the Latvian Composers' Union will take place for the tenth time this year, from March 1 to 6, in online concerts from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius concert halls. Within the framework of the festival, thirteen premieres of Latvian composers will be given.
The core of the festival "Latvian New Music Days 2021" is built around several concert programs that each focus on a magistral opus of the 20th century that has changed the paths of development of music – "Piano Phase" by Steve Reich, "Second String quartet" by György Ligeti and "Vortex Temporum" by Gerard Grisey. These masterpieces have been the source of inspiration for the new works of Latvian composers who contextualize, reflect, and meditate on the poetic and technological aspects of those pieces. In our opinion, high-quality music is a great conductor that transfers energy. Ideas and stories can travel from opus to opus and most importantly, they do so in both directions.
More information www.facebook.com/komponisti, www.muzikasdienas.lv
Ticket: 5 EUR
Festival Passes:
15 EUR (Foot concert for 2 legs - a pass for one person for 5 on-line concerts). 40 EUR (Foot concert for 6 legs - a pass for three persons for 5 on-line concerts)
The festival is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation, Latvian Radio 3 "Klasika", Riga Latvian Society and the Internet journal Satori.
