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Hexagonum DeciBels Festival | Rīga

Quatre Hommages at Hexagonum for two pianos will be played at DeciBels Festival Rīga | 22.03.2024, 18:00, JVLMA in the Great Hall

The piano duo Sanita Glazenburga and Juris Žvikovs present a program of contemporary music for piano duo with compositions by Marina Anna Timofejeva, Dimitris Maronidis, Henry Poikans, Morton Feldmans, Annija Anna Zariņa, Gyorgy Ligeti

This program consists of three works by JVLMA composition students and three composition masters. The dramaturgy of the concert is created in such a way that the “new” and “masters” are paired in pairs: Marina Anna Timofejeva – Dimitris Maronidis, Henrijs Poikans – Morton Feldmans, Annija Anna Zariņa – Gērģs Ligeti. These pairs form three lines, with the up-and-coming at one end and the “classic” at the other. Visually contemplating and playing with these lines can create a beautiful hexagon

Chaconne for Piano Trio and Electronics at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki | Greece

Chaconne for piano trio and electronics is getting a performance at the State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki on 29th of November 2023. Herta Hansena (piano) and Eriks Kirsfelds (Violoncello) who are visiting AUTh with Erasmus are collaborating with Kostas Kampantais (Violin) to present a concert of contemporary music.

The piece was composed during the first half of March 2020 in Thessaloniki after a poem by Gundega Smite and Dimitris Maronidis. The form of the work is a Chaconne in the sense that an imaginary sound of a glass breaking, is repeatedly reflected in all musical gestures, creating a sonic environment where small sonic fragments are generated, cracked, and splintered constantly.

Iannis Xenakis – Paille in the Wind 
Maja Einfelde – Four Elegies 
Jonathan Harvey – Dialogue and Song  
Anton Webern – Three Little Pieces 
Eriks Esenvalds – Last Letters 
Salvatore Sciarrino – Melencolia I 
Gundega Šmite – Cancon de Cuna 
Dimitris Maronidis – Chaconne 

29th November 2023, 21:00 | State Conservatoire of Thessaloniki | Entrance Free

Chaconne for piano trio & electronics world premiere | Latvia

After a long and sad waiting period, Chaconne for Piano, Violin, Violoncello & Electronics is getting its premiere by Paula Šūmane (Violin), Herta Hansena (Piano), and Ēriks Kiršfelds (Violoncello). The concert will occur at Sigulda in Latvia on July 16th, 2023.

The piece was composed during the first half of March 2020 in Thessaloniki after a poem by Gundega Smite and Dimitris Maronidis. The form of the work is a Chaconne in the sense that an imaginary sound of a glass breaking, is repeatedly reflected in all musical gestures, creating a sonic environment where small sonic fragments are generated, cracked, and splintered constantly.

July 16th 2023, Concert Hall Baltais Fligelis, Sigulda, Latvia

Live recording of Fantasia & Toccata | Latvia

Please listen to a live recording of my most recent piece performed in Riga by LNSO Double Bass Orchestra conducted by Jānis Stafeckis. Fantasia & Toccata was composed in 2020 amidst the worldwide Covid19 pandemic and under tremendously stressful conditions in my personal life. It has been a piece of luck that in that particular circumstance such an extraordinary and weird formation of an ensemble was given in my hands. No other medium could express better the turmoil I was going through the months this piece was composed. 

Please mind using a pair of speakers or headphones to listen to this music due to its low-frequency content.

Live recording (Radio 3) of the premiere at Great Guild Hall, Riga 08.10.2020
Performers: LNSO double bass orchestra (Oskars Bokanovs, Toms Timofejevs, Andris Veinbergs, Dāvis Vilks, Alise Broka, Kristaps Pētersons, Jurģis Klotiņš, Gustavs Vilsons, Viktors Stankēvičs, Raivo Ozols, Viktors Veļičko, Haralds Arnis, Undīne Berga, Mārcis Lipskis, Dzintars Sabļins, Raivis Misjuns)

“I am a forest, and a night of dark trees: but he who is not afraid of my darkness, will find banks full of roses under my cypresses.”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra

Fantasia & Toccata for 16 Contrabasses at LNSO | Rīga

An absolutely crazy formation of an ensemble of 16 contrabasses is going to premiere a new piece of mine at Riga in October. 16 Contrabassists from many countries around Europe are going to join their forces and make a concert on the 8th of October at the central concert hall in Riga.

LNSO CHAMBER MUSIC – THE LNSO DOUBLE BASS CHOIR
16 DOUBLE BASSES AND ALICE IN WONDERLAND
Thursday, October 8, 2020 at 7 PM – 9 PM
Lielā ģilde

Programme:
Hans ZIMMER, Carlos GARDEL, John WILLIAMS, Miloslav GAJDOŠ,
Antonio VIVALDI, Gundega ŠMITE (premiere), Dimitris MARONIDIS (premiere)

The LNSO’s principal double bass, open and friendly Oskars Bokanovs has had his share of piano duets in the previous season, and he now invites friends and colleagues from near and far to surprise you with double bass solos, duets, quartets, and even a double bass orchestra. The program includes music of all styles and eras – from Vivaldi to film scores, from tango to Czech engravings, as well as new works by Gundega Šmite and Dimitris Maronidis. The stately instrument will reveal its melodic and virtuoso strings, a feast for musicians and listeners alike because 20 double bass players on a single stage – it is not to be missed.

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