Muzikālais brančs ar..Trio Hai (I. Meija, A. Raumanis, H. Hansena) Programma 'Amerikas Skices'

Program "AMERICAN SKETCHES"
E.EWAZEN, L.LIEBERMAN, R.PETERSON

ILONA MAY (flute), AIGARS RAUMANIS (saxophone), HERTA HANSEN (piano)

"Sketches of America" ​​- an exciting journey through optimistic and virtuosic American music with three laureates of the Great Music Prize - flautist Ilona May, saxophonist Aigar Raumani and pianist Herta Hansen .
The concert program consists of three opuses, which, although they were written in the last thirty years, are very different. ” (1993) says: “The combination of flute, French horn and piano creates a chamber music ensemble with wonderful possibilities in terms of contrasting colors and textures, resulting in a kaleidoscopic world of different moods”, but in this concert program the cycle will be performed for the first time in a saxophone version.

Music critic Alex Ross (The New Yorker) wrote: "Lowell Lieberman is a gourmand among American composers, relishing shimmering chords, delicate lines, and velvety textures that his self-absorbed, intellectually oriented colleagues might be afraid to put on paper." ". Liberman's Trio for flute, alto saxophone and piano, created in 2022, is performed in Latvia for the first time. creating a unique and unforgettable sound - also created wonderful music for such a composition. Peterson does not hide his sense of humor in the music, and he gave the last two parts of the third movement tempo designations - "Tempo de tequila" and "Più tequila".

At the ARTISSIMO concert hall - musical brunch!
Holiday concerts and a delicious meal in an informal atmosphere!
ARTISSIMO concert hall - your music in the heart of Riga!

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ILONA MEIJA is Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Music professor and rector of the academy. The flautist was born in Limbaži on January 11, 1971. Studied at the Limbažu Music School under teacher Agra Liepiņa. She continued her studies at the Jázepa Mediņš Music High School with teachers Dace Bichkovska and Lilija Veylanda. In 1994, Jāzepa Vītola received a bachelor's degree at the Latvian Academy of Music, prof. in the flute class of Vilnius Strautiņa and in 2007 - master's degree prof. Guntas Sproges in the chamber ensemble class. She improved her professional skills in flautist master classes in Thy, Denmark (1996, 1999), Geneva, Switzerland (1996) with prof. Andreas Blau and prof. Craig Goodman.

1991. won 1st place in the flute group in A. Jurjānas wind and percussion instrument competition. In 1994, she passed a competition in the flute group of the Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra.

From 1991 to 1997, I. Meija was a musician in the flute group of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, from 1997 to 2001 - concertmaster of the flute group of the Latvian National Opera Orchestra. 2006 - 2022 - concertmaster of the State Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Riga flute group. She has also worked in the Riga Chamber Music Orchestra, the Nordic Symphony Orchestra in Estonia and the Vidzeme Chamber Orchestra. As a soloist, she has played with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Latvian National Opera Orchestra, Riga Chamber Musicians and Sinfonietta Rīga.

Pedagogical work: since 2008, the Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Academy of Music Flute Games, Teacher of orchestral repertoire and woodwind quintet, professor. From 2008 to 2011, she was the head of the Wind Instruments and Percussion Department. Starting from 2021, the Department of Wind Instruments and Percussion Instruments will be headed again. As a flute teacher, she worked at the Salacgrivas Music School, the Salaspils Music and Art School, and the Jāzeps Mediņš Music School. He is currently teaching young flautists at Jāzepa Mediņš Riga Music High School and Ventspils Music High School. She has taught master classes in Maastricht (Holland), Karlsruhe (Germany), Strasbourg (France), Cozens (Italy), Jarvi Festival in Pärnu (Estonia), Kaunas (Lithuania), Classical Music Festivals in Salacgriv, as well as in many other Latvian cities.

Ilona May plays music in various chamber ensembles. Her stage partners were Jautrīte Putniņa, Pēteris Plakidis, Zoja Slivkina, Dzintra Ehrlich, Herta Hansen, Vsevolods Dvorkin (piano), Larisa Bulava (organ), Ieva Saliete (harpsichord), Ivars Bezprozvanovs, Erik Kiršfeld (cello), Dzintars Jurgelaitis (bassoon). ), Andra Darzins (viola), Ilze Urbane (flute), Aleksejs Lundins (violin). As part of master classes, she has performed with famous European flute masters: Philippe Benoit, Philippe Bernold, William Bennett, Daniela Troiani, Giedrius Gelgotas and Renate Greiss Armin.

As a chamber musician, she has participated in many radio and CD recordings: Peteris Vasks Chamber music ( CONIFER CLASSICS, 1996), Jonathan Harvey Choir music (HIPERION, 2011), Canadian and Latvian Composers (2010), Lucija Garuta Vocal and instrumental chamber music (2010).

Chamber music CD Other colors (SKANI, 2016), CD Shadow games in the river (SKANI, 2021).

HERTA HANSEN is an associate professor of the JVLMA Chamber Ensemble and Piano Accompaniment class and concertmaster of the Department of Wind Instruments. One of the active concertmaster pianists, a member of various chamber music projects, who has performed and regularly teaches master classes in Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Greece, Italy, Denmark, Austria, Germany, Russia and elsewhere in the world. In 2013, Herta Hansen won the Great Music Award for outstanding work in the ensemble, while in 2018 she was awarded the JVLMA Teacher of the Year Award for outstanding teaching and creative work.

As a concertmaster, she has participated in wind instrument competitions in Europe and Asia, often earning diplomas of the best concertmaster. She gained extensive knowledge of piano and ensemble playing from excellent teachers and professors, studied at the Jázeps Mediņš music school and high school under ped. N. Golubkinas and E. Strazdinas. Graduated from the Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Academy of Music piano class under doc. V. Brovakas and doc. L. Paulas, master's degree in chamber ensemble specialty with prof. G. Sproges. She improved her professional skills in various master classes in Latvia and Europe, interned at the Russian Academy of Music in Moscow with prof. G. Fedorenko. Herta Hansen's students have gained wide international recognition and perform on the biggest stages around the world.

Saxophonist AIGARS RAUMANIS is one of the brightest young Latvian musicians, laureate of several international competitions, Great Music Awards winner in the "Young Artist of the Year" category (2019), as well as JVLMA and LMT Young Musician of the Year Awards 2018 and several other awards.

Aigars Raumanis graduated with honors from the Jāzeps Mediņš Riga Music High School in the class of Oskar Petrauskas and obtained a bachelor's degree in saxophone playing at the Jāzeps Vītolas Academy of Music of Latvia under professor Artas Sīmanis, while a master's degree under prof. Ilona Mays. In the exchange programs, he went to the Sibelius Academy in Helsinki (prof. Jonataan Rautiola) and the Music Academy in Strasbourg with the famous saxophonist Philip Geis to improve his knowledge. He is currently studying in a professional doctoral program.

Achieved success in many competitions, the most important of which are: 1st place VII Stockholm International Music Competition (2019), Grand Prix European Saxophone Forum (2018), 1st place International Online Music Competition eMuse, Greece (2018) , 1st place in the Saxophonia competition (2017). He became known to a wider audience after participating in the LTV1 show "Radīti muzikai". As a soloist, he has performed with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, the Sinfonietta Rīga chamber orchestra, the Lithuanian National Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra, the Latvian Radio Big Band, the NBS Wind Orchestra, and also played in the LNSO, the LNOB Orchestra, Liepāja SO and the Rīga Wind Orchestra. Actively involvedIn concert life with organist Aigaras Reina, Trio Tresensus saxophone quartet Atomos and Riga Saxophone Quartet. Performed in Estonia, Lithuania, United States, Finland, Sweden, Netherlands, Germany, Croatia, Poland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Greece and other places.

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