ORCHESTRA OF THE LATVIAN MUSIC ACADEMY “JĀZEPS VĪTOLS”

7 pm: Pre-concert Lecture with Dr. Dieter Rexroth in the Werner-Otto-Saal
Free for ticket holders (admission at 6:45 pm)

It is common knowledge that people in Latvia love to sing. However, they are also very musical in general, as the Orchestra of the Latvian Music Academy “Jazeps Vitols” in Riga has proven several times at Young Euro Classic. Now the young musicians finally return to Berlin after a lengthy absence – and their concerts features an intriguing contest. With them are two pianists who are not only brothers, but will both perform Rachmaninov. Only 21 years old this summer, at Young Euro Classic Georgijs Osokins, who caused a stir last year at the Chopin Competition in Warsaw, throws himself into one of the most virtuosic solo concertos in the entire repertoire, the Piano Concerto No. 3 in D-Minor by Sergey Rachmaninov, while his older brother Andrejs dedicates himself to the more poetic Piano Concerto No. 2 in C-Minor. The remainder of the programme features Latvian music: a piece by the Latvian “classic” Janis Medins and a new work by the Rolands Kronlaks, written especially for this concert in Berlin.