Started in 2021, the music festival "Rimbenieks" organized by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will tour Southern Kurzeme regions once again this August, offering several exquisite musical events. A number concerts will be given in towns and villages of the region from 2 August to 18 August, gathering top class artists and passionate listeners and creating an unforgettable musical experience.
The content cornerstone at the “Rimbenieks” festival is chamber music, which is played by ensembles made up of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra musicians, engaging their like-minded fellows and closest stage friends.
Thanks to the support provided by the South Kurzeme Municipality Council, entrance to the "Rimbenieks" Festival concerts will be free of charge this year as well.
Traditionally, our journey will begin at the Kazdanga Community Centre, where on 2 August at 19:00 the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will perform a concert in the spacious hall under the direction of the conductor Guntis Kuzma. The programme will feature “A Little Night Music” by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Concerto grosso by Arturs Maskats with soloists – violinist Sandis Šteinbergs and cellist Ēriks Kiršfelds, as well as the Symphony No.6 (“Pastoral”) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
The programme of the “Rimbenieks” Festival will be very diverse, and the audience will have the chance to meet in music with the Viennese classics and also get to know the music of modern Latvian composers, revealing new colours of sound to the audience and offering to immerse themselves in well-known melodies. The music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Astor Piazzolla, Claude Debussy and many other well-known composers will be played, while the Latvian authors will be represented by Pēteris Vasks, Vilnis Šmīdbergs, Imants Kalniņš, Līga Ančevska, Natālija Munda.
South Kurzeme Music Festival RIMBENIEKS 2024
August 2 – 18
ENTRANCE TO ALL THE FESTIVAL CONCERTS IS FREE!
Here you can get some information about the tourism offer of South Kurzeme region.
The map of the festival venues can be viewed here.
August 2 7PM
Kazdanga Cultural Centre
THE OPENING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL
Featuring: Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Sandis Šteinbergs (violin), Ēriks Kiršfelds (cello), Guntis Kuzma (conductor)
Programme:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - “A Little Night Music”
Arturs Maskats - Concerto grosso
Ludwig van Beethoven - Symphony No.6 (“Pastoral”)
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August 3 7PM
Vērgale Manor
I SAW IN A DREAM
Featuring: Agnija Ābrama (flute), Līga Griķe (kokle), Madara Kalniņa (piano), Beatrise Anda Ozoliņa (dance)
Programme:
François Couperin, Claude Debussy, Pēteris Vasks, Līga Ančevska, Madara Kalniņa, Natālija Munda, Imants Kalniņs, "Jauns mēness"
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August 4 7PM
Rucava Evangelical Lutheran Church
SONG FOR THE FOUR FRENCH HORNS
Featuring: LIEPĀJA HORN QUARTET (Ingus Novicāns, Aivars Vadonis, Mārcis Auziņš, Ilmārs Bērziņš), Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna (percussion)
Programme:
Eugène Bozza, Rihards Dubra, Valentin Utkin, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georges Bizet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Franz Schubert, Ennio Morricone, Leonard Cohen, Astor Piazzolla
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August 9 7PM
Vaiņode Culture House
KUZMA. EGLIŅA. JANKEVICS
Featuring: Guntis Kuzma (clarinet), Agnese Egliņa (piano), Klāvs Jankevics (cello)
Programme:
Ludwig van Beethoven - Trio in B-flat major, Op.11
Johannes Brahms - The Clarinet Trio in A minor, Op. 114
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August 10 7PM
Virga Manor
THE EXCITING STORIES OF TANGO
Featuring: Madara Drulle (violin), Itāna Grābante (viola), Anete Dovmane (cello), Ivars Ozols (contrabass), Rustams Bagirovs (accordion)
Programme:
Astor Piazzolla, Ángel Villoldo, Carlos Gardel, Louis Guglielmi
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August 11 2PM
Grieze Evangelical Lutheran Church
LIEPĀJA HORN QUARTET
Featuring: LIEPĀJA HORN QUARTET (Ingus Novicāns, Aivars Vadonis, Mārcis Auziņš, Ilmārs Bērziņš)
Programme:
Eugène Bozza, Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giuseppe Verdi, Johannes Brahms, Valentin Utkin, Renārs Kaupers, Astor Piazzolla, Lowell E. Shaw
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August 11 4PM
Priekule Evangelical Lutheran Church
BRITTEN'S CELLO SUITE
Featuring: Klāvs Jankevics (cello)
Programme:
Benjamin BRITTEN - Cello suite No.1, op. 72
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August 11 5.30PM
Vecpils St Lawrence Church
SUMMER FANTASY FOR OBOE AND ORGAN
Featuring: Renāte Lodziņa (oboe), Simona Sunepa (organ)
Programme:
Georg Philipp Telemann, George Frideric Handel, Pēteris Vasks
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August 11 7PM
Aizpute Christ the King church
SUMMER DANCES
Featuring: Līga Baltābola (violin), Jānis Baltābols (violin), Leons Veldre (cello)
Programme:
Henryk Wieniawski, Pēteris Vasks, Agris Engelmanis, Joseph Haydn
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August 15 7PM
Durbe Evangelical Lutheran church
POEM OF LOVE AND THE SEA
Featuring: Anta Jankovska (soprano), Dārta Tisenkopfa-Muselli (harp), Reinis Lapa (flute), Ivars Bezprozvanovs (cello)
Programme:
Marc Berthomieu, Henri Duparc, Joseph Jongen, Ernest Chausson
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August 16 7PM
Nīca Evangelical Lutheran church
LITURGICAL FANFARES
Featuring: Wind and percussion ensemble of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna (vibrophone), conductor Guntis Kuzma
Programme:
Henri Tomasi - "Fanfare Liturgiques"
Rihards Dubra - "Magnolia" (world premiere)
Vilnis Šmīdbergs - "To the Light" (world premiere)
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August 17 7PM
Cīrava Culture House
A DREAM OF THE INVISIBLE RAIN
Featuring: The BERČI QUARTET (Gunārs Mūrnieks - violin, Diāna Reimane - violin, Elīna Čipāne - viola, Klāvs Jankevics - cello), Alise Gavare (clarinet), Aigars Raumanis (saxophone)
Programme:
Adolf Busch, Nikolai Kapustin, Philip Glass, Rihards Dubra
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August 18 7PM
Grobiņa Evangelical Lutheran church
THE CLOSING CONCERT OF THE FESTIVAL
Featuring: Wind and percussion ensemble of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna (vibrophone), conductor Guntis Kuzma
Programme:
Henri Tomasi - "Fanfare Liturgiques"
Rihards Dubra - "Magnolia"
Vilnis Šmīdbergs - "To the Light"
