LIEPĀJA INTERNATIONAL STARS FESTIVAL will be held for the twenty-eighth year in a row. Once as the International Piano Stars Festival it was started in 1993 by former artistic director of Liepāja Symphony Orchestra – Imants Resnis. There have been more than 170 pianists participating from all of the world − Europe, Asia, North and South America, Australia. We have had the privilege of seeing such high class artists as Julian Joseph, Mikhail Voskresensky, Freddy Kempf, Noriko Ogawa, Robert Mitchell, Christina Ortiz, Dmitrij Bashkirov, Stanislav Igolinsky, Brigitte Engerer, Lazar Berman, Rolando Luna, Chano Dominguez, Eldar Djangirov and many more.
During the closure of the 23rd International Piano Stars Festival Uldis Lipskis, Board member of Liepāja Symphony Orchestra pointed out that the festival will have its rebirth in the coming year, acquiring a broader scope and featuring not only pianists but also outstanding singers and virtuosos of other instruments to attract even greater audiences. Therefore this is no longer the International Piano Stars Festival, but the Liepāja International Stars Festival.
The Festivals' successful cooperation with the foreign soloists and conductors makes the world aware of Latvian culture and ensures residents of Latvia and not only with a high quality live performances.
32nd LIEPĀJA INTERNATIONAL STARS FESTIVAL
March 8 - 22, 2025
Liepāja Concert Hall "Lielais dzintars"
From 8 March to 22 March 2025, the Liepāja International Star Festival will shine bright for the 33rd time already, and this time it will be held in celebration of Liepāja City 400th anniversary.
The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will offer five concerts, which will take the audience on a journey through the wide world of music, making stops at symphonic classicism and romanticism, jazz, chamber music and also opera music.
A special place in the city's anniversary festival is given to piano music. Remembering the beginnings of the Festival and the input made by its founder, Imants Resnis, marking Liepāja on the world music map, the programme will feature an ambitious pianism star concert, where three brilliant pianist duos will perform.
March 8 at 6PM
OPENING CONCERT
March 14 at 7PM
DEELINDE & EMILIANO SAMPAIO
March 15 at 6PM
PIANISM STARS
March 21 at 7PM
ALTERA VERITAS
March 22 at 6PM
CLOSING CONCERT
Tickets for the Festival concerts can be purchased at "Biļešu Paradīze" ticket offices and www.bilesuparadize.lv.
The 32nd Liepāja International Stars Festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, the State Culture Capital Foundation, the Liepāja City and SEB Bank.
