In 2025, the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra concert series “Sounds of Liepāja at Rundāle Palace” will feature four events – on April 5, August 2, October 25 and December 13. The first one will delight the audience with the masterpieces of Viennese classics, such as Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra has been regularly performing at Rundāle Palace for more than ten years now, creating a unique musical experience for music lovers in this precious gem of Baroque architecture. The majestic interior of the palace and the acoustics of the White Hall create a special atmosphere allowing the audience to enjoy the beauty of classical music to the fullest.
At the concert taking place on April 5, the outstanding Lithuanian conductor Modestas Barkauskas will lead the Orchestra through two brilliant works of the classical era: Joseph Haydn's Concerto No 2 for Cello and Orchestra and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Symphony No. 40, which is one of the most recognizable and beloved classical music pieces of all time. This symphony, composed in 1788, is the quintessence of Mozart’s genius – it combines deep emotionality, drama and incredible melodic beauty.
Alongside it, Joseph Haydn’s elegant and lively Concerto No 2 for Cello and Orchestra, written around 1783, is one of the first cello concertos to gain wide recognition and inspire composers of future generations, becoming one of the most popular cello concertos in the classical music repertoire. In this concert the cello plays the role of not only a soloist, but also a storyteller, revealing a wide range of emotions – from lyrical tenderness to energetic zest of life.
The melodic richness and technical brilliance of the cello concerto will be revealed in this concert by the young and promising Polish cellist Krzysztof Michalski in collaboration with the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra conducted by Modestas Barkauskas. Over the past 3 years, Krzysztof Michalski has won several international competitions, such as the Johansen International Competition in the USA, the Zoltán Kodály Competition in Hungary, the David Geringas Competition in Lithuania and the Brussels Cello Competition in Belgium. As a soloist, he has performed with symphony and chamber orchestras in Poland, Germany, Hungary, Belgium, Lithuania and Colombia.
Highlighting the broader landscape of classical music and its development, the concert programme will also feature works by Italian composer Luigi Boccherini and Czech-born composer Johannes Stamitz.
Tickets for the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra concerts can be purchased at “Biļešu paradīze” ticket offices.
The Concert is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia.
