From March 6 to 20 - during the year Liepāja serves as the European Capital of Culture - the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra invites you to experience the 35th Liepāja International Stars Festival. It promises five distinctive evenings in which symphonic grandeur will blend with the intimacy of chamber music, while masterpieces of the Baroque and Classical eras will meet the freedom of jazz, soul and contemporary musical expression.
In March, Liepāja will once again become a meeting place for outstanding artists, bold interpretations and music that can surprise and resonate with audiences - and stay with them long after the final applause.
“The Liepāja International Stars Festival is spreading its wings to match the scale of Liepāja as the European Capital of Culture. Alongside the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, the festival will be enriched by a Polish orchestra, a Lithuanian choir, and international stars from France, Slovakia, Great Britain, Ukraine, Estonia, and Lithuania, as well as outstanding artists from our own country. Let us celebrate music, European culture, and our unity!” says Uldis Lipskis, head of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra.
Appearing on stage as soloists at this year’s festival will be Ola Onabulé (voice), Rebecca Ruso (viola da gamba), Valentine Michaud (saxophone), Lilija Nikitčuk (mezzo-soprano), Heldur Harry Põlda (tenor), Vestards Šimkus (piano), Ieva Saliete (harpsichord), Akvilė Šileikaitė (piano), Lina Dambrauskaitė (soprano) and Edgars Ošleja (bass).
Taking the conductor’s podium will be Polish conductor Norbert Twórczyński, alongside maestros Guntis Kuzma and Jānis Liepiņš, both already well known to our audiences.
The festival will open with special guests from Poland: the Artur Malawski Podkarpacka Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra in Rzeszów will perform in Liepāja for the first time, while the Lithuanian State Choir “Vilnius” will add its voices to the festival’s closing programme.
Tickets for the Festival concerts can be purchased at "Biļešu Paradīze" ticket offices and www.bilesuparadize.lv.
The 35th Liepāja International Stars Festival is supported by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia and the Liepāja City.
