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19:30 | Aivars Kalejs (Latvia), Martina Doehring (Germany) |
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Bach, Schubert, Handel, Vivaldi, Chopin, Scarlatti, Brahms will be performed by winners of the national and international competitions Aivars Kalejs (organ, Riga) and Martina Doehring (soprano, Germany) in concert series "Music of world cathedrals". Aivars Kalejs is a Latvian organist, composer and pianist. He is a concert organist at the Dome Cathedral in Riga and chief organist for the New St. Gertrudes Lutheran Church. He has performed solo recitals and toured with various ensembles throughout North America, Europe, and Asia, included participating in dozens of international organ festivals in the US, Belgium, Italy, Germany, Denmark, and Estonia. Plays in prestigious venues (Notre Dame de Paris), performs classical repertoire, own compositions and improvisations. Performing concerts as a soloist and a great ensemble partner, he successfully gained an international recognition. He has collaborated with such conductors as Andris Nelsons, Maris Sirmais, Andres Mustonen, Pierre Cao and Imants Kokars. For many years he has playing duos with soprano opera singer Inessa Galante and legendary French horn player Arvids Klisans. As a composer, his pieces have been played in organ concerts around the world and have won several composition awards. Martina Doehring began her music studies at the Musikhochschule in Lubeck as an exceptional student while she was still attending high school. After the Abitur, while she graduated as a singer in the class of Professor Ute Niss, she also became a school music teacher, majoring in piano, with Professor Gotlinde Sudau. Ms. Doehring has sung soprano solos in Germany and internationally. Engagements as soloist in oratorios and church concerts have brought Ms. Doehring into numerous churches, including the Riga Cathedral, Tintoretto Church, St. Thomas d'Aquin. She also has performed on radio and television for German and international broadcast studios. Ms. Doehring has a special interest in contemporary music.
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