2008: Zomertournee Letland

www.bauskasdzive.lv - 02-07-2008 - Vertaald uit het Lets

"The concert pulled our heartstrings"

By DAINA ZIEMELE

The Amsterdam VU-Orchestra concert in Bauska Culture hall June 1st was event which probably has not been and will not be happening soon again in Bauska. At the same time it was for free.

According received information, the orchestra is one of the best and largest amateur orchestra with 80 -120 participants. It usually performs late romanticism music and music of 20th century, there are number of Shostakovitsh and Mahler symphonies in repertory.
More than 80 young people visited Latvia to perform in four concerts in Riga and vicinity of it. Bauska Town Council and Bauska Town Hall with enthusiasm took an offer and invited orchestra to perform in Bauska. We would like to thank them for the opportunity.

The Culture hall was full and orchestra was able to capture the audience with first accords- from sounds of violins to drumbeats and cymbal crash. The introduction of each, even smallest musical instrument, was possible to notice in joint composition of all instruments. Young musician’s ductility under baton of conductor Daan Admiral was admirable and deserved a storm of applause.

Daan Admiral started his musical career as a brilliant oboe player. He graduated studies at the Conservatorium of Amsterdam with many prizes. Later he continued studies privately with the famous Russian conductor Kyrill Kondrashin. Particular adoration and flowers earned the first violin of orchestra Anna Giske. She started to learn to play violin in age of seven. Anna was a student of Amsterdam Conservatory.

The endless applause filled with enthusiasm and presented flowers asked for continuation. Only when conductor Daan Admiral closed his voluminous music-book and with expressive gesture indicated that the concert is over, audience was ready to leave. The musicians were staying in their places showing the respect to the responsive audience.

Visitors of newspaper portal:

-Truly fantastic!!! Thank you!!
-The concert was marvellous, thank you!!
-Marvelous concert; whoever was the organizer- THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!!!!!!

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Bauskas Vestis - 02-07-2008 - Vertaald uit het Lets

"Brilliant Performance"

By ANDRA MATULENKO

The concert of Amsterdam University symphonic orchestra in Bauska Culture Hall was held in July 1st. The event was important to Town, because it was one of the 400.Anniversary events. The entrance was free, and hall was filled with listeners. To ensure the necessary facilities for concert, the special platforms were delivered from Riga. There were over 70 artists performing.

The Amsterdam VU-orchestra is one of the largest and probably best student symphonic orchestras. There are 80-120 musicians. The orchestra regularly participates in different cross-cultural projects and one of the projects was tour to Latvia- to perform four concerts, one was in Bauska. As the manager told, the concerts are always well attended and musicians know how to attract listeners with emotional and professional concerts.
The conductor Daan Admiral started his musical career as a brilliant oboe player. He graduated Conservatorium of Amsterdam, earned many prizes. The first violin of orchestra Anna Giske graduated Amsterdam Conservatory in 2006 and participated in master classes in Italy, Florence.

The Prokofiev "Lieutenant Kije suite", Stravinsky "Le Baisér de la Fée", Rimsky-Korsakov "Shéhérazade"" was performed in Bauska. The audience standing with cheer expressed the adoration to musicians for the brilliant performance.  The appreciation to orchestra was expressed also by the Mayor of Bauska Town Arija Gaile.