Aigars Raumanis and Artūrs Noviks in the concert program DANCES FOR SAXOPHONE AND ACCORDION

Accordionist Artūrs Noviks and saxophonist Aigars Raumanis take part in the concert program. The concert program "Dances for saxophone and accordion" is designed as a bright, temperamental and stylistically diverse journey of chamber music, where two particularly expressive instruments meet - saxophone and accordion. Both instruments are closely related to the musical language of the 20th and 21st centuries, urban culture, dance rhythms, echoes of folk music and fusion of genres. The program focuses on dance as a universal musical and cultural phenomenon. It is not just a rhythmic impulse or a genre indication here, but also a way of thinking – bodily energy, movement, dialogue. The program takes the listener through different geographical and stylistic spaces: from Astor Piazzolla's new tango aesthetics to Gorka Hermosa's Iberian dance landscapes, from the intensity of Latin American rhythms to Pedro Iturralde's Greek-inspired festive atmosphere, from Richard Galliano's French and world music colors to Hermeto Pascoal's Brazilian freedom and playfulness.

The concert is supported by Jāzeps Vītolas Latvian Music Academy.