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MATĪSS ŽILINSKIS, DANIILS BULAJEVS AND MAESTRO RAIMONDS PAULS’ “MAGICAL CITY”
Matīss ŽILINSKIS - piano
Artis ORUBS - drums
Andris GRUNTE - double bass
Anna Marija KUBECKA - clarinet
Daniils BULAJEVS - violin, concertmaster
chamber orchestra DAVINSPIRO CAMERATA
Program:
Part I
Presentation of M. Žilinskis’ NEW ALBUM
Part II
R. Pauls - music for the play “Odesa, the Magical City...”
JAZZ, A STRING ORCHESTRA AND COLORFUL MUSICAL CHARACTERS!
In the first part of the concert, there will be the PREMIERE of Matīss Žilinskis’ currently in-progress jazz trio album, which promises to be very colorful and varied! Both on the album and in the premiere, Žilinskis’ trio (Matīss Žilinskis - piano, Andris Grunte - double bass, Artis Orubs - drums) will interact with the chamber orchestra “Davinspiro Camerata,” revealing jazz in a sound palette that is quite unusual for it.
Matīss Žilinskis is a very versatile musician, pianist, arranger, composer, and teacher. He regularly performs on Latvia’s biggest stages and collaborates with other musicians. Matīss has many creative ideas, and in 2022 his jazz trio debut album “Childhood Memories” was already released.
The upcoming second album will weave together scenes from Riga’s brisk pace of life and peaceful mornings at Matīss’ countryside home. More poignant pieces and dedications will also not be missing, for example, “To Grandfather” and “Wind Gusts.” On the other hand, sparks of energy will fly in the compositions “The Nuns’ Day Off” and “Central Market Tango.”
Matīss says that he is “pleasantly moved by the opportunity to perform with a string orchestra under Daniils’ leadership, and is eagerly looking forward to this meeting in music!”
In the second part of the concert, splendid southern scenes will be conjured from Raimonds Pauls’ music for the play “Odesa, the Magical City...”. It premiered in 2007 at the Mikhail Chekhov Theatre and has been staged more than 100 times, including to full houses on guest performances in Germany, the United States, and elsewhere. The play is based on the outstanding writer Isaac Babel’s “Tales of Odessa,” which are full of humor and inspired by his own youth in his native Odessa.
The arrangements of the pieces for string orchestra, violin, clarinet, and piano were made by Andrejs Puškarevs. Performing together with the chamber orchestra “Davinspiro Camerata” and violinist Daniils Bulajevs will be clarinetist Anna Marija Kubecka and pianist Matīss Žilinskis.
