28. September, 2024
The brass and percussion ensemble of the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under the leadership of conductor Guntas Kuzmas will play Vilnius Šmīdberg's new work "To the Light".
The number of works written by Vilnius Šmīdbergs, the founder of Latvian rock music, the founder of the hard rock group "Katedrāle" and the creator of the basic composition of the group "Sīpoli", is extensive. For the symphony for wind orchestra, Shmīdberg received the "Great Music Award 2010", and for the Concerto for alto saxophone and orchestra - the AKKA/LAA Author's Award (2014). This year, Vilnis Šmīdbergs received the Great Music Award "For Lifetime Contribution".
The concert will be complemented by the "Liturgical Fanfares" written in 1947 by the French composer Henri Tomazi.