Event description
The XVIII International Mažeikiai Art Festival invites you to Pavirvytė Manor, where GRAD Percussion Duo and Tatiana Rediko will present the concert programme "Light and Passion". The vibrant, almost surreal sound of the vibraphone merges with the warm tones of the marimba, which suddenly shifts from the clarity of the virtuosic passages to the sound of the organ that fills the room. This breathtaking fusion is completed by the soulful singing of the cello, which embodies subtle shades of emotion. In this extraordinary blend of sounds, listeners are in for a stunning musical experience, with new dimensions of familiar works and contemporary compositions, including several world premieres. There will be Bach chorales, music from very different eras and styles - tango, jazz, minimalism, classical modernism - as well as melodies and rhythms from different countries. The ensemble consists of two independent duos: Tatiana Rediko and Andrei Pushkarev combine cello and marimba on stage, and Andrei Pushkarev and Pavel Belyaev perform together as the GRAD percussion duo. Andrei Pushkarev was born into a family of musicians in Kiev in 1974. At the age of five he started his musical education on the piano. While studying at the Conservatoire with Prof. Alexander Blinov, Andrei began to compose his own works, including compositions on vibraphone. In 1999 he joined the chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica (artistic director Gidonas Kremer). To this day, he enjoys the status of an acclaimed soloist and principal percussionist of this ensemble. Pavel Belyaev was born in 1977 in Minsk, Belarus. He started learning music at the age of seven. Pavel studied at the Minsk Academy of Music and at the Higher School of Music in Cologne, Germany (Prof. Christian Roderburg, Andy Gillmann and Mathias Haus). Pavel Belyaev is a freelance musician known for his close collaboration with various music theatres and professional orchestras in Germany and the world-renowned chamber orchestra Kremerata Baltica, founded and conducted by Gidon Kremer. Tatiana Rediko is a cellist, chamber music and orchestral musician, author of projects in various genres. Born in Riga, she was invited to study in Germany as a prize-winner of several international competitions, where she received her diploma (2011) and her Master's degree (2015). She has participated in many concerts and festivals, as well as with orchestra, in various countries, and has been developing her playing in many master classes. As a teenager, Tatiana was invited to private lessons by the legendary cellist Mstislav Rostropovich, and since then she has been constantly gaining new playing experience with world-renowned cellists, as well as with violin and piano professors.