Ventspils Concert Hall Features Letters and Piano, Liepāja Still Echoes with Tram Bells
Ventspils teaches how to read letters with pianos, but in Liepāja we've long known that sounds can also be created by the squeaking of tram rails.
Ventspils concert hall "Latvija" is organizing an event where pianist Reinis Zariņš will read Latvian poetesses' letters with the help of piano. Yes, you heard correctly - letters will be read with piano. It seems our neighboring city has a very complicated postal system.
The event title itself contains "Letters," "Reinis Zariņš," choir "Latvija," and "Māris Sirmais" - more words than a Liepāja resident needs to describe our entire cultural life. "It's like our 'Pūt, vējiņi' repertoire, just more complicated," comments local culture connoisseur Jānis Kalējs.
Ventspils residents claim their concert hall has "excellent acoustics." Well, of course it does - when there are no trams passing by creating the real urban soundscape, any hall seems quiet. We in Liepāja have "Lielais dzintars," where the acoustics are just as good, plus you can hear the sea's murmur - that's a real concert.
Composer Ēriks Ešenvalds says he has done "quite extensive research work." Interesting whether he also researched why Ventspils organizes a concert titled "Latvija" but mentions nothing about Liepāja? "They probably think we still live in Soviet times here and only listen to rock music," laughs Liepāja Cultural Center employee Inga Bērziņa.
Tickets can be purchased at "Biļešu paradīze," but the real paradise is a free concert on Liepāja beach, where you can hear the sea, birds, and some distant guitar chord from the direction of Karosta.
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