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NEUES CD-Projekt: "Echoes of Latvia"

„Echoes of Latvia“ entführt Sie in eine Welt, in der die Stimmen lettischer Komponistinnen zweier Jahrhunderte zusammen kommen. Dieses Programm präsentiert seltene und fesselnde Werke, die von den kulturellen Wurzeln Lettlands inspiriert sind. Durch diese künstlerische Reise werden die Zuhörenden eingeladen, die reiche musikalische Landschaft Lettlands aus der Perspektive der lettischen Komponistinnen und Musikerinnen zu erkunden.

Eine Besonderheit des Projekts „Echoes of Latvia“ ist die Schaffung und Uraufführung mehrerer Auftragswerke.

CD-Veröffentlichung beim Label SKANI : 8. März 2025

Publikum und Presse bescheinigen der lettischen Geigerin Laura Zarina (*1987) „ein Höchstmass an Musikalität“ sowie „einen leuchtend schönen Ton“, „schlank, aber charaktervoll und im richtigen Moment von bestechender Intensität“.

2023 spielte Laura Zariņa das Violinkonzert von lettisch-kanadischen Komponisten I. Raminsh zum ersten mal in Europa.

2022 brachte Laura Zarina das Kunstvideo mit der längsten Fuge für Violine solo (C-Dur) von J. S. Bach auf Youtube heraus. Auf experimentelle Weise übernahm Laura Zarina den Geigenpart und sang selbst die von Prof. Helga Thoene entdeckten diversen Choräle in vier Stimmen ein.

2019 veröffentlichte Laura Zarina das Violinkonzert des lettisch- kanadischen Komponisten Janis Kalnins (1904-2000) bei Canadian Music Centre. Das Werk wurde auf der Flucht am Ende des zweiten Weltkriegs geschrieben und galt für fast 50 Jahre als verschwunden. Diese CD-Aufnahme ist die Ersteinspielung, die nach der Erstaufführung in Heimatland Lettland von Laura Zarina auch aufgenommen wurde.

Bereits während ihrer künstlerischen Ausbildung in Lettland und in Deutschland (Prof. Ulf Wallin) konzertierte Laura Zarina international. Meisterkurse führten sie quer durch Europa und die USA zu Miriam Fried, Mihaela Martin, Thomas Brandis, Yuzuko Horigome, Bernhard Forck, Renaud Capuçon, Igor Oistrach oder zum Tokyo String Quartet.

Weitere wichtige Impulse erhielt sie bei der International Music Academy Switzerland mit Seiji Ozawa, Robert Mann, Pamela Frank, Nobuko Imai und Sadao Harada sowie durch die Zusammenarbeit mit Menahem Pressler bei Villa Musica in Mainz.Vielfach wurde Laura Zarina bei nationalen und internationalen Wettbewerben ausgezeichnet, wie zum Beispiel mit dem Villa Musica Förderpreis und einem Spezialpreis für ihre Schubert-Interpretation im internationalen "Premio Rodolfo Lipizer"-Wettbewerb in Gorizia, Italien.

Als Solistin konzertierte Laura Zarina mit dem Sinfonie Orchester der Canadian Opera Company, Lettischen Nationalen Symphonieorchester, dem Nationalen Lettischen Opernorchester, dem Liepaja Symphonieorchester, dem Estnischen Symphonieorchester, dem Mainzer Kammerorchester oder der Norddeutschen Philharmonie Rostock.

Als Kammermusikerin war Laura Zarina Gast bei diversen Festivals wie in LaMusica in Sarasota, Florida (Leitung Bruno Giuranna), Montebello und Engadiner Musikfestivals in der Schweiz, bei “Rencontres de Musique de Chambre" in Chambery, Frankreich (Leitung Renaud Capuçon), dem Progetto Martha Argerich in Lugano, Schweiz, und Argentinien, dem Hohenloher Kultursommer, den Festspielen Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, den Festspielen Bad Hersfeld, den Bachtagen Hessen-Thüringen in Deutschland u.a, eingeladen.

Zu ihren Kammermusik-Partnern zählen internationale Künstlerpersönlichkeiten wie Bruno Giuranna, Antonio Meneses, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Eva Bindere, Federico Agostini, José Franch-Ballester, Jonathan Aner, Lilit Grigoryan, Denis Kozhukhin und andere.

Laura Zarina spielt auf Violinen von Antonio Gragnani und Ragnar Hayn.

Nach Abschluss eines zweiten Master-Studiums - in Instrumental-Pädagogik - an der Musikhochschule Frankfurt (HfMdK), nahm sie 2021 einen Lehrauftrag für Violine am Dr. Hochs Konservatorium in Frankfurt und 2022 an der Universität der Künste in Berlin (UdK) an.2023 spielte Laura Zariņa das Violinkonzert von lettisch-kanadischen Komponisten I. Raminsh zum ersten mal in Europa.

NEW CD Project: Echoes of Latvia

The aim of the project "Echoes of Latvia" is to create a bridge between the past and the present by highlighting the works of Latvian women composers of different periods and making them accessible to a wider audience through the integration of music and literature. This CD project serves as a platform to appreciate the often overlooked contributions of women in music history while promoting Latvia's cultural heritage. Throughout this musical journey, listeners are invited to discover new soundscapes and enjoy the diversity and emotional depth of compositions by Latvian composers.

The unique feature of the project "Echoes of Latvia" is the creation and premiere of several commissioned works.

CD-Launch: March 8th 2025 at Label SKANI

The public and the press attest to the Latvian violinist Laura Zarina "a high degree of musicality" and "a radiantly beautiful tone", "slim, but full of character and at the right moment of captivating intensity“.

In 2023, Laura Zarina played the European premiere of the violin concerto by latvian-canadian composer I. Raminsh (*1943).

In 2022, Laura Zarina published the experimental art video with the longest fugue for solo violin (C major) by J. S. Bach on YouTube. In an experimental way, Laura Zarina took over the violin part and sang the various chorales discovered by Prof. Helga Thoene in four voices.

In 2019, Laura Zarina released the violin concerto by the Latvian-Canadian composer Janis Kalnins (1904-2000) with Canadian Music Centre. The work was written while fleeing at the end of the Second World War and was thought to have disappeared for almost 50 years. This CD recording is the first recording, which was also recorded by Laura Zarina after the first performance in her home country Latvia.

Even during her studies in Latvia and in Germany (Professor Ulf Wallin), Laura Zarina performed in concerts internationally. Master classes led her throughout Europe and the US to Mihaela Martin, Miriam Fried, Thomas Brandis, Yuzuko Horigome, Bernhard Forck, Renaud Capuçon, Igor Oistrakh and to the Tokyo String Quartet.

She received additional artistic input at the International Music Academy Switzerland 2011 with Seiji Ozawa, Robert Mann, Pamela Frank, Nobuko Imai and Sadao Harada, as well as through her collaboration with Menahem Pressler at Villa Musica Mainz.

Zarina has received multiple awards in national and international competitions, most recently the Villa Musica Young Performer’s Prize and a special prize for her Schubert interpretation at the international "Premio Rodolfo Lipizer" Competition in Gorizia, Italy.

As a solo violinist, Zarina gives concerts with the Canadian Opera Company, the National Latvian Symphony Orchestra, the National Latvian Opera Orchestra, the Liepaja Symphony Orchestra, the Estonian Symphony Orchestra, the Mainz Chamber Orchestra and the North German Philharmonic Orchestra Rostock.

As a chamber musician, Zarina has been a guest at various festivals such as LaMusica in Sarasota, Florida (under the leadership of Bruno Giuranna); the Montebello Festival and the Engadin Festival, Switzerland; the "Rencontres de Musique de Chambre" in Chambéry, France (under the leadership of Renaud Capuçon); the Progetto Martha Argerich in Argentina and Lugano, Switzerland; the Hohenlohe Culture Summer, the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the Bad Hersfeld Festival and the Bach Festival of Hesse/ Thuringia, Germany, among others.

Her chamber music collaborators include artistic personalities such as Bruno Giuranna, Antonio Meneses, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Eva Bindere, Federico Agostini, José Franch-Ballester, Jonathan Aner, Lilit Grigoryan and Denis Kozhukhin among others.

Laura Zarina plays on Antonio Gragnani and Ragnar Hayn violins.

After completing a second master's degree - in instrumental pedagogy - at the Musikhochschule Frankfurt (HfMdK), 2021 she accepted a teaching position for violin at the Dr. Hochs Conservatory in Frankfurt and 2022-2024 at the University of the Arts in Berlin (UdK).

Jaunais CD projekts:

"Echoes of Latvia" mērķis ir izveidot tiltu starp pagātni un tagadni, izceļot dažādu periodu latviešu komponistes un padarot tās pieejamas plašākai publikai, savienojot mūziku un literatūru. Šis CD projekts kalpo kā platforma, lai novērtētu bieži aizmirsto sieviešu ieguldījumu mūzikas vēsturē, vienlaikus popularizējot Latvijas kultūras mantojumu. Visa šī muzikālā ceļojuma laikā klausītāji tiek aicināti atklāt jaunas skaņu ainavas un izbaudīt latviešu komponistu skaņdarbu daudzveidību un emocionālo dziļumu.

"Echoes of Latvia" unikālā iezīme ir vairāku skaņdarbu radīšana un pirmatskaņojumu pasūtītie darbi.

Disks tiks publicēts 2025. gada 8. martā ierakstu kompānijā SKANI.

Publika un prese ir vienisprātis – latviešu vijolniecei Laurai Zariņai (*1987) ir raksturīga „augstākās klases muzikalitāte“ un „mirdzošs tonis“ – „slaids, bet ar savu raksturu, kas vajadzīgajā brīdī pārsteidz ar savu augsto intensitāti“.

2023. gada rudenī Laura Zariņa kopā ar Liepājas simfonisko orķestri un diriģentu Māri Sirmo atskaņoja Latvijas un Eiropas pirmatskanojumu komponista Imanta Ramiņā vijoļkoncertam. Autorkoncerts, godinot komponista 80. jubileju, tika ierakstīts Latvijas Radio tiešraidē.

2022. gadā Laura Zariņa ierakstīja mākslas video ar garāko J.S. Baha fūgu vijolei solo (do mažorā) un publicēja to Youtube kanālā. Uzdrošinoties eksperimentēt, Laura Zariņa ierakstīja vijoles partiju un pati iedziedāja četrbalsīgos korāļus, ko profesore Helga Thoene savu zinātnisko pētījumu ietvaros bija atradusi Baha vijoles solodarbos.

2019. gadā Laura Zariņa ierakstīja un publiskoja Kanādā dzīvojošā latviešu izcelsmes komponista Jāņa Kalniņa (1904-2000) vijoles koncertu mūzikas izdevniecībā Canadian Music Centre. Šis skaņdarbs tika sarakstīts bēgļu gaitās Otrā pasaules kara beigās un gandrīz 50 gadus tika uzskatīts par pazudušu. Šis kompaktdiska ieraksts ir šī skaņdarba pirmais ieskaņojums, ko Laura Zariņa ierakstīja Kanādā pēc pirmatskaņojuma komponista dzimtajā Latvijā.

Jau muzikālās izglītības laikā Latvijā (Emīla Dārziņa Mūzikas vidusskola) un Vācijā (Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin pie profesora Ulf Wallin) Laura Zariņa piedalījās dažādos starptautiskajos koncertprojektos – meistarklasēs Eiropā un ASV pie Miriam Fried, Mihaela Martin, Thomas Brandis, Yuzuko Horigome, Bernhard Forck, Renaud Capuçon, Igor Oistrach vai kvarteta Tokyo String Quartet.

Paralēli māksliniece ir saņēmusi vairākus svarīgus impulsus, turpinot izglītību pie Seiji Ozawa, Robert Mann, Pamela Frank, Nobuko Imai un Sadao Harada (International Music Academy Switzerland) un muzicējot kopā ar Menahem Pressler (Villa Musica Mainz).

Laura Zariņa ir saņēmusi vairākas godalgas nacionālos un starptautiskos konkursos, piemēram Villa Musica atzinības balvu un īpašo godalgu par viņas Šūberta sonātes interpretāciju starptautiskajā konkursā "Premio Rodolfo Lipizer" Itālijā.

Laura Zariņa ir koncertējusi kā soliste ar Orchestra of Canadian Opera Company, Latvijas Nacionālo simfonisko orķestri, Latvijas Nacionālās operas orķestri, Liepājas Simfonisko orķestri, Igaunijas simfonisko orķestri, Mainzer Kammerorchester un Norddeutschen Philharmonie Rostock.

Kamermūzikas ansambļu sastāvā Laura Zariņa piedalījās vairākos festivālos, piemēram LaMusica Sarasota, Floridā, (vadītājs Bruno Giuranna), Montebello un Engadiner mūzikas festivālos Šveicē, “Rencontres de Musique de Chambre" Chambery, Francijā (vadītājs Renaud Capuçon ), Progetto Martha Argerich Lugano, Šveicē un Argentīnā, Hohenloher Kultursommer, Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Festspiele Bad Hersfeld, Bachtage Hessen-Thüringen Vācijā, kā arī citos.

Pie viņas kamermūzikas partneriem pieder tādi starptautiski atzīti mākslinieki kā Bruno Giuranna, Antonio Meneses, Marie-Elisabeth Hecker, Eva Bindere, Federico Agostini, José Franch-Ballester, Jonathan Aner, Lilit Grigoryan, Denis Kozhukhin, Heike Matthiesen un citi.

Laura Zariņa spēlē uz itāļu meistara Antonio Gragnani und uz vācu meistara Ragnar Hayn darinātām vijolēm.

Pēc otrajām maģistra studijām instrumentālajā pedagoģijā mūzikas augstskolā Frankfurtē (HfMdK Frankfurt) māksliniece uzsāka vijoles pasniedzējas gaitas Frankfurtē (Dr. Hoch´s Konservatorium Frankfurt) un Berlīnē (Universität der Künste Berlin).

„…it is necessary to mention solo violinist Laura Zariņa, who has all the abilities characteristic of an exceptionally gifted musician – a clean, rich, multi-faceted sound; understanding with respect to the appropriate style, character and content; and a cultivated virtuosity, artistic taste and intuition."

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As a violin teacher, Laura Zarina guides her students with profound love and dedication to music. Her core values include respect for each individual student and belief in the unique abilities and potential of every personality.

Zarinas teaching approach combines the most valuable techniques from Eastern and Western Schools, as she herself started violin playing in the russian educational system and continued with studies and various inputs in Germany and USA.

Zarina believes that music education is a journey, not a destination, and actively promotes the development of her students as both artists and individuals. With meticulous attention to detail and excellence, Zarina ensures that her students not only learn to play the violin but also gain valuable life lessons about passion, perseverance, and self-confidence.

Especially important for Zarina is to impart the understanding that playing a musical instrument is a holistic experience involving the entire body and mind. Her specialty lies in helping students overcome physical and mental tensions, enabling them to play with freedom and confidence.