{"id":7175,"date":"2025-04-02T11:13:25","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T09:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/festivals\/1st-international-operetta-festival\/charity-concert-with-love\/"},"modified":"2025-06-03T14:45:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T12:45:18","slug":"charity-concert-with-love","status":"publish","type":"festivals","link":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/festivals\/1st-international-operetta-festival\/charity-concert-with-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Charity concert \u201cWith love\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On 18 July, the First Operetta Festival was celebrated with a charity concert \u201cWith Love\u201d at the Ik\u0137ile Lutheran Church with soloists Evita Z\u0101l\u012bte, Juris Vizbulis and pianist Agija Ozoli\u0146a-Kozlovska, head of the Latvian Operetta Foundation. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The concert was also attended by the talented young student of the 2nd violin class of Ik\u0161\u0137ile Music School Amanda Patjanko. <\/p>\n\n

The programme includes \u201cClose Your Eyes and Smile\u201d and \u201cSpanish Romance\u201d by Em\u012bls D\u0101rzi\u0146\u0161, \u201cLaim\u012bte\u201d by J\u0101zeps V\u012btols, \u201cMoonbeams in a String\u201d by J\u0101zeps Medi\u0146\u0161, \u201cLand of Dreams\u201d by Bruno Skulte and other beautiful solo songs by Latvian composers, as well as works for violin.<\/p>\n\n

Agija Ozoli\u0146a-Kozlovska, Head of the Latvian Operetta Foundation, says: “We want to start the first Operetta Festival with charity, with a concert dedicated to the revival of the Operetta Theatre. I am convinced that people in Latvia need operetta <\/em>– This is evidenced by the full houses, the good feedback from the audience and professionals, and the responsiveness and interest of the artists. By starting a new festival, we want to thank God with this music and, symbolising the rebirth of Operetta Theatre, plant a seed of love for the future by supporting new talent. The proceeds of the concert will be donated to support Amanda Patjanko, a talented upcoming violinist, to purchase a violin to further her musical development. She and all of us share a love of music.” <\/em><\/p>\n\n

The young violinist Amanda, who played a self-composed cycle \u201cAmanda’s Tales\u201d and won 3rd place in this year’s Latvian Music School Music Creativity Competition \u201cSka\u0146uraksti \u0100da\u017ei\u201d, is described by her violin teacher Karl\u012bna \u012av\u0101ne as a talented, creative budding musician and admires her stamina and great ability to concentrate. On the choice of musical instrument, she says: \u201cMy mum said – you can choose any instrument except the accordion\u201d. Amanda loves to perform, so she enters competitions at T\u012bn\u016b\u017ei Primary School and chooses her own music. She never misses an opportunity to perform. The teacher says that Amanda can also be trusted to organise violin demonstrations. This winter, when she took her violin to the children in the creative groups, she made her own plan and came up with \u201cviolin sound riddles\u201d and questions for the little ones. Amanda also surprised the teacher with a video of herself playing the new Eurovision top song. The girl is always excited when the holidays are coming up, which she will spend at her grandmother’s in the countryside with her musical sister and brother, because there she can play the violin from morning till night. Amanda has an unwavering conviction: \u201cI want to become a famous violinist\u201d! <\/p>\n\n

Soloist Evita Z\u0101l\u012bte says that \u201cthe idea of the concert is based on gratitude for God’s gifts and talents that we, as musicians, have been given. A gift is also a heart that can see and feel. Putting it all together gives rise to a great joy and a desire to share\u201d.<\/p>\n\n

As you know, on 18 July, for the first time in Latvia, the Operetta Festival took place in Ik\u0161\u0137il\u0117<\/strong>, where various events took place throughout the day – a charity concert \u201cWith Love!\u201d, meetings with<\/strong> favourite operetta soloists<\/strong>, a musical theatre performance for children \u201cPaukojam un \u0161maukojam\u201d, a GAL\u0100 concert<\/strong> and waltz evening, attractions for children, a market, photo sessions in costumes of operetta heroes, etc.<\/strong>The concerts were attended by soloists Sonora Vaice, Ingus P\u0113tersons, Jolanta Strikaite, Evita Z\u0101l\u012bte, Dainis Skutelis, Nauris Indzeris, Marl\u0113na Keine, Arturs Mangulis, Juris Vizbulis, etc<\/strong>, dancers, orchestra, Madars Kalni\u0146\u0161 with jazz band, Agija Ozoli\u0146a-Kozlovska and well-known actors. Festival director Valdis L\u016bri\u0146\u0161, conductor Guntars Bern\u0101ts, choreographer Alberts Kivlenieks, costume designer Jurate Jurj\u0101ne-Silakakti\u0146a, set designer Oskars Dre\u0123is. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":7173,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-7175","festivals","type-festivals","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivals\/7175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivals"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/festivals"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/festivals\/7173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/operetesteatris.lv\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}