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The Phillips Collection is the oldest museum of modern art in Washington. Since 2009, it has organised an unprecedented concert series entitled Leading European Composers. Presenting some of the greatest living composers of our time, this series is unique in that the composers introduce their works with performers they select.
This time, Pēteris Vasks has chosen the flute player Dita Krenberga and the RIX Piano Quartet to present a programme of his chamber music. After the concert, an academic discussion will take place between the composer and visitors to the museum, invited guests and diplomats.
RIX Piano Quartet. Photo: Santa Savisko
The concert is organised by the Embassy of Latvia to the USA in cooperation with the Secretariat of the Latvian Presidency of the EU Council, The Phillips Collection, the George Washington University and Pata AB LLC.
The day before, on 11 February, a screening of the documentary God’s Lost Sparrows (Dieva putniņi) by the director and producer Dzintra Geka will take place at the Embassy. The film tells about the consequences of the Latvian occupation by Soviet forces after World War II when several million refugees from various countries escaped to Germany. The United Nations set up Displaced Persons Camps that provided shelter and food for the refugees. The Latvians in the camps called themselves the dīpīši (DP’s) or God’s lost sparrows.
Dieva putniņi. Publicity photo
On 13 February, Dita Krenberga and the RIX Piano Quartet will perform works by Pēteris Vasks at the Latvian Evangelical Lutheran Church of Washington in Rockville, Maryland. The concert is organised by the Embassy of Latvia and the Latvian Organizations of Washington DC (LOV).
The film screening and the concerts presenting Pēteris Vasks’ music are but some of the many events in the public diplomacy and cultural programme organised by the Embassy of Latvia to the USA during the Latvian Presidency.
For press information:
Embassy of Latvia to the USA
Phone: +1 202 328 2840
Address: 2306 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20008
E-mail: embassy.usa[at]mfa.gov.lv
