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Friedrich Lips Concert Performance, Minsk – Belarusby Dr Herbert Scheibenreif Manager of Friedrich Lips Productions |
On February 13th Friedrich Lips performed a concert with the State Chamber Orchestra of the Republic of Belarus (Yevgeny Bushkov, conductor) in the Belorussian State Philharmonic in Minsk. The program included Wojciech Kilar’s ‘Orava’ for string orchestra and Giya Kancheli’s ‘Capote’ for bayan, drums, bass guitar and string orchestra (Belorussian premiere) in the first part and Konstantin Yaskov’s ‘Hymn to Aphrodite’ for bayan and strings (world premiere, especially composed for this concert), and Ephraim Podgaits’ ‘Viva voce’ for bayan and chamber orchestra after the break. After standing ovations, two tangos by Piazzolla were performed as encores. Upcoming events of Friedrich Lips include: March 15th – All-Russian Day of bayan, accordion and harmonica in Moscow March 21st - solo concert in Breno, Italy March 22nd to 29th - head of jury at the competition ‘Spring Voices’ in Moscow April 30th to May 5th - adjudicator at ‘Acco-Holiday’ in Kiev, Ukraine July 14th to 18th - workshop at ‘Musikforum Viktring’, Austria For further information email: herbert@accordion-cd.co.at 26 CD's and eTracks albums available online at: Friedrich Lips |