Name: Baltic triumvirate
Start: 2026-05-30T16:00:00
Location: CityPalais

Iveta Apkalna

Duisburger Philharmoniker

Ever since her sensational concert with the Berlin Philharmonic and its former chief conductor Claudio Abbado in 2007, Iveta Apkalna has performed on almost every major stage in the world and on the most magnificent concert organs around the globe. Her home, however, is in Hamburg, as titular organist of the Klais organ in the Great Hall of the Elbphilharmonie, which she ceremoniously inaugurated in 2017 with the Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra and Kent Nagano himself. The Latvian organist's concert in Duisburg will focus on her compatriot Pēteris Vasks, who celebrates his 80th birthday on April 16, 2026, and is considered one of the greatest names among contemporary composers. His work is closely connected to his Latvian homeland: to its traditional folklore as well as the painful history of his people. Also from the Baltics is the Estonian composer Arvo Pärt, who, like his colleague, is a celebrity among living composers: In September 2025, he will turn a proud 90. Joining these two contemporaries is the Baroque composer Johann Sebastian Bach, one of the greatest composers of all time. He not only composed, but was also one of the best organists of his era.