The mission of the “Liepāja Concerti” is to capture music that has its roots in the Latvian cultural soil and to introduce it to the world. This new album from Odradek brings together works by Dubra, Šmīdbergs, Ešenvalds, Karlsons and Lācis, performed by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Atvars Lakstīgala.

The Liepāja Symphony Orchestra is the oldest continually performing symphony orchestra in the Baltic States, and the only professional orchestra in the country outside Latvia’s capital Riga. Its debut Odradek album, Kurland Sounds, was praised by BBC Music Magazine as “A bracing selection of contemporary Latvian music combining Eastern colour and Western sonorities in dazzling combinations with an operatic intensity that will leave you breathless”.

Atvars Lakstīgala, a prolific conductor both at home and overseas, has been the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra’s Chief Conductor and Music Director from 2010 to 2017. He has won many international competitions, received numerous nominations for the Latvian Grand Music Award, and in 2010 won this award for Debut of the Year.