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Iveta Apkalna
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Iveta Apkalna (born 30 November 1976, Rēzekne, Latvia) is a Latvian organist and pianist. Biography: Iveta Apkalna studied piano and organ at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, graduating in both instruments with distinction in 1999. In 1999/2000 she continued piano studies at the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama. In 2003 she completed a three-year-long study in the organ soloist class of Ludger Lohmann at the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart, Germany. She has given concerts in the biggest and most famous churches and cathedrals of Europe and North America, taken part in the leading organ festivals and received numerous prizes in organ competitions. She regularly performs organ recitals at the Riga Cathedral. Her repertoire consists of organ music from J.S.Bach to contemporary composers thereby bringing it beyond the borders of church walls. In 1993 she was the official organist in service at Aglona basilica (Latvia) during the visit of Pope John Paul II. Since its opening in 2016, she has served as the principal organist of the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany and also recorded on the new Klais organ since then, e.g. Light & Dark (First Solo Organ Recording from the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg) released by Berlin Classics in 2018. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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L'amour et la mort: Organ Works by Widor, Saint-Saens, Bizet & Faure
Bach & Glass: Works for Organ
Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 in C Minor “Organ” - Poulenc: Organ Concerto in G Minor (Live)
Oceanic
Pärt & Vasks
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Saint-Saëns:Symphony No.3 Poulenc:Organ Concerto-Live
Light & Dark (First Solo Organ Recording from the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)
Triptychon (Vasks - Bach - Liszt)
Widor & Vierne (Iveta Apkalna at the Weiwuying Concert Hall)
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The New Organ of the Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg
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Bach | Glass · Iveta Apkalna
Living Concert Series: Die neue Orgel der Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg