Bruk's family history includes his Jewish grandparents being deported from their Latvian homeland, and his mother, Ada Bragilevsky-Bruk, perishing in 1943, likely due to Nazi biological warfare.
Performer Biography
Imants Resnis, the conductor, is a prominent Latvian conductor who founded the International Pianism Stars Festival in 1993, now called the Liepāja International Stars Festival.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fridrich Bruk is fascinated by the songs of minority peoples straddling the borders of Russia, Finland, and the Baltic States, seeking to triangulate identities lost due to racist ideology and armies.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The two symphonies on this album, No. 13 and No. 14, pay homage to painters Kazimir Malevich and Edvard Munch, respectively, exploring 'outer' and 'inner' realms of musical argument.
Performer Biography
The Lithuanian National Symphony Orchestra, founded in 1940 by Balys Dvarionas, actively promotes Lithuanian music alongside the mainstays of the repertoire.
Performer Biography
Imants Resnis has received multiple Latvian 'Grand Music Awards' and the Order of the Three Stars for his contributions to Latvian music and services to Latvia.
Composer Biography
Fridrich Bruk, born in 1937 in Kharkov (now Kharkiv, Ukraine), began a symphonic journey at age 61, writing a symphony almost every year since.
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