Liene Circene, pianist

Sergejs Jegers, counter-tenor

Liene Circene made her Toronto recital debut at the Glenn Gould Studio in 2000 and has since established an impressive career in Europe with performances in Germany, England, France, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Russia and the Baltic States.

Born in Latvia in 1976, she studied at the Latvian Academy of Music with additional studies in Russia, Germany, Denmark and France.

She was the top prize winner at numerous international piano competitions in the early 1990s, including the Vladimir Krainev Competition for Young Pianists (Ukraine, 1992), the Maryse Cheilan International Piano Competition (France, 1993), the Baltic TV Competition Alternativa (Latvia, 1993) and won 2nd prize at the 7th Eurovision Competition in Poland in 1994.

Ms. Circene has appeared as guest soloist with the Warsaw Philharmonic, the Latvian National Symphony, the Icelandic Symphony as well as the BBC and other orchestras. Recent recitals include concerts at the Sallurinn Concert Hall (Iceland), the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory and a recital at the Senate of Paris. She is a regular guest soloist with violinist Gidon Kremer’s Kremerata Baltica. This September, she opened the recital season at the Large Guild Hall in Riga, Latvia and played Beethoven’s Triple Concerto, Op. 56 with violinist Vineta Sareika and cellist Marta Sudraba and the Latvian National Symphony.

To book Liene Circene for your Canadian concert series, contact Laura Adlers at laura@lauraadlers.com or phone (416) 467-0634.

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Counter-tenor Sergejs Jegers is a graduate of the Latvian Academy of Music, earning a Bachelors degree in 2003 and a Masters degree in 2005. He continued his studies with Andreas Scholl at Scola Cantorum Basiliensis in Switzerland and master classes in France with Robert Expert.

Mr. Jegers has performed in Latvia, Russia, Finland, Australia, New Zealand and England. His repertoire includes Handel’s Messiah, Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater and cantatas by Bach and Vivaldi. 

His opera appearances include the Angel in Rubenstein’s The Demon, the title role in Handel’s Rinaldo, Ruggiero in Alcina and Orpheus in Gluck’s Orpheus and Euridice.

 Mr. Jegers released his first CD, Ave Musica, in 2006 and has recently released a second CD with saxophonist Artis Gaga called Duende. 

For more information about Sergejs Jegers, visit his website at www.sergejsjegers.lv

To book Sergejs Jegers for your Canadian concert series, contact Laura Adlers at laura@lauraadlers.com or phone (416) 467-0634.

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