Composer Jaan Rääts' 90. Lecture-concert dedicated to the jubilee of Jaan Raatsa at Tallinn Central Library

On 11 April 2022, the 90th anniversary of the birth of the composer Jaan Rääts was celebrated in cooperation with Tallinn Central Library. a lecture-concert dedicated to the jubilee of Jaan Räätsa's music. Film clips were premiered in which the composer recalls the beginning of his musical career from Tartu to Tallinn, his teachers, colleagues, performers and conductors.
Jaan Räätsa's first composition, "Waltz" for piano op.0 (1941), written when he was 8 years old, will be premiered by conductor, trumpeter and pianist Jaan Ots.

The Concerto for Chamber Orchestra No. 1 Op. 16, Part I (composed by Räätsa's student Mihkel Kerem) will be performed by the string quartet Prezioso.
"Tokaata" and a selection from the work "24 marginalia" will be performed on piano by Johan Randvere.
The composer and the success of his work on the world stage will be recalled by renowned performers Matti Reimann and Peeter Paemurru, long-time lecturers at the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre. The concert-lecture will be moderated by Maret Tomson, teacher, author and student of Jaan Räätsa at the Viljandi Music School.

The lecture-concert "Jaan Rääts 90", the thesis of a student of cultural management at the University of Tartu Viljandi Culture Academy, is being held in cooperation with Tallinn Central Library in view of the current Year of Libraries.
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