Iveta Apkalna
Iveta Apkalna has revitalized the organ and its repertory through world premieres and prominent appearances around the Baltics and beyond. She has served as the official organist of the Klain organ at the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, Germany, since the hall's opening at the beginning of 2017.
Apkalna was born November 30, 1976, in Rezekne, a small city in Latvia. She attended the Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music, graduating with honors, and then enrolled at the London Guildhall School of Music and Drama, studying piano. Apkalna won a German Academic Exchange Service scholarship to the State University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart (HMDK Staatliche Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst Stuttgart). There she studied with Ludger Lohmann for three years, ending in 2003. Apkalna won several major awards, including the J.S. Bach Prize at the World Competition of the Royal Bank Calgary International Organ Competition in 2002. Since then, she has made appearances both at major church and cathedral venues, and in concert halls with such ensembles as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Bavarian Radio Symphony, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. She continues to maintain her career in her native country, often playing recitals at Riga Cathedral in the Latvian capital. In 2016, Apkalna was named the official organist of the Klain organ at the new Elbphilharmonie Concert Hall in Hamburg, Germany. At the hall's opening in January of 2017, she played world premieres of works by Wolfgang Rihm and Jörg Widmann. A champion of contemporary music, she has performed works by Ēriks Ešenvalds, Arturs Maskats, and Peteris Vasks, among others.
Apkalna has recorded for several labels, including Oehms Classics, Berlin Classics, and Edition HERA. Her 2005 album Himmel & Hölle earned her an Instrumentalist of the Year nod from the ECHO Klassik Awards. In 2018, her Light & Dark album was the first recorded on the Klain organ. Two years later, she recorded Saint-Saëns' Organ Symphony and Poulenc's Organ Concerto with the Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks under Mariss Jansons.
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Saint-Saëns:Symphony No.3 Poulenc:Organ Concerto-Live
Iveta Apkalna, Symphonieorchester Des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Mariss Jansons
Klassik - Erschienen bei BR-Klassik am 06.03.2020
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
Oceanic
Iveta Apkalna, Stavanger Symphony Orchestra, Andris Poga
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 21.04.2023
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bach & Glass: Works for Organ
Klassik - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 03.07.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Widor & Vierne (Iveta Apkalna at the Weiwuying Concert Hall)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 18.09.2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Light & Dark (First Solo Organ Recording from the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 07.09.2018
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Triptychon (Vasks - Bach - Liszt)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 27.08.2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Living Concert Series: Die neue Orgel der Philharmonie Mercatorhalle Duisburg
Iveta Apkalna, Thomas Trotter, Duisburger Philharmoniker, Jonathan Darlington
Klassik - Erschienen bei ACOUSENCE Classics am 15.10.2012
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L'amour et la mort : Œuvres pour orgue de Widor, Saint-Saëns, Bizet & Fauré
Klassik - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 01.02.2011
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Bach: Trio Sonata, BWV 527
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 09.07.2021
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Bach: Schafe können sicher weiden
Klassik - Erschienen bei Berlin Classics am 03.07.2020
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Einem: Philadelphia Symphonie, Geistliche Sonate & Stundenlied (Live)
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Gábor Boldoczki, Ildiko Raimondi, Wiener Singverein, Franz Welser-Möst, Iveta Apkalna
Klassik - Erschienen bei Orfeo am 26.01.2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Prima volta (Schuke Organ, Philharmonie, Luxembourg)
Klassik - Erschienen bei Ifo classics am 16.03.2012
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Braunfels: Konzert und andere Welt-Ersteinspielungen
Tolz Boys' Choir, Iveta Apkalna, Münchner Symphoniker, Hansjorg Albrecht
Vokalmusik (weltlich und geistlich) - Erschienen bei Oehms Classics am 06.11.2012
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Iveta Apkalna plays...
Klassik - Erschienen bei Querstand am 04.09.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo