Daniils Bulajevs and Davinspiro Camerata
ESOCONCERTO
Latvian Premiere

Chamber Orchestra: Davinspiro Camerata
Soloist: Daniils Bulajevs, violin

Programme:

• Leo Weiner – Divertimento No. 1 or No. 2

• Béla Bartók – Divertimento for String Orchestra

• Max Richter – Daylight

• Dmitri Shostakovich – Chamber Symphony No. 110a

• Ezio Bosso – Violin Concerto Esoconcerto (Latvian premiere)

Violinist Daniils Bulajevs and the chamber orchestra Davinspiro Camerata will present a special programme at Cēsis Concert Hall, centred around the Latvian premiere of Italian composer Ezio Bosso’s Violin Concerto Esoconcerto.

Daniils Bulajevs on the programme:

The first part features two divertimentos by Hungarian composers that reflect the soul of the nation as if in a mirror – joy, rhythm, and dance. Although both works share a spirit of light-hearted entertainment, each carries its own depth. Bartók’s Divertimento, written in Switzerland while fleeing Nazism, becomes a bridge from Weiner’s life-affirming brightness to the drama that lies ahead.

The second part presents three works that speak of war, loss, death, and human resilience. Max Richter’s minimalist Daylight is a quiet meditation on memory and absence. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Chamber Symphony, dedicated to the “victims of fascism and war,” is the composer’s deeply personal cry of mourning, permeated by the ever-present DSCH motif. The culmination of the programme is Ezio Bosso’s Esoconcerto, composed in 2017 while the composer was battling a severe neurological illness. This concerto is a manifesto of life – light after Shostakovich’s darkness. Bosso’s music declares: “I am here. I fight. I live.” It is a tribute to the victims and a triumph of the human spirit.

Founded in 2022 by Daniils Bulajevs, the chamber orchestra Davinspiro Camerata brings together some of Latvia’s most talented young musicians. The ensemble is characterised by strong energy, joy of performance, virtuosity, and youthful vitality. The orchestra has performed extensively in Latvia and the United Kingdom, receiving particularly warm audience acclaim, and has collaborated with outstanding artists such as Mischa Maisky, Andres Mustonen, Elīna Bukša, Guna Šnē, Grigory Kovalevsky, Reinuts Teps, Ieva Saliete, Luciana Mancini, Daumants Kalniņš, Agnese Egliņa, Daniel Bonilla-Torres, and others.

At the beginning of 2025, the orchestra, together with Daniils Bulajevs and other artists, received the Latvian Grand Music Award 2024 in the category Performance of the Year for the production of Astor Piazzolla’s operita María de Buenos Aires at Cēsis Concert Hall.

 Preschool-age children will not be admitted to the concert.

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