Vestards Šimkus, piano

Kristaps Ķeselis, narrator

Director Dmitrijs Petrenko

Director Dmitrijs Petrenko invites you for a night of introspection, turning the pages of monologue-style novella by the Italian writer and philosopher Alessandro Baricco, Novecento (1900). The book tells the story of an unusual musician who was raised on a ship, never setting foot ashore. He plays the piano like no-one has played it before him. People from every corner of the world dream of hearing the genius of the piano play ‒ but to hear him play, you have to cross the ocean. The role of the musician will be played by our brilliant pianist Vestards Šimkus. The narrator is Kristaps Ķeselis, actor with the Latvian National Theatre.