Mistiškasis tereminas ir Lietuvos simfoninis pučiamųjų orkestras

Performers:
LITHUANIAN SYMPHONY BRAND ORCHESTRA
(chief conductor Karolis Variakojis)
Soloist KATICA ILLÉNYI (theremin, Hungary)

Program – Ástor Piazzolla, Ennio Morricone, Miklós Rózsa, Cole Porter, Charlie Chaplin, Giacomo Puccini, Faustas Latėnas, etc.

The Lithuanian Symphony Wind Orchestra, full of ideas, modern and versatile, performs music of various genres and styles, prepares interesting thematic programs, performs with prominent Lithuanian and foreign soloists. This time, the collective not only celebrates the New Year with a colorful program, but also presents a little-known instrument - the theremin.

It is one of the strangest musical instruments. It consists of two metal antennas that generate electromagnetic fields and two radio frequency generators. By moving the fingers between the two antennas, the electrical impulses are amplified and transmitted to the speaker. It is interesting that this instrument in 1920 created by inventor and future Soviet spy Leon Teremin. He was not building a musical instrument, but a device that could measure the density of gases. It turned out that if you put your hand close to the meter, you can get all kinds of sounds. in 1928 Theremin presented his invention in New York and caused a great stir (although it was not a commercial success). Later, the theremin fell into obscurity until Hollywood began using it for horror movie soundtracks in the 1960s. Later, The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, The Beach Boys, Jean-Michelle Jarre and others used it in their recordings. The most prominent revival of the instrument was when Robert Moog, inspired by the theremin, created the legendary synthesizer of his name.

The virtuoso, violinist and vocalist from Hungary Katica Illényi - who has equally successfully mastered the genres of classical, jazz and world music - plays with this unusual device in Vilnius with an orchestra. , awarded with "Outstanding Hungarian Artist", "eMeRTon" (Hungarian National Radio) awards, Ferenc Liszt Prize, etc., has released two dozen albums, is a musician who performs all over the world. The artist has already performed in Kaunas, where she presented the program "The World of Clara Rockmore" with the Kaunas Wind Instrument Orchestra "Ėuolynas". “I'll never forget the night I first saw Rockmore's video of her performing Camille Saint-Saëns' The Swan on YouTube. At first I didn't even notice that she was playing something, I just wondered how someone could sing in such a high voice. Later I noticed that Clara was moving her hands. The title of the video said "theremin" so I went online to find more information about it. It turns out that the theremin is the world's first electronic musical instrument. That night I couldn't even sleep because of the excitement. I was sure that I wanted to learn to play it," K. Illényi said.

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