Pop hits are turned into a classic. Walter Owl and Dainis Tennis begin the tour of pop gos classical / day

Musicians duo – cellist Walter Owl and pianist Dainis Tenis – have previously surprised with the Latvian concert program Created in Latvia. « We took popular Latvian songs and transformed – as songs sound like classical music, « recalls Walter Owl. This is exactly the opposite of how the band works Dagamba, In which both musicians play, because today’s genres and expression are added to academic music. In the project Pop Goes Classical World -renowned music, pop hits will be heard in a classically elegant sound.

Compositions were selected that could be applied to the cello and piano duo. « We found it interesting to see how pop music had changed in the last hundred years, and from every decade we took the most famous or brightest song. It was helped by artificial intelligence, especially from the 20th and 40s of the music, because it was easier – the popular music was not so much. Owl. « For example, the hip -hop genre dominated at the beginning of the 20th century, and I finally have the opportunity to fulfill my dream – repot on the cello! Repa the melody is primitive because the performance was based on text and rhythm. Two pieces were combined with surprise, adding a surprise.

And here the next surprises. « We thought we would equate every artist to a genre of academic music or composer. For example Nirvan We connected to Mozart, Michael Jackson found a song with tango, piacolla, but the 30s hit by Baha, the 50s Elvis Presley meets with Beethovena Moonlight sonats« reveals V. Owl. The only composition that was not transformed is Bohemian Rhapsody, because there are already Queen The musicians have connected many genres themselves.

V. Pūcem himself is the closest of the decades of the 90s. « Nostalgia. Teen years, Nirvana« He lies a well -known song. And this is an opportunity for all interested, because the project has just been disk and can listen to it on all streaming platforms when the concert tour begins. All of this is characterized by amazing replacements of the genres, « V. Owl says about this musical trip.

Pop Goes Classical Concerts will take place on April 4 at the Pearl of Ulbroka, April 6 Cesis12 April at the Amber Concert Hall, April 13 In Latgale Embassy GORS In Rezekne, April 19 at the Liepaja Concert Hall AmberApril 27 at Ventspils Concert Hall Latvia.