‘I write music, and I want people to listen to it and care about it and have it make some difference in their lives. When I’m fortunate for that to happen, then of course, I feel very, very good about it.’

This was said by New Yorker, American composer Steve Reich, who is celebrating ninety years this fall. The Liepāja Art Forum is preparing a greeting for the maestro, a visual passage of dance, movement, and chamber music – an experience created in collaboration between choreographer Artūrs Nīgalis and dancers, artist Kaspars Podnieks, musicians, and attendees. A number of the composer’s pieces, especially early works, will be performed in Latvia for the first time. The Reich Passage will feature ‘Pendulum Music’, ‘My name is…’, and ‘It’s Gonna Rain’, as well as ‘Vermont Counterpoint’, ‘Four Organs’, ‘Clapping Music’, and ‘Music for Pieces of Wood’.

The production is created by:
Choreographer and dancer Artūrs Nīgalis
Dancers - and members of the dance groups “Deja Liepājai” (led by Karīna Elizabete Lase) and “Ekstra” (led by Dina Bruže)
Artist – Kaspars Podnieks
Musicians – percussionists Marta Kauliņa-Pelnēna, Sonja Misiņa, Arnis Stepiņš, Matīss Skarēvičs, Toms Kozlovs and young musicians of Liepāja, flautist Liene Denisjuka-Straupe, pianists Agnese Egliņa, Elīna Bērtiņa, Rihards Plešanovs, and Juris Žvikovs; audience
Lights and sound – Jūlija Bondarenko, Krista Dintere  and the Great Amber team Jurģis Ozols, Rainers Kornhubers, Jānis Straume, Aleksandrs Rodionovs