Latvia and Lithuania – 2 April 6 to May 1, 2016

Our apartment at the residence of the Dutch embassy in Riga (Latvia)

the Conservatory of Riga

announcement of Marcels concert with music by Peteris Vasks (in the presence of the composer) at the Riga Conservatory

Art Nouveau in Riga

Lack of premises at the Riga uservatorium

the Mennonite church in Aizpute (Latvia) where Peteris Vasks was born in 1946 and where his father was a pastor

the Music School in Aizpute, where Vasks got his first music lessons

pupils and teachers of the Music School in Aizpute, below Peteris Vasks whose 70th birthday was celebrated

a warm welcome to the Music School in Aizpute

by bus from Riga to Vilnius (Lithuania)

the Jewish Congregation in Vilnius, where Marcel gave a concert with music by persecuted Jewish composers, in honor of Jan Zwartendijk, then Dutch Honorary Consul in Lithuania, who rescued ca. 5000 Jewish refugees.

concert at the Jewish Community in Vilnius – from left to right the Japanese ambassador, Edith Zwartendijk (daughter of Jan Zwartendijk), president of the Jewish community, Rob Zwartendijk (son of Jan Zwartendijk) and the Dutch ambassador Bert van der Lingen