In 2020, at the beginning of the pandemic, Liepāja Theater actress Karīna Tatarinova had an idea to create the Liepāja Radio Theater, updating and making the works of several Latvian authors resound in the voices of Liepāja Theater actors. Since then, the work has not stopped for a moment, recording the works of Pauls Bankovskis, Jana Egle, Sabīne Košeļeva, Jānis Joņevs and other authors who premiered on Rietumu Radio, but can now also be found in the archives of Latvian Radio. K. Tatarinova has received the 2020 Liepaja Culture Award for her work so far.
Currently, in cooperation with the Liepāja Special Economic Zone (SEZ) Board and the financial support of the Liepāja Culture Board, one of the biggest plans has been realized; In the sequels that will be broadcast on six programs on Latvian Radio 1, Nora Iksten’s novel The teaching of the virgin audio show. It will premiere on the evening of November 2 (22.05) and will sound every working evening until November 9.
The teaching of the virgin (2001) is a sharp story of three generations of women (Aria, Astrida, Asnāte) about the turn of the century in Latvia, changes of power, lusts and dreams, about belonging and returning to the roots.
“When I wrote Virgo training, think of light, eternity, love and kindness. My heart is glad that during this fragile good and evil fight it was noticed again by Liepāja Theater and Karīna Tatarinova, creating a radio reading Virgo teaching. Quiet and bright thank you, “says Nora Ikstena about the cooperation.
“Broadcasts seem to me to be even more effective than a show or a cinema,” answers Karina Tatarinova when asked why she turned to radio theater. “Visual information is digested very quickly and easily, because it is the primary thing a person has learned to perceive. With vision. Audio or what you hear – synthesis is already working there. Because it’s your experience, it’s what you’ve seen, felt, lived with, it resonates with you only the way it can resonate with you, so you’re a co-author as a listener, and it’s fantastic . “
This time the guest artists also collaborated with the actors of Liepāja Theater and actors Agnija Dreimane, Madara Botmane, Inese Kučinska, Leons Leščinskis, Sandis Väljais, Anita Kvāla, Signe Dancīte, Regnārs Vaivars, Kaspars Kārkliņš participate in this production of Liepāja Radio Theater Steinhauer, Anda Albuže, Laura Jeruma, Inga Siliņa, Mārtiņš Kalita, Kārlis Dreiblats; record director Karina Tatarinova also participates as an actress herself. The soundtrack for the recording was created by Jānis Straume, who also wrote the original music for the work.
The recording was made in the recording studio of Liepāja Secondary School of Music, Art and Design, while the whole work process was immortalized in photographs by Armands Kaušelis.
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