Having completed the biggest tour of her career, pianist Ieva Dūdaitė does not plan to stop.
According to a press release, on August 14, she will hold a special concert "Piano Summer" in Palanga, where she will delight the audience with classical and popular music, original works, and a unique luminous piano.
Last year, Ieva took on the biggest challenge of her career to date – to become the first pianist in Lithuania to tour arenas. The Grand Piano Show project, which launched in Palanga in December, received excellent feedback from the audience, so the second performance in Vilnius was watched by four times more spectators, and the tour finale in Kaunas in March became the largest piano concert in the country's history.
"With the team, we created not only a show, but also a phenomenon in Lithuania. Words are not enough to describe the gratitude I feel for everyone who came, who believed in me, who wrote me the most beautiful messages. It is unreal to hear that after the show people want to learn to play the piano themselves. This inspires me to try even harder, work, create and move forward," says I. Dūdaitė.
After the tour, it became clear that the musician and performer already has new ideas - today it was revealed that Ieva will hold her only performance at the seaside this summer on August 14 at the Palanga Concert Hall.
"I am extremely happy to invite everyone to meet in Palanga. We will return to where it all began, where the first Grand Piano Show took place. This tour has given me invaluable experience and valuable lessons, thanks to which we can create an even better event for the audience. My head is already full of ideas about what new things we can show people in the summer," says the pianist.
The event organizers, Seven Live, reveal that the audience will be treated to a special program at the Piano Summer performance, which will feature I. Dūdaitė's original work, contemporary popular and classical music, and the pianist will perform the pieces on a luminous piano specially created for her.
Playing since the age of six, I. Dūdaitė spent a third of her life abroad, where she released 3 albums, appeared in the most famous concert halls in Europe, and performed for the presidents of Lithuania, Poland, and Italy, as well as the Dutch royal family. After 11 years abroad, the pianist returned to her homeland and only then was she discovered by listeners in her own country.
"It is amazing to watch how Ieva has radically transformed the concept of a piano concert in Lithuania in such a short time and raised it to unprecedented heights. Such a hardworking and talented person like her simply cannot fail to succeed. It is obvious that the "Grand Piano Show" was just the beginning," says Tomas Inčikas, the head of "Seven Live".