Kremerata Baltica

[3] While the majority of the concerts are led by and performed with Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica has appeared with artists like soprano Jessye Norman; pianists Martha Argerich, Mikhail Pletnev, Evgeny Kissin, Oleg Maisenberg, Daniil Trifonov; violinists Thomas Zehetmair, Vadim Repin, Tatiana Grindenko; cellists Boris Pergamenschikov, Yo-Yo Ma, Mischa Maisky, David Geringas; conductors include Sir Simon Rattle, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Christoph Eschenbach, Kent Nagano, Heinz Holliger, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla.

In 2015 the ensemble launched its creative project "Masks and Faces", collaboration between Gidon Kremer and the Russian painter, polemicist and philosopher Maxim Kantor.

Essential to Kremerata Baltica's artistic personality is its creative approach to programming, which often looks beyond the mainstream[5][6][7] and has given rise to numerous world premieres of works by composers such as Arvo Pärt,[8] Giya Kancheli[9][10] Pēteris Vasks, Leonid Desyatnikov,[11] Alexander Raskatov, Artūrs Maskats.

Mieczyslaw Weinberg: Chamber Symphonies & Piano Quintet Works by Mieczysław Weinberg Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Yulianna Avdeeva, Mate Bekavac, Mirga Gražinytė-Tyla 2017, ECM New Series ECM 2538/39 Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Works by Dmitri Shostakovich Performed by: Anna Vinnitskaya, Kremerata Baltica, Tobias Willner, Ivan Rudin 2015, Alpha Classics Alpha 203 Chiaroscuro Works by Giya Kancheli Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Patricia Kopatchinskaja 2015, ECM NeSe 2442 New Seasons Works by P. Glass, A. Pärt, G. Kancheli, S. Umebayashi, Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Andrei Pushkarev, Girls' Choir of Vilnius Choir-Singin School "Liepaites" 2015, Deutsche Grammophon 0289 479 4817 Mieczysław Weinberg Works by Mieczysław Weinberg Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica, Daniil Trifonov, Daniil Grishin, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Danielis Rubinas 2014, ECM New Series 2368-69 The Art of Instrumentation: Homage to Glenn Gould Works by Valentin Silvestrov, Georgs Pelecis, Alexander Raskatov, Alexander Wustin, Carl Vine, Raminta Serksnyte, Giya Kancheli, Leonid Desyatnikov, Victoria Vita Poleva, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer, Victor Kissine.

Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Andrei Pushkarev, Dita Krenberga, Justina Gelgotaite, Reinut Tepp, Dzeraldas Bidva, Agne Doveikaite-Rubiniene, Daniil Grishin, Vidas Vekerotas, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Peteris Cirksis, Kremerata Baltica 2012, Nonesuch Records 528982 Transfigurations Works by: F. Schubert Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica 2012, Burleske De Profundis Works by Jean Sibelius, Arvo Pärt, Raminta Šerkšnyte, Robert Schumann, Michael Nyman, Franz Schubert, Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer, Dmitri Shostakovich, Lera Auerbach, Astor Piazzolla, Georgs Pelecis, and Alfred Schnittke Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica 2010, Nonesuch Records 287228 Hymns and Prayers Works by Stevan Kovacs Tickmayer, César Franck and Giya Kancheli Performed by: Gidon Kremer, Roman Kofman, Khatia Buniatishvili, Andrei Pushkarev, Marija Nemanyte, Maxim Rysanov, Giedre Dirvanauskaite, Sofia Altunashvili, Kremerata Baltica