European Studies Holiday Recital and Reception (12/03/24)
Welcome the holiday season with European Studies friends and colleagues. A solo recital by Latvian violinist and chamber musician Aija Rēķe, DMA candidate at BU’s School of Music, will be followed by a festive reception. RSVP using form below.
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 • 5 to 6 PM
Pardee School of Global Studies, 121 Bay State Road
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Aija Rēķe is a Latvian violinist, chamber musician, published composer, concert presenter, and pedagogue. She has performed in fifteen countries and is currently a Doctor of Musical Arts candidate at the Boston University College of Fine Arts where she studies with Professor Bayla Keyes. She graduated from Boston University (MM, 2015) under Dana Mazurkevich, with a CFA Full Tuition Scholarship, and from the Rotterdam Conservatory (BM, 2013) in the Netherlands under Benzion Shamir.
She released her album “Latvian Reflections” under the Spice Classics label (July 2021). Albany Records label released her most recent solo recording on Ketty Nez’s album “Far Sight Sun”(2023). She performs regularly with ALEA III – Contemporary Music Ensemble in Residence at Boston University, and with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and Odyssey Opera.
