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Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival 2026 - “ORGAN”Søndag d. 22. november kl. 15.00.
Sct. Peders Kirke, Næstved
Alina Rotaru (RO) - Svalerede-orglet
"Dulcis memoria"
Organ music in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
The first half of the 17th century brought a cultural boom in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Famous musicians from all over Europe were invited to the Kingdom and their music was heard in churches, courts and schools. In the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, the separate Society of Jesus, founded in 1608, provided a boost to the practice and study of church music, and the university
founded in Vilnius in 1579, with its accomplished vocal and instrumental band, various musical instruments and a rich music collection, was also one of the main stages of the musical performance and practice, keeping pace with the music and culture of the Polish Kingdom.
Alina Rotaru's research, for which she received a grant from the Lithuanian Cultural Council in 2019, initially focused mainly on the study of three sources in particular (Braunsberg, Kražiai and Sapieha) of the Jesuit Baroque, but as her research in this repertoire continued to develop, it became more comprehensive, incorporating more and more Polish sources as well as taking a special interest in the POLONICA phenomenon – the typical “Polish music” genres, which are to be found also in other
European manuscripts of the time.
Alina Rotaru studied piano and choral conducting at the music academy in her hometown of Bucharest. After moving to Germany, she studied harpsichord with Siegbert Rampe and Wolfgang Kostujak at the Folkwang University of the Arts Essen, with Bob van Asperen at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, and with Carsten Lohff and Detlef Bratschke at the University of the Arts Bremen.
She is an active soloist and ensemble player, and also in charge of various orchestral, opera, and sacred music projects of the German Early and Late Baroque as an artistic director. As a soloist, she has performed across most of Europe, as well as in Japan, South America and USA. She teaches at the University of the Arts in Bremen. Her solo recordings of harpsichord works by J.P. Sweelinck, J.J. Froberger, and English virginalists have earned excellent reviews in the music press and amongst her peers. Together with viol player Darius Stabinskas, Alina is the co-founder of the ensemble MORGAINE, which focuses on the music of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. For the research
of organ manuscripts from the Polish-Lithuanian-Commonwealth, Alina Rotaru received in 2019 a scholarship from the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture. In 2020 she initiated the “Sigismundus Lauxmin International Harpsichord Contest”, so far the only contest of its kind in the Baltic States, which focuses on early repertoire and especially on music Polish and Lithuanian heritage. In 2024 Alina Rotaru relocated to Bucharest, Romania.
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Copenhagen Renaissance Music Festival 2026 støttes af Statens Kunstfond og Art Music Denmark m.fl. og gennemføres i samarbejde med Trinitatis Kirke, Frederiksborg Slotskirke, Garnisonskirken, Jægersborg Kirke, KoncertKirken, Roskilde Domkirke, Sct Mariæ Kirke i Helsingør og Sct. Peders Kirke i Næstved.
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Sct. Peders Kirke, Sanct Peders Kirkeplads 5A, 4700 Næstved, Danmark, Naestved, Denmark
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