Sentimental Work: Gidon Kremer on Raminta Šerkšnytė’s ‘This too shall pass’

Gidon Kremer cr Angie Kremer

For the Latvian violinist, Raminta Šerkšnytė’s 2021 composition This too shall pass is a multifaceted and liberating work in these challenging times

I think the Lithuanian composer Raminta Šerkšnytė is one of the best in the Baltic region right now. Kremerata Baltica has premiered several of her works in the past, and in 2021 I received the score for This too shall pass, an eight-minute work for violin, cello and vibraphone…

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