The Balanas Sisters in Barcelona: Sonic Beauty and Perfection

On 12 May 2026, Kristīne Balanas and Margarita Balanas performed at L'Auditori in Barcelona. The duo programme featured works by Händel, Kodály, Vasks, Ravel, and Vivaldi.

In a review published by Lohengrin on 13 May 2026, Dr. Eloi de Tera wrote:

" […] The two Balanas sisters transported us for more than an hour and a half to a planet where the purity of sound and technical precision cannot be explained with words."

"Kristīne Balanas […] is capable of making her Gragnani violin shine with a velvety and unique colour, guttural and human in the lower register, crystalline and soft, without any harshness, in the upper register, as only the great violinists can achieve."

"They began with a piece by Händel in an arrangement by the Norwegian Halvorsen, and we were immediately drawn into the depths of intimacy and sentiment, because from their strings emerged sounds rich in nuances and full of purity."