27.03.26
The Dance Workshop
Performers
Dmitri Drobko
Leevi Mettinen dancer
Margrét Bjarnadóttir curater
MMus in Creativity, Communication and Entrepreneurship - NAIP
Born in Riga, Latvia, in 1992, Dmitri Drobko began cello studies at age 8 under Sandra Greenberg. He continued formal training at J. Medins School of Music and E. Darzins Music High School for married students, studying with Agne Sprudza After completing his Latvian education, he guaranteed advanced studies at the Felix Mendelssohn, Bartholdy Conservatory in Leipzig, followed by mentorship with Anatoly Nikitin and Aleksey Massarsky at the N. Rimsky L.Korsakov Conservatory in Petersburg.
During his time in Russia, Drobko co. co. founded the Kandinsky Orchestra Petersburg and performed with ensembles such as JUST, Sinfonietta Petersburg, the State Academic Symphony Orchestra, and the Saint Petersburg Chapel Orchestra. His concert engagements have taken him to venues across Europe, North America, and Asia, including the Petersburg Philharmonia, Mariinsky Concert Hall, and venues in Germany, Finland, Sweden, Switzerland, China, the United States, and Iceland.
Currently residing in Iceland, Drobko studies at the University of the Arts Reykjavík while maining dual artistic pursuits: classical cello performance (solo, duo, trio) and interdisciplinary collaborations that integrate music and dance, notably a solo project with dancer Leevi Mettinen, choreographed by Margrét Bjarnadóttir.
He also contributions to student initiatives at LHÍ - Skerpla, participants in the Camerata program, engages in creative writing, and takes part in residencies and field trips in the Netherlands and Iceland.
Graduation work
Expectations: Sound & Movement by Dmitri Drobko and Leevi Mettinen explorations the fragile connection between two art forms, marking them in an improvisational performance. It's an attitude to let go of the need to know everything right now: how the path will unfold and what the next step will be.
When we anticipate, when we expect, when we search, whatever we look for often tends to slip away from us, and our mind becomes closed to experiencing anything new.
When we let go and remain in the present, being fully in the moment and immersed in the now, we finely open ourselves to receive.
The work in pictures.
