Ekskursiju kuģītis "Hercogs Jēkabs"
Viens no populārākajiem pilsētas tūrisma un atpūtas objektiem ir Ventspils brīvostas ekskursiju kuģītis "Hercogs Jēkabs". No maija līdz oktobrim tas 5–7 reizes dienā atiet no piestātnes Tirgus un Ostas ielu krustojumā. 45 minūšu vai 1 h 05 minūšu brauciena laikā Jums ir iespēja aplūkot Ventas upes grīvu, vecpilsētu un Ventspils brīvostas industriālo teritoriju un jūras vārtus. Uz kuģīša ir 150 vietu.
Kuģīša kursēšanas grafiks augustā
Darba dienās: 10.00, 12.00*, 14.00, 16.00*, 18.00, 19.00
Sestdienās, svētdienās un svētku dienās: 10.00, 11.30*, 13.00, 14.30, 16.00*, 17.30, 19.00
Anton Lyakhovsky studied at the St Petersburg Music High School for exceptionally gifted children and then at the St Petersburg Conservatory with Alexander Sandler. From 2001 to 2004, he studied at the Trinity College of Music Music in London with John Bingham. Lyakhovsky earned his master’s degree at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he is currently a Ph. D. student with Joan Havill.
Anton Lyakhovsky has won awards at several international competitions, including second place and Bärenreiter prize at the Young Concert Artist International Audition in New York (1999) and Grand Prix and LNSO sympathy award at the 2008 Jāzeps Vītols Fifth International Pianist Competition.
Lyakhovsky’s concert geography encompasses both Europe and America, giving recitals and participating in performances of piano concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Prokofiev. He has played at Londons Purcell Room, Wigmore Hall, Harlow Piano Music Festival, the Rush Hour Recital Series, Hurstwood Farm (Kent, United Kingdom), Riga’s Great Guild Hall, Great Hall and Small Hall of the St Petersburg Conservatory etc. He has performed with St Petersburg Academic Philharmonic Orchestra, LNSO, Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, Belarusian Philharmonic Orchestra as well as many others.