Event. Concert halls will be celebrated in Ventspils on Sunday, July 24 Latvia third birthday. The concert production was prepared in three parts by director Laura Groza and a tandem of artists Mareunrol’s – it will include both a performative commentary on observations during the pandemic and a look back at the events of the fusion of music and visual art experienced in the concert hall. Pianist Reinis Zariņš will perform at the concert. Jubilee Quartet (violinists Dina Dorofejeva and Kristina Zeltkalne, violist Helen Navicka and cellist Pēteris Ozoliņš), choir Ventspils and conductor Aigars Meri. The climax of the concert will be the performance of British organist James McWhinney and American composer Tristan Peritch. They will perform an opus Endless slope/Infinity Gradient – works for the stave organ and hundred speakers.
Concert
Ventspils concert hall Latvia 24.VII at 17
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 12–18
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British musical theater actor Earl Carpenter will sing in Jurmala. Publicity photo
Classic. On Friday, July 22, the Jūrmala festival will host a concert by pianists Sergej, Andrej and Georgij Osokina. They will be joined by a chamber orchestra, with Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Bach, Mozart and Lutoslavsky in the program. On Saturday, July 23, a selection of Broadway musicals will be played – British singing actors Sarah Fox and Earl Carpenter will take the stage. British conductor Roberts Perviss will be at the helm of the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra.
Concerts
in the Dzintari concert hall on the 22nd, 23rd VII at 20
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 25–40
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Jazz. The 24th Saulkrasti Jazz Festival will take place from July 21 to 23. The program includes concerts by domestic and foreign musicians, master classes and the final of the Baltic Drummer League competition (full schedule – saulkrastijazz.lv).
Festival
Saulkrasti 21.-23.VII
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 25–60
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“Reuniting with listeners is a nerve-wracking moment for ourselves,” he says Brain storms participants. Publicity photo
Show. On Saturday, July 23, in the Lielupe meadow opposite the Jelgava castle, the group Brainstorm will start a Latvian tour A year without a calendar. The concerts will be held on July 30 in Valmiera, on August 6 in Daugavpils, on August 13 in Ventspils and on August 20 at the Mežaparks Great Stage. “We will have five summer evenings together with friends and loved ones. Reuniting with the audience is an exciting moment for ourselves. It will be an inspiring sing-along!” promising musicians.
Brainstorm
in Jelgava on 23.VII at 20
Tickets eKase.lv EUR 35–50
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Tradition. On Saturday, July 23, the Dundagh Glider Festival will take place. Until dawn, 25 events are expected here, where you can enjoy a diverse cultural program, a lively fair and the joy of being together. at 12 The Dundaga Evangelical Lutheran Church will host a concert by organist Ilze Reine and singer Jolanta Strikaites-Lapiņa, dedicated to the altarpieces of Janis Rozentāls on display in the church Easter morning for the 110th anniversary. The program includes works by Latvian composers that pay tribute to Dundas and touch on the theme of resurrection. From The 13-track festival will continue on the stage of Dundagh Castle Park, the castle and its surroundings. The program will be concluded by groups Thunder concert and green ball with the band Long-distance travelers.
Sklandraušu festival
in Dundaga on 23.VII
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Cellist Margarita Balanas will take part in the concert Born in Latvia. Photo – Benjamin Ilovega
Music. On Sunday, July 24, the Jūrmala festival will end with a concert Born in Latvia. Music will be performed by artists who have clearly demonstrated their talent in Latvia and the world: tenor Aleksandrs Antonenko, soprano Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine, pianists Evelīna Jēkabsone and Georgijs Osokins, cellist Margarita Balanas, percussionist and ballerina Sonja Misiņa. Jurmala Festival Orchestra will be conducted by Ainārs Rubiķis.
Concert
in Dzintari concert hall on 24.VII at 20
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 15–35
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