Riga, December 14, LETA. This year, the Excellence in Culture Awards were given to composer Pēteris Vasks, writer and illustrator Anete Melece and Rundāle Castle Museum.
Lita Kokale, the head of the Public Relations Department of the Ministry of Culture (MoC), informed LETA, and the Latvian Music Council nominated me for the Vasku Excellence Award. The artist will receive the award for “outstanding and internationally recognized artistic creativity in the field of music, with brilliant premieres of compositions, among which the Sixth String Quartet and the Second Violin Concerto” Evening Light “stand out, as well as performances in Latvia and the world. and promoting the international profile of professional culture “.
Writers and illustrators were nominated for the Meleci Prize by the Literature and Book Council of the Ministry of Culture, the International House of Writers and Translators and the Latvian Literature Platform. She will receive the “Excellence Award” for her bright and convincing contribution to the popularization of Latvian literature abroad, as evidenced by the wide resonance of the book “Kiosk”, its translation into 17 languages around the world, addressing other art audiences in the field in Latvia and abroad “.
The Rundāle Castle Museum was nominated by the Latvian Museum Association. The museum will receive the Excellence Award for professionally performed and internationally acclaimed work in the restoration, creation and preservation of the Rundāle Castle ensemble and the French Baroque garden, which has not only made a significant contribution to popularizing Latvia’s cultural values. a place in the European Garden Awards nomination “Management or Development of a Historic Park or Garden”.
Each of the three winners will also receive a financial prize of € 7,000 after taxes.
Candidates’ applications for the award were nominated by the institutions under the supervision of the Ministry of Culture, sectoral advisory councils, non-governmental organizations and local governments. The submitted applications were evaluated by the Latvian National Council of Culture in accordance with the regulations of the award, and approved by the Minister of Culture.
The Award for Excellence in Culture was awarded if the award was obtained in international and professionally prestigious competitions, festivals and other professional evaluation events in the field of culture, as well as if the performance of Latvian artists or collectives, such as concerts, guest performances, exhibitions and other events, resonated abroad. , has promoted Latvia ‘s prestige in the world and awareness of cultural value in Latvian society, as well as if the performance has attracted wide international attention and created a resonance in the world, promoting co – operation and interaction between Latvian and foreign cultural spaces.
The award of the Ministry of Culture – the Award of Excellence in Culture – was established in 2014. Recent years: Aleksandrs Antoņenko, Jānis Nords, Žanas Lipke Memorial, Signe Baumane, Iveta Apkalna, Andris Freibergs, Turaida Museum Reserve, Rasa and Raitis Šmiti, Andris Nelsons, Design Office “H2E”, Gidons Krēmers and Chamber director Alvis Hermanis, Latvian National Museum of Art, Rolands Kalniņš and Nora Ikstena, Imants Lancmanis, Elīna Garanča and Anna Laudere, Marina Rebeka, Gundega Laiviņa, as well as the platform “Latvian Literature”.
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