Man. In front of the White House

Man. In front of the White House. Sandis Voldiņš, the current board member, was confirmed as the chairman of the board of the Latvian National Opera and Ballet (LNOB) in the competition opened by the Ministry of Culture.

He will start his work on November 4, when the mandate of the current director Egils Silinis ends.

“Thank you, Sandi! Everyone sees and appreciates your work, including us in the pit!” evaluating what Sanda Voldiņš has done so far – especially in increasing the salaries of music professionals, in Opera they are among the highest in the industry – such a post can be read on the site- his website “Facebook”. Also elsewhere in social networks and in the environment of cultural workers, it is heard that the appointment of Sanda Voldiņas as the director of the Opera is a good event. “Thank you to all the great colleagues for the past five years – let’s work together for the next five!” writes the future director himself.

Sandis Voldiņš has been a member of the LNOB board since 2019. He is a doctoral student and lecturer at the Latvian Academy of Culture, he received a master’s degree in law from the University of Latvia and a master’s degree in humanities in arts from the Academy Latvian culture. Since 2000, he has been working in the Ministry of Culture, until 2017 he was secretary of state. During his time, the problems of the support program for creative people were solved, the work on increasing the salary of the employees of the cultural sector and strengthening issues that are important to the sector in the National Development Plan were important.

Subjectively assessed, Voldiņš was one of the best state secretaries at the Ministry of the Interior, and his ability to explain the meaning of problems in a language that his people can understand has been highly valued. all people.

This was also clearly shown in the fall of 2023, when it was Voldiņš who expressed a possible opinion about the reality of the “pre-funded” cultural funding data.