In the summer of 2021, the outstanding opera singer Renē Fleming, as well as other opera music stars will perform in the program of the classical music festival “Rīga Jūrmala”, the festival organizers inform the portal “Delfi”.
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In the new season of the festival, which will take place in Riga and Jurmala from July 16 to August 29, 2021, world-class classical music stars such as pianist Yuidja Vana, Icelandic pianist Vikingurs Olafsson, Sir András Schiff and Norwegian pianist Leif Ūve Andsness will take part in 20 concerts. Jefim Bronfman, Arkady Volodoss, and Anabel Tweed.
The festival will feature cellist Truls Mjorks and violinist Reno Capapis, as well as such outstanding opera singers as the aforementioned soprano René Fleming, bass baritone Brin Terfel, baritone Matthias Gerne and mezzo-soprano Alise Kūta.
“This is a very difficult time for the whole cultural industry, therefore we are very grateful for the support and great interest of both festival visitors and our partners, which we have seen since the announcement of the new season program. In the new season of the festival in Latvia we will host the world’s most outstanding musicians. our own and, hopefully, also a high-quality artistic program for foreign visitors, but through this ambitious event will create the image of the Latvian state, “Zane Čulkstēna, executive director of the festival” Rīga Jūrmala “.
The festival format will retain its current artistic concept, offering a series of mini-festivals over four weekends with world-class symphony orchestras and conductors such as the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Eliot Gardiner, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and Ricardo Concert, Harding, as well as the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra and conductor Yuri Temirkanov.
Young and talented artists, including pianists George Lee, Daumants Liepins, Israeli pianist Joav Levanon, Behzod Abduraimon and Alexander Kantorov, will perform on the stage of the Grand Guild at the day’s concerts, which justified their unusual format by gaining popularity in the first season of the festival. Also this season, the vocal group “The King’s Singers” will perform on the stage of the Grand Guild.
The organizers of the festival inform that publicly tickets for the concerts of the 2021 festival season will be available in advance with a 30% discount from October 1 to November 1 of this year. Homepage. Festival visitors who have chosen to deposit money or make donations for tickets purchased for the 2020 season are also invited to purchase tickets to the announced festival concerts or contact the festival organizers.
