Theater productions and legendary opera, Latin American temperament and jazz, academic music performed by a symphony orchestra and choral music – all this will be enjoyed in November at the events organized by SIA “Kurzemes Philharmonia” in the “Jūras vārti” theater and in the “Latvija” concert hall.
on November 1 at Cuban cellist and singer Ana Karla Maza will perform at the “Latvija” concert hall at 7 p.m., combining the colors of jazz, classical music and Latin American sounds. Ana Karla Maza is performing in many European concert halls and clubs during the tour of the album “Caribe”, released in October, but the concert in Ventspils will be the artist’s first performance in Latvia after a long break.
on November 9 at Valmiera Drama Theater invites you to the production of “I’m not a pianist” directed by Varas Braslas and playwright Alvjas Lapiņš at the “Jūras vārti” theater house at 19.00. It is the story of the conflict between the creator of the symphonic piece “Melancholic Waltz” Emīls Dārziņš and the conductor, singing teacher Pāvuls Jurjānas. Both were good colleagues and like-minded people, dreamed of founding a Latvian opera, but unexpectedly became irreconcilable opponents. What was the basis of this conflict?
The very next day – on November 10 at 19.00 – the 80th birthday of Ventspils-born composer Imantas Ramiņš will be grandly celebrated in the “Latvija” concert hall. In the concert, the pieces of the celebrant will be performed by the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra and the State Academic Choir “Latvija” under the leadership of conductor Māras Sirmās. A special event will be the premiere of Imantas Ramiņš’s concerto for violin and orchestra in Latvia.
Theater lovers will be welcomed at “Jūras vārtis” on November 12 at 16.00, when the Latvian National Theater will visit with the play “Dog’s House”.. It is the story of three brothers who have lost touch with each other. What still unites them is their father’s house, the old dog Kubik, and she is the only one who can reconcile them. Or getting married forever, pulling all the secrets of the past “out of the closet”…
on November 18 at At 16.00, a festive concert dedicated to the 105th anniversary of the Proclamation of the Republic of Latvia will be played in the “Latvija” concert hall, in which the Ventspils Chamber Orchestra, the mixed choirs “Ventspils” and “Līvzeme”, the Ventspils Big Band, the vocal quartet “Neaizmirstulītes”, Gunta Gelgote (soprano), Zane Volberga (piano), Aigars Reinis (organ) will perform. The artistic director and conductor of the concert, Aigars Meri, will be conducted by musicologist Liene Jakovljeva. Jānis Vītoliņš, the chairman of the municipal council of Ventspils state city, will welcome the audience to the festival at the beginning of the concert. Free entrance cards will be available from November 7 at 12.00 at the box office of the concert hall.
on November 24 at At 19.00, the fourth concert of the series “Jams with the Ventspils Big Band” “Cik labi!” will be held in the small hall of the “Latvija” concert hall., in which you will have the opportunity to hear the original compositions of the musician Andras Buikais. The energetic and dynamic singer Aija Vītoliņa will perform at the concert alongside the author and the Ventspils Big Band (artistic director – Renārs Lācis).
The Latvian National Opera and Ballet invites you to the production of the legendary opera “Nabucco” on November 25 at 17.00 at the “Jūras vārti” theater house. It was the opera “Nabucco” that once started the fame era of the composer Giuseppe Verdi, in general it has experienced countless productions, now it is possible to see it under the direction of Guntas Gailiš.
on November 29 at On the 19th, the Daile Theater will visit Ventspils with the performance “Retreat”. (all tickets sold). Five friends and a beautician they met the night before meet in an abandoned manor house to celebrate the New Year together. The friends have not met for a long time and now they are trying to look successful, even though life has thrown each of its challenges.
on November 2 at At 4:00 p.m., two exhibitions will be opened in the exhibition rooms of the theater building “Jūras vārti” – the exhibition of Laimdota Junkara’s paintings “Gaisa pils” and the exhibition of Ventspils Art School graduates “The Power of Ideas”which will be open to visitors until December 6.
Tickets for the events can be purchased at the ticket offices of the “Jūras vārti” theater house and the “Latvija” concert hall, as well as at other “Biļešu paradīze” sales points and on the Internet at www.bilesuparadize.lv.
The full schedule of events can be found on the websites jurasvarti.lv and koncertzalelatvija.lv.
2023-11-01 09:04:35
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