Symbolically opening the international classical music festival “Riga Jurmala”, on July 2 and 3, the first musical evenings of the festival in this summer’s series of events will take place in the square opposite the Latvian National Opera. In cooperation with Latvijas Radio 3 “Klasika”, visitors to Riga parks and Jurmala beaches will be able to listen to audio performances of the concert program planned by the festival performed by various world-famous orchestras and artists on other summer weekends.
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According to Līga Andžāne, Head of Communication and Cooperation at the Riga Jūrmala Festival, musical evenings are a unique event concept that allows you to get to know classical music from a different point of view – during the evening the venue is turned into a colorful picnic, offering two hours of classical music. Visitors can enjoy a delicious and leisurely picnic meal in cooperation with the festival partners – seafood restaurant “Barents” and “Balticovo”, and gourmet ice cream “Excellence” or with their own picnic baskets. The author of the scenography of the event is the Latvian artist Krišs Salmanis.
“We are extremely happy to open the long-awaited new season of the festival with musical evenings – a new format we created last year, when due to the pandemic we were forced to cancel the festival concerts. To give the opportunity to listen to the festival program, we invited music lovers to a picnic in Riga “In order to enjoy the audio recordings of symphony orchestras in a safe, relaxed and special atmosphere. Responding to the great interest of the visitors, in addition to the festival concerts, this summer they will be able to enjoy unforgettable musical evenings,”
On July 2 and 3 from 19.30 to 21.30 In the musical evenings of “Rīga Jūrmala” in the square at the Latvian National Opera you will be able to listen to a selection of specially selected audio performances from the planned concert program of the festival. On July 2, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s overture to “Don Juan” (English Baroque soloists and conductor John Eliot Gardiner) and “Second Piano Concerto in Sibemol Major KV 39” (Marey Perray and the English Chamber Orchestra), as well as Robert Schuman’s Second 61 “(London Symphony Orchestra and conductor John Eliot Gardiner), and on July 3 – Robert Schuman’s” Piano Concerto in the Laminator, Op. 54 “(Andrew Schiff, Amsterdam Concertgebouw Orchestra and conductor Antals Dorati) and Johannes Brahms” dominor, op. 68 “(Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra and conductor Mariss Jansons), reports L.Andžāne.
Entrance to “Riga Jurmala” musical evenings is free and the number of places is limited, so please register in advance. In order to comply with the applicable safety regulations, it will be possible to attend the events on presentation of a valid digital Covid-19 certificate confirming the fact of vaccination or illness. Additional information and the full festival program are available at www.riga-jurmala.com.
From July 16 to September 5, four world-class orchestras will perform at the Riga Jurmala Festival – the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (conductor John Eliot Gardiner), the St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra (conductor Yuri Temirkanov), the Royal Concertgebisw Orchestra Bayreuth Festival Orchestra (conductor Andris Nelsons), as well as internationally renowned performing artists such as pianists Leif Uve Annnes, Jefim Bronfman, Vikingur Olafson, Maria Jooa Piraeus, Andrew Schiff, Arkady Volodos and Yujiaz Miyaz Also outstanding at the festival “Rīga Jūrmala” are outstanding solo artists – Renē Fleminga (soprano), Brīns Terfels (bass baritone) and Matthias Gerne (baritone). The concerts of symphony orchestras will take place in the first three weekends in Dzintari Concert Hall in Jūrmala, while in the fourth and final weekend – in the Latvian National Opera in Riga, L.Andžāne points out.
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