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We are happy to announce that Estonian National Symphonic orchestra has released new CD in collection Great Maestros which includes our concert recording of Brahms’s German Requiem. Performers: Estonian National Symphonic orchestra State Choir LATVIJA Conductor Neeme Järvi Soprano Elina Nechayeva Baritone Atlan Karp The Estonian National Symphony Orchestra (ERSO) – a vivid and versatile orchestra, always…
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On June 22 classical music award OPUS KLASSIK announced this years nominees and State Choir LATVIJA are proud to be one of 600 nominees along with several Latvian musicians! Their newest recording “Sempiternam: Choral Music by Rhona Clarke” is nominated in category “Choral Recording”. Award winners will be announced in autumn, but award ceremony will…
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State Choir LATVIJA and its Artistic Director and lead conductor Māris Sirmais welcome everyone to the Good Friday Concert on April 15 at 19.00 in the Riga St. Peter’s Church. Together with chamber orchestra ‘‘Sinfonietta Rīga’’ un soprano Yeree Suh the choir will perform two outstanding sacral music pieces devoted to the secret of Christ’s…
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State Choir LATVIJA and its Artistic Director and Chief Conductor Māris Sirmais have worked on a special event for the youngest audience of the choir – a chamber opera EJ NU EJ. By this event choir also celebrates its 80th Anniversary. EJ NU EJ is a musical story composed by Laura Jēkabsone and is based on…
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On 4 March at 11:05, the concert Baltic Music in Support of Ukraine will be broadcast from the Great Guild on Latvian Radio 3 Klasika and on the television channel LTV1, and online on the portal LSM.lv. In the concert, orchestras and choirs from the Baltic States will take the stage live and in video performances…
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On April 30 and May 2 in Elbphilharmonie State Choir Latvia female choir together with Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra, Hamburg Boys Choir and alto Gerhild Romberg will perform Mahler’s Third Symphony, conducted by Kent Nagano. »To me, however, a symphony means: building a world by all available means which technique offers« – after his symphonies…
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This year Orchestra Riga celebrates its 50th anniversary and State Choir Latvia will join their celebration in concert Four American Stories on March 18. To be aware of the latest repertoire for symphonic bands worldwide, and to introduce with that our local society, is an essential part of the creative work, done by Orchestra RIGA.…
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State Choir LATVIJA has returned to Philharmonic Hall Szczecin in Poland where we where honored to perform Beethoven’s 9th Symfony at the Opening Concert of the concert hall in 2014. On October 1, 2021, celebrating the International Music day, together with Szczecin Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra and soloists – soprano Iwona Sobotka (Poland), mezzo-soprano Agnieszka Rehlis (Poland),…
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For only two weeks, from April 2 to 16, a recording of “Adam’s Lament” by the legendary Estonian composer Arvo Pärt is available on Sinfonietta Riga web page. The Concert in which State Choir LATVIJA and Sinfonietta Riga under the baton of Māris Sirmais performed was recorded on The Good Friday, April 2, 2021, at…
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We are truly honored for the prestigious World Film Music XX MundoBSO Award in the nomination “Best Song” for film by Dzintars Dreibergs Blizzard of Souls, for the theme Prayer: “Dodi Mieru Mūsu Brāļiem”. We are grateful and satisfied that in such a wide competition the jury has recognized the choral a cappella music as…
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We are pleased to announce that in cooperation with the Center for Cultural Information Systems, the concert of the 23rd International Sacred Music Festival “World Premieres” can now be watched in video format: http://www.diva.lv/Contents/Item/Display/38633  In the concert, which took place on September 2, 2020, in Riga St. Peter’s Church, the world premieres of four composers…
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 The world premiere of Linas Rimša’s Jazz Mass is dedicated to the creative anniversary of State Choir VILNIUS. It is a five-movement (Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus Dei) sacred cycle for mixed choir and big band. The idea to write a modern Lithuanian Mass, combining classical elements with an innovative approach to this genre,…
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The 23rd International Sacred Music Festival will conclude this week with two concerts. The State Choir LATVIJA and its artistic director Māris Sirmais will continue one of the festival’s longest traditions on September 2nd at St. Peter’s Church in Riga: a concert of new works from Latvian composers. In the closing concert of the festival,…
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One year ago, the State Choir LATVIJA traveled to Bochum, Germany, where, within the framework of the Ruhrtriennale interdisciplinary arts festival, it participated in an ambitious production entitled “Evolution”. The production was based on Gyorgy Ligeti’s Requiem. In addition to the State Choir LATVIJA, participants included the Bochum Symphony Orchestra conducted by Steven Sloan, soprano…
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The State Choir LATVIJA and its artistic director and principal conductor Māris Sirmais invite listeners to mark their calendars for one of the summer’s most anticipated classical music festivals. The 23rd International Sacred Music Festival will take place in Riga from August 18th to September 5th. The opening concert of the 23rd International Sacred Music…
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