The State Choir “Latvija” and its artistic director Māris Sirmais invite all interested parties to the 28th International Sacred Music Festival, which will take place from August 14 to September 5 at St. Peter’s Church and the Riga Congress Hall. Four concert programs will feature a stylistically rich array of sacred music, including gems of…
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On Saturday, February 15, 2025 laureates of the Latvian Public Media Annual Award in Culture “Kilograms kulturas 2024” were awarded in ten categories. The nominees of the “Kilograms kulturas” award – the most original and high-quality Latvian cultural events of the past year – are nominated by a jury of professionals in the cultural field…
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We are truly happy that our recorded choral chamber opera for children “EJ NU EJ” with music by Laura Jēkabsone and poetry by Marts Pujāts has been nominated for the annual music recording award “Zelta mikrofons 2025” in the category for best “Music album for children”. We are also honored for participation in the concert…
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From November 16 to 22, the American motion picture studio “Heroic Pictures” will be recording the soundtrack for its new feature film, “The American Miracle,” composed by Lolita Ritmanis, in Rīga and Liepāja, Latvia. The film’s executive producer and COO of “Heroic Pictures,” Ralf Augstroze, has enlisted the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra, to be conducted by…
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The State Choir LATVIJA and Artistic Director Māris Sirmais invite audiences during the second half of August and the start of September to the 27th International Sacred Music Festival, the most extensive Latvian sacred music event of the year. This year, we will hear the State Choir LATVIJA under the direction of its Artistic Director…
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On January 10th in press conference the jury of The Grand Music Award announced nominees for this year. In the category CONCERT OF THE YEAR, the performance of Hector Berlioz’s Requiem on August 26 in Riga Cathedral was nominated. The monumental masterpiece was performed by State Choir LATVIJA, Orchestra RĪGA, Latvian National Symphony orchestra, tenor…
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On January 5th German Record Critics’ Award (Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, PdSK) published Long list 1/2014 for the next Quarterly Critic’s Choice. Among 292 nominations in 32 categories of publications State Choir LATVIJA and Māris Sirmais album CREDO is nominated in Choral music category. The Quarterly Critic’s Choice 1/2024 will be published on the 15th…
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This September the British music recording company Hyperion has released a new album CREDO including masterpieces of five composers – Richard Strauss, Sven-David Sandström, Olivier Messiaen, Ambrož Čopi and Matej Kastelic – recorded by the State Choir LATVIJA and conductor Māris Sirmais. The overarching theme of the music on this recording is love—love among people,…
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The State Choir LATVIJA and its Artistic Director Māris Sirmais invite audiences in the second half of August to the 26th International Sacred Music Festival, the most significant and tradition-rich sacred music event of the year. Over the Festival’s four concerts this year, audiences will experience a meeting with the energetically powerful Latvian choral conductor…
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On Good Friday the Latvian Radio Classics broadcasted the recording of St. Matthew’s Passion by J.S.Bach under the guidance of conductor Jaap van Zweden, that State Choir LATVIJA performed in Hong Kong at the Hong Kong Culture Centre on February 3 and 4, 2023 together with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, Hong Kong Philharmonic Chorus,…
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We are honoured and happy that music album Paweł Łukaszewski | Sacred Choral Works recorded by the State Choir LATVIJA and conductor Māris Sirmais has been nominated for the Polish Music Recording Awards Fryderyk 2023 in two categories: Nomination for the best Polish music recording abroad Nomiation for the most outstanding Polish classical music recording…
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The State Choir LATVIJA is visiting Hong Kong to perform the St. Matthew’s Passion by J.S.Bach under the guidance of the outstanding conductor Jaap van Zweden, Artistic Director of the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The legendary oratory will be performed at the Hong Kong Culture Centre on February 3…
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State Choir LATVIJA and conductor Māris Sirmais have prepared a concert program for the very special time of the year – Advent and Christmas. New pieces by the Latvian composers Rihards Zaļupe, Renāte Stivriņa and Andris Kontauts have been commissioned and will be premiered on December 7, 2022 at the culture center Ulbrokas Pērle. The…
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Music publishing company ONDINE has released a new album of Polish composer’s Pawel Lukazsweski sacred music recorded by the State Choir LATVIJA and conductor Māris Sirmais. The CD includes 11 sacred choral works recorded in October 2021 in Riga St. John’s Church in Latvia, eight of which are world premiere recordings. Listen to the new album…
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On September 12th voting of the Latvian Public Media Award for Culture “Kilograms of Culture 2022” autumn nominees started and all are invited to vote for their favourite in 10 categories until September 23rd. Concert “Vārds jaunajiem. Krista Audere” which was part of 25th International Sacred music festival is nominated in category “Music”. Give your…
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