Latvia News News Latvia » Music: Latvia Wins Eurovision Song Contest
The Eurovision Song Contest trophy remains in the Baltic States, as Latvia was a surprise first-time winner at the 47th annual competition, held Saturday in Tallinn, Estonia. Riga-born Marija… By ...
News Latvia » Music: World Choir Games: the lessons we must learn from Latvia
The hosts of the choral equivalent of the Olympics lead the way in singing out about national identity The World Choir Games gets going in earnest this weekend. Now, if you’re going to choose a place ...
News Latvia » Music: Latvian Singers, Conductors Stealing Global Spotlight, Thanks To Soviet Legacy
They're young, they're Latvian, and together they are turning their tiny Baltic nation into a musical superpower. As a new opera season approaches, Latvian musicians are set to continue their ...
News Latvia » Music: Can music unite a young nation?
A third of Latvia’s culture budget goes on music education and a new festival aims to galvanise national identity In the UK it is almost obligatory for a culture minister never to have attended an ...
News Latvia » Music: Riga Music Week review - blues-infused shoegazing, full-force folk, synth-pop thrills and more in Latvia’s capital
Saucējas are tremendously powerful. Experiencing them at Riga Music Week’s outdoor Folk Stage in Latvia’s repeatedly rain-sodden capital is akin to being blasted by a full-force leaf blower. Next up ...
News Latvia » Music: What Britain can learn from Latvia's incredible music education system
The Baltic country is streets ahead of us, and its international reputation confirms that. But could we adopt the same policies? Ivan Hewett is The Telegraph’s Classical Music Critic and an author ...