Latvia News 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: 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: The Baltic Way – Dirty Deal Audio in Latvia
Dirty Deal Audio is more than just an electronic music label devout to the young musicians in Riga, Latvia. It also acts as a community in a post-Soviet reality within the Baltic region. The Baltic ...
News Latvia » Music: Grand Rapids welcomes first-ever Latvian Song and Dance Festival in Michigan with stunning parade
GRAND RAPIDS, MI — For the first time, Michigan is hosting the Latvian Song and Dance Festival, with Grand Rapids serving as the hub of the five-day celebration of Latvian music, dance and cultural ...
News Latvia » Music: Recalling the father of Latvian classical music
Wednesday, July 26, is the birthday of Jazeps Vitols: composer, critic, educator, the father of Latvian classical music — and an example of how political histories retroactively affect fame. Vitols ...
News Latvia » Music: Vocal Music of the Northern Baltic with the Latvian National Choir
What is the sound of 21st century classical music? What does it mean to be a composer in an age that’s seemingly post-everything? Every week on Mixtapes, Q2 Music asks one of today’s active and “big A ...
News Latvia » Music: SKYFORGER Honored At Latvian Music Awards; Band Splits With Guitarist
SKYFORGER was honored in the "Best Rock Album" category at the 15th annual Gada Balva ceremony (the Latvian equivalent to the Grammy Awards) for the band's "Kurbads" album, originally released on ...
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: 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 ...