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Im intimen Rahmen gibt sich der Cello-Jungstar mit drei von Johann Sebastian Bachs Cellosuiten die Ehre.

Einen bunten Mix an Werken und vor allem grandiose 25 Minuten Britten bietet das Orchester unter Gianandrea Noseda.

Mit Werken von Rimsky-Korsakow, Prokofjew und Schostakowitsch läutet das Riga Jūrmala Festival das letzte Wochenende seiner ersten Saison ein.

The limitations of AI are demonstrated in Alvis Hermanis’ problematic new production of Salome at Latvian National Opera. 

Kenneth Tindall's epic Casanova is a huge success for all concerned in Riga.

The 94-year-old conductor inspires the Latvian National SO to incandescent heights in Sibelius and Strauss

A new steampunk staging for Latvian National Opera stays true to the fantastical invention of Hoffmann and Offenbach. 

The leafy parks and cobbled streets of Riga’s old town are far removed from the intense heat of the little village in the Basque Country in which Donizetti set his L'elisir d'amore, but a new production at the Latvian National Opera captures much of the spirit of the work, adroitly balancing comedy with the joys and pain of love.

Claus Guth's staging walks a line between atmosphere and audacity, in a powerful company achievement from Latvian National Opera.

Remplaçant au pied levé sa consœur qui avait fait une mauvaise chute dans la rue, Mao Fujita a repris à l'Opéra de Riga son programme du récital de la veille.

Le lauréat des Concours Clara Haskil et Tchaïkovski a livré un récital énergique au Festival de Musique de Riga Jurmala.

Le fils prodigue est de retour à la tête de l'Orchestre du Festival de Bayreuth pour deux superbes soirées dans la salle dorée de l'Opéra National de Lettonie.

A beautiful performance worth quarantining for as Latvia leads the charge to preserve art and culture. 

One of the great performances of a concerto which gets so many performances.

Jan Lisiecki's leap-in with the Israel Philharmonic offers extra spontaneity in Beethoven's Fourth Piano Concerto. 

Jan Lisiecki opens the third weekend of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival at the Dzintari Concert Hall. 

Mascagni's stirring music and gripping storyline cast their spell over a festival audience at the edge of the Baltic Sea.

An evening in which the piano – in some cases two, in others three – took centre-stage with members of the Osokins family.

A celebration of young Latvian musicians and established Latvian artists performing a huge variety of works from Vivaldi to Stevie Wonder: how about that for something completely different?

With four singers making their debuts and two more experienced singers making strong impression, Latvian opera singing appears to be in safe hands.

The Latvian Radio Choir's 24 singers display exceptional virtuosity in the service of a varied programme of contemporary spiritual works.

Composer-pianist, Vestards Shimkus gives a compelling rendition of his imaginative 9 etudes Dreamscapes, while his Bach-Busoni 9 Chorale Preludes offers more mixed results. 

The Latvian Radio Choir, coupled with the Sinfonietta Rīga Orchestra under the conductor Sigvards Kļava give an ethereal rendition of four contemporary Latvian composers in Riga Cathedral.

A wonderful showcase of operatic voices at the 37th International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition in Latvia. 

Almost all the singers, orchestra and conductor were Italian, but it was local soprano Elīna Šimkus and the Latvian Radio Choir who sang Purcell’s magnum opus as if to the English manner born.

In the tiny Baltic state of Latvia, music loving locals are hell-bent on going for Baroque.

For those more familiar with grim-faced matronly Salvation Army accordion players, voluptuous virtuoso Ksenija Sidorova certainly breaks the mould.

Georgian ethno-jazz band Egari lifts the roof in Latvia in a highly original genre of traditional music played in contemporary style.

Outdoor concerts are always prey to the vicissitudes of weather. The Festival of Early Music in Lativa is so well organized, unexpected light rain started just at the beginning of the interval and politely ceased before the second half of the programme. 

Local soprano Elīna Šimkus was a fascinating combination of Farinelli and Emma Kirkby.

Piano, cello and marimba prove a tricky combination for Piazzolla's Four Seasons of Buenos Aires, in a concert which interleaved them with newly written pieces by Latvian composers.

Problems of balance in the first half of Sinfonietta Riga's "European Christmas" concert are followed by excellent Kraus and Haydn in the second.

Edmunds Freibergs and Latvian National Opera give us a Fledermaus that's high on style and sheer entertainment, with a notable Adele from Inga Šļubovska.