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 ...
Anyone lucky enough to have heard last Sunday’s celebration of the music of Rachmaninov at the BBC Proms couldn’t help but be impressed by the meticulous singing of the Latvian Radio Choir. Now, to ...
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 ...
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 ...
Latvian saxophonist Artis Simanis, the founder of Riga Saxophone Quartet, says Indian musicians are 'breathtaking' and his all time favourite is late Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar. I organise a music ...
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 ...
Latvia can be a grey place in winter when the cold winds rush off the Baltic Sea and everyone is forced to huddle together in nightclubs for warmth. So when the sun does come out, there’s no better ...
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 ...
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 ...
Latvia is a second home for the Rev. Bob Castro, who has been there 25 times in the past 22 years. He speaks Latvian, has a Latvian nickname (the Lion) and has dear friends who welcome him each time ...
Latvia can be a grey place in winter when the cold winds rush off the Baltic Sea and everyone is forced to huddle together in nightclubs for warmth. So when the sun does come out, there’s no better ...
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