Riga

On March 9 at 5:00 p.m., the Sigulda concert hall “Baltais flīgelis” will host the concert “Together” by the conductors of the big band “Sigulda” and the Sigulda parish wind orchestra, Arni Šmitiņš and Gint Kalniņa. In parallel”, celebrating his creative work and life path. The visitors of the concert will be greeted by a magnificent program of big band and orchestra musicians, where the interesting life course of both vital personalities will be revealed – both together and in parallel.

Big band “Sigulda”, conductor Arnis Šmitiņš, Sigulda parish wind orchestra, conductors Gints Kalniņš, Uva Kalniņa and soloists Raimonds Eisenšmits, Inese Greste, Daiga Krontāle, Eva Strazdiņa will take part in the concert.

The concert program includes big band arrangements of world-famous music hits – “Besame Mucho”, “Can’t Take My Eyes Off You”, “Soul Bossa Nova”, a medley of music by the famous group “ABBA” and others. The concert will be enriched with arrangements and original compositions created by the participants themselves, including the original composition “Priekā” by big band soloist Raimonds Eisenschmitts.

2024-02-29 14:22:00


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On February 17 at 7:00 p.m., the legendary Latvian progressive rock group “Vecās mājas”, which returns to the stage after a 30-year break, invites you to a concert at the Culture Center “Ulbrokas pērle”. The concert program of the “Liepājas dzintars ’89” festival will be performed in full at the group’s reunion concert: the compositions “Kurzeme”, “Ai, zeme, kūpoša”, “Par vádás”, “Uz páuš”, “Dedication” and other compositions created during the group’s activity. In honor of this event, “Vecās mājas” has reunited in the golden core, in which since 1989 Uģis Prauliņš (voice, keyboards), Armands Alksnis (guitar), Andris Alviķis (bass guitar) and Tālis Gžibovskis (percussion instruments) have been playing together.

This happened in honor of the band’s first album, which collects recordings made between 1989 and 1992, and which was released on vinyl in September 2023. Uģ Prauliņš’s elaborate, technically complex compositions with the poetry of Latvian classics reflect the ideals of the composer’s own youth and references to the samples of the Western progressive rock group “Jethro Tull”, “King Crimson”, “Yes” and “Genesis” of the 70s of the 20th century.

2024-02-08 17:34:04


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The State Cultural Capital Fund (VKKF) has announced a tender for the production of low-budget full-length feature films and game shorts, in which it is planned to distribute 300,000 euros, VKKF representative Ilona Skuja informed.

The purpose of the competition is to support the production of low-budget feature films and short game films in order to create high-quality and original cinematographic works, to promote the professional and creative growth of authors, and to ensure the sustainable development of the Latvian film industry.

Applications can be submitted in the “kkf.kulturaskarte.lv” system until February 2 at 11:59 p.m. On the other hand, the results of the competition will be known after March 1.

Legal entities registered with the State Revenue Service as independent entities with a taxpayer registration number and whose statutes or regulations specify an activity related to culture or art as the main type of activity can participate in the competition for the projects of the target program.

A full-length feature film, no shorter than 65 minutes, or a short game film, no longer than 25 minutes, can apply for support in the competition. Also, in the competition, a maximum of 120,000 euros can be requested for one full-length feature film project, and no more than 40,000 euros for a game short film project.

Only film projects that are planned to be completed by November 30, 2025 can be submitted to the competition.

2024-01-07 09:24:29


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