September’s Cultural Landscape Explored on latvian Radio’s “Kultūras Rondo“
Latvian Radio’s LR1 program “Kultūras Rondo” recently reviewed a diverse array of September cultural events, featuring insights from Kroders.lv editor-in-chief,theater critic Has jonīti,film critic Dārta lilac,and music and culture critic Armands Znotina. The program tackled the challenge of assessing a packed month of artistic offerings.
The Daile Theater launched its season with “Oracle,” the second collaboration with Polish director Lukash Tvarkovsky, exploring themes of science, war, and technology. Together, the National Theater debuted an ambitious production of Rainis’ “Indulis and Arya” in commemoration of the playwright’s 160th anniversary.
September also saw the premiere of the latvian Television documentary “Organ Night,” focusing on organist Iveta Apkalns. Apkalns herself inaugurated the liepaja Symphony Orchestra’s concert season with the premiere of Jacob Yanchevsky’s first organ concerto.
The 90th birthday of Estonian composer Arvo Perta was celebrated with a program,”For Arvo,” performed by George Osokin in Perth,now available as a recording,with Latvian concert hall performances anticipated. Poetry Days were marked by the release of several new collections.
The International New Theater Festival “Homo Novus” and the Baltic Documentary Film Forum concluded during the month.The “Baltic Pearl” festival hosted the Latvian premiere of sergei Loznica’s film “Two prosecutors,” largely filmed within the Latvian Radio Building, sparking discussion about both the film’s quality and the festival’s funding sources.
Visual arts were represented by the conclusion of painter Vija Celmiņa’s solo exhibition in Basel, followed by the announcement of the first Vija Celmina scholarship for a young artist to be awarded in Riga in October. The centenary of painter Jammu Skulme was observed with the exhibition “Jammu” and antra Cilinsk’s documentary, accompanied by a series of recordings on “Kultūras Rondo” exploring Skulme’s legacy.
