The Latvian Radio Choir will present its choral opera NeoArctic in Washington, D.C. with the US premiere taking place at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The Latvian Radio Choir will present its choral opera NeoArctic in Washington, D.C. with the US premiere taking place at the prestigious John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

The concert will take place on February 1 at Riga, St.John’s Church at 19.00

The cinematic concert Vēstures palos (In the Tides of History) by the Latvian Radio Choir has been nominated for the Latvian Grand Music Award in the category Production of the Year.

We are happy and proud to be part of the creative team behind this concert!

Participants:

Latvian Radio Choir

It has already become a tradition, that the festival European Christmas is concluded by Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Oratorio – a beautiful and grand tale about the time around the birth of Jesus and the events linked to it.

From 11 – 20 November, Latvian Radio Choir and its artistic director and lead conductor Sigvards Kļava will go on a concert tour around the USA and Canada. In their concerts, the choir will introduce the audience to outstanding examples of the European choir music, focusing in particular on masterpieces created by contemporary Latvian composers. The tour will consist of four concerts. Audience at the New York concert organised by the Lincoln centre, will experience the world premiere of opus Oremus, composed by Juris Karlsons especially for the Latvian Radio Choir.