Concerts
15AUG
BACH RESPIGHI RAVEL
Orchestra RIGAOrganist Vita Kalnciema
Conductor Ainārs Rubiķis
29AUG
BACH RIGA FINLANDIA
Orchestra RIGAOrganist Ilona Birģele
Conductor Valdis Butāns
09SEP
NOVEL. 21st century music
Orchestra RIGASaxophone quartet ATOMOS
Conductor Valdis Butāns
Moderator Liene Jakovļeva
11NOV
AUTUMN SONG FOR LATVIA
Orchestra RIGAConductor Valdis Butāns
Soloist Armands Siliņš-Bergmanis (baritone)
The Riga chamber choir "Ave Sol"
Mixed choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture “Sōla”
18NOV
IMPRESSIONS OF LATVIA
Orchestra RIGAState Academic Choir "Latvija"
Soloists Jūlija Vasiļjeva (soprano), Jānis Apeinis (baritone), Aigars Raumanis (saxophone)
Conductor Valdis Butāns
Concert leader Signe Lagzdiņa
01DEC
CHRISTMAS RHAPSODY
Orchestra RIGAPianist Rihards Plešanovs
Conductor Valdis Butāns
Moderator Raitis Zapackis
10DEC
SECOND ADVENT CONCERT
Orchestra RIGARiga Dome Girls' Choir TIARA
(conductor and artistic director Aira Birziņa)
Soloist Gundars Dziļums (baritone)
Conductor Valdis Butāns
26DEC
CHRISTMAS IN JAZZ AND SAMBA RHYTHM in Riga
Orchestra RIGAPianist Andrejs Osokins
Conductor Valdis Butāns
Moderator Raitis Zapackis
27DEC
CHRISTMAS IN JAZZ AND SAMBA RHYTHM
Orchestra RIGAPianist Andrejs Osokins
Conductor Valdis Butāns
Moderator Raitis Zapackis
15FEB
LATVIAN LOVE SONGS
Orchestra RIGASoloists Aija Vītoliņa
Raimonds Celms
Conductor Valdis Butāns
20MAR
WINDSTREAM OPENING CONCERT
Orchestra RIGAOrchestra RIGA bigband
Conductor Steffen Schorn (Germany)
Soloist Kristians Kalva (trumpet)
25MAR
MOZART REQUIEM
Orchestra RIGARiga Chamber Choir "Ave Sol"
the mixed choir of the Riga Cathedral Choir School
Soloists: Jolanta Strikaite-Lapiņa, Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine, Mārtiņš Zvīgulis and Rihards Mačanovskis
Conductor Jurģis Cābulis
29MAR
GOOD FRIDAY CONCERT
Orchestra RIGARiga Saxophone Quartet
Conductor Valdis Butāns
12APR
INSPIRED BY PARIS
Orchestra RIGAPercussionist Adélaïde Ferrière (France)
Conductor Valdis Butāns
04MAY
SOUNDS OF LATVIA
Orchestra "RIGA"Conductor Valdis Butāns
Actress Guna Zariņa
Concert moderator Signe Lagzdiņa
17MAY
SUPERHEROES
Orchestra RIGAConductor Valdis Butāns
Stories and singing by Daumants Kalniņš
Soloist Zane Dombrovska (vocal)
18MAY
SUPERHEROES
Orchestra RIGAConductor Valdis Butāns
Stories and singing by Daumants Kalniņš
Soloist Zane Dombrovska (vocal)
14JUN
THE PRAYER
Orchestra RIGAMixed Choir of the Latvian Academy of Culture "Sōla"
Conductors Kaspars Ādamsons, Artūrs Oskars Mitrevics, Jurģis Rāts
06AUG
BACH. BERLIOZ. BARNES
Orchestra RIGAConductor Valdis Butāns
Organist Ilona Birģele
20AUG
BACH. BRUCKNER. BRITTEN
Orchestra RIGAConductor Jānis Liepiņš
Organ solo – Aigars Reinis
English horn solo – Inese Grāvleja
18NOV
SOUND PAINTINGS OF LATVIA
Orķestris “Rīga”Solists Mihails Čuļpajevs
Diriģents Valdis Butāns
01DEC
FIRST ADVENT CONCERT
Orchestra RIGAConductor Māris Kuģis
Soloist Gunta Gelgote (soprano), Jekaterina Suvorova (harp), Artūrs Noviks (accordion)
20DEC
JAZZ MUSIC AT CHRISTMAS
Orchestra RIGA bigbandConductor Roberts Martini
Soloists: Paula Saija and Daumants Kalniņš
20MAR
SINATRA, REIMAGINED
Orchestra “Riga” Big BandConductor Raitis Ašmanis
Soloist Anyanya Udongwo (Nigeria)
Moderator Anete Ašmane-Vilsone
10APR
STOCKHOLM BRASS & ORCHESTRA RIGA
“Stockholm Chamber Brass”Orchestra “Riga”
Conductor Valdis Butāns
04MAY
LONG LIVE LATVIA!
Orchestra RIGAMixed Choir “Sōla”
Choir “Stars”
Soloists Marlēna Keine, Ieva Parša, Emīls Klaužs and Armands Siliņš
Conductors Valdis Butāns, Kaspars Ādamsons, Ārijs Šķepasts
Moderator Signe Lagzdiņa
05AUG
BACH. DUBRA. DEBUSSY | Summer Classics in Riga Cathedral
Orchestra RIGAConductor Valdis Butāns
Organist Aigars Reinis
26AUG
BACH. MOZART. DE MEIJ | Summer Classics in Riga Cathedral
Orchestra RIGAConductor Guntis Kuzma
Organist Kristīne Adamaite
Bassoonist Raimonds Gulbis
