the closing concert of Spring Festival WINDSTREAM 2026
PASODOBLE & SOUTHERN WINDS
| May 27th | Wednesday | 7 PM |
|---|---|
| Ticket price | 12 – 25 € |
| Venue | VEF Culture Palace |
PARTICIPANTS
Orchestra RIGA
Violinist Pilar Rubio / Spain
Conductor Óscar Navarro / Spain
Host Signe Lagzdiņa
In the spring of 2026, for the fourteenth time, Orchestra RIGA, guided by
the motto “Wake up and remember, hear and enjoy!”, invites audiences
to the Spring Festival WINDSTREAM. From March 20 to May 27, the festival presents genre-diverse concerts that showcase the rich and varied sound world of wind instruments through music by Latvian and international composers, featuring renowned Latvian and foreign soloists.
The concert programme features original compositions for violin and wind orchestra by conductor and composer Óscar Navarro:
Pasodoble “Andrés Contrabandista”
Overture “Centenarius”
“Latent Emotions”
“Alí y Cántara”
Conductor and composer Óscar Navarro is internationally recognized for his work in symphonic and film music. He is especially known for his cinematic and emotionally powerful musical language, which successfully bridges academic tradition and film music aesthetics, making his works widely performed around the world. His compositions are regularly featured at international festivals and competitions, and several have become key works in the contemporary symphonic wind repertoire.
As a film composer, Navarro is a Hollywood Music in Media Awards winner (Los Angeles, USA) and a Goya Spanish Academy Awards nominee. His work has also received other international honors, including the 10th Cinematography Music Critics Awards, Mundo BSO Awards, XIII Goldspirit Awards, and Accolade Music Awards.
Navarro composed the original score for the feature film La mula (dir. Michael Radford), a milestone in his film music career. As a conductor, he leads his own Óscar Navarro Symphony Orchestra and regularly collaborates with professional orchestras and ensembles across Europe, Asia, and the Americas. Today, he is regarded as one of the most influential Spanish composers of his generation within the international symphonic wind music scene.
This concert is part of the Spring Festival WINDSTREAM 2026 subscription. Subscription holders enjoy an opportunity to attend both the festival’s opening concert “MAESTRO & MAŽORMINORS” taking place on March 20 and the closing concert “PASODOBLE & SOUTHERN WINDS” on May 27 at a specially reduced price. Subscriptions available for purchase until March 20.
The WINDSTREAM 2026 festival is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation (Valsts Kultūrkapitāla fonds).
