The Spring Festival WINDSTREAM 2026 | Opening Concert
MAESTRO & MAŽORMINORS
| March 20 | Friday | 7 PM |
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| Ticket price | 15 – 38 € |
| Venue | VEF Culture Palace |
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.
Opening Concert of the Spring Festival WINDSTREAM 2026
MAESTRO & MAŽORMINORS. Raimondam Paulam 90
PATICIPANTS
Orchestra RIGA
Soloists Ilona Bagele, Paula Saija and Raimonds Celms,
Virdžīnija Laube – Vītiņa (percussions) and Oskars Petrauskis (saxophone)
Conductor Valdis Butāns
PROGRAMME
Songs and instrumental works by composer Raimonds Pauls, presented in arrangements for Orchestra RIGA and soloists.
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.
The WINDSTREAM 2026 festival is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation (Valsts Kultūrkapitāla fonds).
