{"id":849,"date":"2015-09-22T10:59:40","date_gmt":"2015-09-22T07:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/?page_id=849&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2024-01-15T21:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T19:14:28","slug":"makslinieciskais-vaditajs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/en\/orkestris\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chief Conductor and Artistic Director &#8211; Valdis But\u0101ns"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-bfh5l-19d2335fc0da2087dd62d7104fc2ae2f\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-bfh5l-19d2335fc0da2087dd62d7104fc2ae2f{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-bfh5l-19d2335fc0da2087dd62d7104fc2ae2f .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-bfh5l-19d2335fc0da2087dd62d7104fc2ae2f .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-bfh5l-19d2335fc0da2087dd62d7104fc2ae2f av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-first '><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Chief Conductor and Artistic Director &#8211; 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Memorable are his conducting programs such as <em>Mercury on the Moon<\/em>, <em>Celebrating Ella Fitzgerald<\/em>, <em>Tango-Flamenco-Jazz<\/em> and a number of new compositions by Latvian composers, including oratorio <em>Time Of Daybreak<\/em> by Imants Kalni\u0146\u0161, Selga Mence\u2019s oratorio <em>Winds of Ages<\/em>, <em>Dona nobis pacem<\/em> by P\u0113teris Vasks, <em>Caravan<\/em> by Andris S\u0113j\u0101ns.<\/p>\n<p>Valdis But\u0101ns graduated from the Department of Orchestral Conducting at the J\u0101zeps V\u012btols Latvian Academy of Music with MA degree. In 2005\/2006 he improved his orchestral conducting skills at the Vienna University of Music and Performing Arts (<em>Universit\u00e4t f\u00fcr Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien<\/em>) with Prof. Uro\u0161 Lajovic. Valdis But\u0101ns was the assistant of conductor Karel Mark Chichon at the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra 2010-2012 and the German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern in season 2012\/2013.<\/p>\n<p>But\u0101ns has received a Riga City Council Education, Culture and Sports Department\u2019s annual award in culture \u2013 <em>White Sparrow<\/em> \u2013 for successful work and festival <em>Three Stars<\/em> in 2017.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/div><\/p>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1g9tt-324367dd81b84a0b374d52a256869ea2\">\n.flex_column.av-1g9tt-324367dd81b84a0b374d52a256869ea2{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1g9tt-324367dd81b84a0b374d52a256869ea2 av_one_full  avia-builder-el-5  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  column-top-margin'     ><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":784,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-849","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Chief Conductor and Artistic Director - Valdis But\u0101ns - Or\u0137estris R\u012aGA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/en\/orkestris\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chief Conductor and Artistic Director - Valdis But\u0101ns - Or\u0137estris R\u012aGA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/en\/orkestris\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Or\u0137estris R\u012aGA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/rigaorchestra\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-15T19:14:28+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/orkestris\\\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/orkestris\\\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\\\/\",\"name\":\"Chief Conductor and Artistic Director - Valdis But\u0101ns - Or\u0137estris R\u012aGA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-09-22T07:59:40+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-15T19:14:28+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/orkestris\\\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/orkestris\\\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/orkestris\\\/makslinieciskais-vaditajs\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Orchestra\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/orkestris.riga.lv\\\/en\\\/orkestris\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Chief Conductor and Artistic Director &#8211; 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