{"id":867,"date":"2015-06-15T15:44:18","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T12:44:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/?p=867&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2015-09-30T16:31:50","modified_gmt":"2015-09-30T13:31:50","slug":"valdis-butans-is-going-to-be-a-new-artistic-director-of-the-orchestra-riga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/en\/valdis-butans-is-going-to-be-a-new-artistic-director-of-the-orchestra-riga\/","title":{"rendered":"VALDIS BUT\u0100NS IS GOING TO BE A NEW ARTISTIC DIRECTOR OF THE ORCHESTRA <em>RIGA<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_heading-ec3ed74195c7bc0fed9cf47058314770\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-ec3ed74195c7bc0fed9cf47058314770{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-av_heading-ec3ed74195c7bc0fed9cf47058314770 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-av_heading-ec3ed74195c7bc0fed9cf47058314770 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-av_heading-ec3ed74195c7bc0fed9cf47058314770 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\"  >Valdis But\u0101ns Is Going to Be a New Artistic Director of the Orchestra RIGA<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-352b07ef7d3bc99b2e9f92e7a9e06bdb av_one_half  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_one_half  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_image-8e4d95e1ac4a95c9a8200e3cc018e28d\">\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-8e4d95e1ac4a95c9a8200e3cc018e28d img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-av_image-8e4d95e1ac4a95c9a8200e3cc018e28d .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-av_image-8e4d95e1ac4a95c9a8200e3cc018e28d av-styling- avia-align-center  avia-builder-el-2  avia-builder-el-no-sibling '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class='wp-image-655 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-655 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Valdis_Butans_15001-773x1030.jpg\" alt='' title='Valdis But\u0101ns'  height=\"1030\" width=\"773\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Valdis_Butans_15001-773x1030.jpg 773w, https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Valdis_Butans_15001-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Valdis_Butans_15001.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Valdis_Butans_15001-529x705.jpg 529w, https:\/\/orkestris.riga.lv\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Valdis_Butans_15001-450x600.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 773px) 100vw, 773px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_half-2a64de42b738552fe666ca889af77e28 av_one_half  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_one_half  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Orchestra <em>RIGA <\/em>has elected its new artistic director \u2013 this position from August 2015 will undertake conductor Valdis But\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. He has participated in master classes with Lutz K\u00f6hler, Per Borin, Juozas Domarkas, Yuri Simonov and Zsolt Nagy. Since 2010 Valdis But\u0101ns was the assistant of conductor Karel Mark Chichon at the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, and for the 2012\/2013 season also at the German Radio Philharmonic Saarbrucken-Kaiserslautern. Two seasons he has worked at the Latvian National Opera, conducting opera performances \u201c<em>Lucia di Lammermoor<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>La Boheme<\/em>\u201d, \u201c<em>A Little Sweep<\/em>\u201d and \u201c<em>Le nozze di Figaro<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The first collaboration with the Orchestra <em>RIGA<\/em> took place in 2010, when Valdis But\u0101ns conducted Requiem by W. A. Mozart in the Riga Cathedral. During the last months he has performed two concert programs with the Riga Professional Symphonic Band and interpreted compositions by G. Gershwin, L. Bernstein, M. Ravel, J. van der Roost, R. 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