Sinfonietta Rīga

Chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Rīga, led by conductor Normunds Šnē, will open its new concert season on September 25 at 7 p.m. in the Great Guild Hall with the Belgian violinist Marc Bouchkov, laureate of the Queen Elizabeth Competition and the International Tchaikovsky Competition, as the guest of honor.

On April 3, the Swedish record label BIS Records released newest record album by Sinfonietta Riga and is dedicated to the most prominent latvian composer Peteris Vasks. “Vasks - Viola Concerto &‘ Voices ’” is the latest collaboration between Sinfonietta Rīga and the Ukrainian born violist Maksim Risanov. The CD includes two large-scale orchestral pieces by Vasks - Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, as well as one of the most famous composer’s works - First Symphony for string orchestra "Voices".

After a two-months hiatus, on 29 May at 8 pm EEST, conductor Normmunds Šnē and his chamber orchestra  Sinfonietta Rīga will again meet with their listeners - this time, streamed live from  Dzintari Concert Hall. The concert programme includes diverse soundscapes and conversations. First, the splendid Symphony in D major by the master of the corteous era Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, followed by a look at the "quiet season" through the eyes of contemporary Finnish composer Magnus Lindberg and his rarely performed opus Aventures. The programme will be topped off with Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's legendary Clarinet Concerto.