University of Latvia Wind Band

On February 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM, a special concert “Let’s Breathe Together!” will be held in the Great Hall of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, featuring the Vilnius Tech Concert Orchestra from Lithuania and the University of Latvia (LU) Wind Band. This event is dedicated to the 107th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Lithuania, celebrating the rich cultural and musical traditions of both countries.

The concert will also feature guest conductor Joshua Kearney from the University of Nebraska at Omaha (USA), who is widely known for his outstanding talent and rich experience at the international level.

“This concert is a truly special moment, as it brings together two excellent wind orchestras and offers a magnificent and diverse repertoire. It is a great example of how music can bring people from different countries and cultures closer together, creating unity and understanding. We are looking forward to this meeting, which will bring together musicians from Lithuania and Latvia, and I am sure that this concert will provide an unforgettable musical experience for the audience. Such concerts are also important for musicians, as they provide an opportunity to experience and share new challenges, as well as to build international friendships. I am very happy about this opportunity and know that it will be a great event for both the orchestra members and everyone who will attend the concert,” – Jānis Puriņš, Artistic Director of the LU Wind Band.

The concert “Let’s Breathe Together!” on February 15 will also feature the wonderful soloists of the Lithuanian orchestra: Vladimirs Školnijs (trumpet), Daniels Hugo Petkevičs (trumpet) and Lins Mečkovskis (baritone), who will delight the audience with their excellence and musical talent.

The concert will also feature the young Latvian vocalist Paula Osemļjaka, who, together with the LU Wind Band, will delight the audience with her outstanding voice and musical talent.

The artistic directors and principal conductors of both groups, Rimants Valančausks and Jānis Puriņš, have already met many times at various concerts. The orchestra from Vilnius has visited Riga several times, while the LU Wind Band has performed several times in Lithuanian cities – Šiauliai, Panevezys, Kaunas and Vilnius.

Admission to the concert is free.

LU Cultural Center: Concert “Let’s Breathe Together!” – LU Wind Band and Orchestra from Vilnius invite you to celebrate Lithuanian Independence Day

 

We invite you to a concert at Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1st Music School!

The Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1st Music School Wind Bands and the University of Latvia Wind Band are pleased to invite all music lovers to an unforgettable concert, which will take place on January 28 at 6:00 PM, in the Great Hall of Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1st Music School.

 

The concert will feature:

• • • The University of Latvia Wind Band, conducted by Jānis Purīņš and Māra Lemkena;
    • Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1st Music School Wind Band “Intermezzo”, conducted by Māra Lemkena and Valdis Lastovskis;
    • Jāzeps Mediņš Riga 1st Music School Junior Wind Band, conducted by Māra Lemkena.

The event will be complemented by performances by outstanding soloists – Terēza Tīrmane with a virtuoso piccolo flute performance and Aira Rūrāne with an emotionally saturated vocal singing.

The concert will feature both the repertoire of the brass bands of this year’s XIII Latvian School Youth Song and Dance Festival, and for the first time in Latvia, the composition “Van Gogh” by Austrian composer Thomas Doss will be performed, which the University of Latvia Brass Orchestra plans to perform at the “Flicorno d’Oro” competition taking place in Italy in the spring.

This is a unique opportunity to enjoy high-class music, where the creativity and energy of the artists will not leave anyone indifferent.

Admission to the concert is free, so we invite every music lover to join this special evening to enjoy an unforgettable musical experience together.

We look forward to seeing you at the concert!

December 15th 5:00 PM – Concert at the St. Gertrude’s New Church.

  Free entry

 

Professional master classes for orchestra conductors will be held at Latvian Academy of Music, which will end with a concert of premieres of brass band compositions, arrangements and arrangements.

2. November at 15.00 in the Great Hall of JVLMA, in the concert, the pieces will be performed under the leadership of new and existing conductors by the University of Latvia  Wind band and the Jazeps Medins’ Riga 1st School of Music Wind Band “Intermezzo”. Wind orchestras will be conducted by future wind orchestra conductors from Ventspils, Jelgava, Cēsis, Rēzekne and Jazeps Medins’ Riga Music High Schools, as well as students of the Wind Orchestra Conducting Department of JVLMA.

Sunday, November 3 at 14.00 in the Great Hall of JVLMA, the concert will have the opportunity to hear the premieres of Latvian composers’ compositions and arrangements for brass bands, the creation of which was encouraged by LNKC. The concert program includes new works by composers Andris Balodis, Alvils Altmanis, Sergejs Austris Universs, Raitis Rērihs, Ilona Breģe and other authors, which will be performed by the Riga Technical University Student Wind Orchestra “SPO”, University of Latvia Wind band and the conductors’ orchestra of Latvian wind bands created especially for this occasion.

     More information: lnkc.gov.lv
Jāzeps Vītolas Academy of Music of Latvia