Do you play the flute, clarinet or percussion? We are looking for you!
Orchestra rehearsals take place on Tuesdays from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM at Rūpniecības iela 10, Riga.
Join us by writing to our conductor Jānis Puriņš -> contacts.
Wind band concert
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:
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- 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.
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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!
Third Advent Concert
Concerts on the second and third of November
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
LUPO in Kaunas and Vilnius
On September 28 and 29, the University of Latvia Wind band together with the wonderful soloists Samanta Rauza (alto saxophone) and Jānis Rinkulis (cello) will give concerts in Kaunas and Vilnius a week later.
The brass band of Vilnus Broniaus Jonušo Music School will also play music at the concerts, under the direction of Rimantas Valančauskas.
28.09. – The concert in Kaunas will be held at Kaunas St. in the Archangel Michael’s Church (Kauno Šv. arkangelo Mykolo bačinchia) at 14.00
29.09 – In Vilnius, the orchestra will perform in the Church of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Vilnius Švč. Mergelės Marijos Nekaltojo Prasidejimo baščinchia) at 18.00
Entrance to the concerts is free.
Kviečiame į koncertus!