University of Latvia Wind Band
Latvijas Universitātes Pūtēju Orķestris
On May 25, the Fourth European Championship for Orchestras took place. This year it was held in Oslo, Norway.
The University of Latvia Wind Band scored 88 points in the competition.
Even though we came seventh out of seven, it was an honor to play on the stage of the Oslo Concert Hall and be among one of the best European orchestras.
On April 20, the Estonian brass band competition 2024 (Eesti Puhkpilliorkestrite Turniir 2024) took place in Tallinn (Estonia).
University of Latvia Wind Band took part in the E group – the highest level of difficulty.
LUPO won the 1st place and the Grand Prix, as well as the Diploma for the best performance of the compulsory piece.
LU Culture Center’s article about achievements: kultura.lu.lv
Contest results: puhkpy.ee
On April 20th Estonian brass band competition will be held in Tallinn. Several wind bands from different countries participate in it, including the University of Latvia Wind Band(LUPO). LUPO will participate in E group (Group E starts performing at 17:40) and will also perform before the award ceremony (at 19:40).
Information about the competition: here
Our orchestra achievements in the Lithuanian brass band championship:
Rīga, 02.07.2018 – On June 2nd the wind band competition of the XXVI Song and XVI Dance Celebration took place in the Great Guild concert hall with a live broadcast of the Latvian Radio. In this competition 25 of the best orchestras from all over Latvia competed. The orchestras’ performances were reviewed by an international jury, consisting of Guntis Kumačevs, Andris Vecumnieks, Timo Kotilainen (Finland), Dainius Pavilionis (Lithuania) and Andreja Šolar (Slovenia). The grand prix for the best orchestra of 2000 Euro (by Conexus Baltic Grid), lots of Laima chocolate and a Rimi voucher were won by the University of Latvia Wind Band (conductors Jānis Puriņš, Jānis Kaģis).