Riga - European Capital of Culture 2014 candidate

adio riga onlineThe “Radio Riga Festival” offers achance for every resident of Riga to finda concert to his or her taste and to meettheir favourite musicians in person at aconcert venue that is near to them andaccessible. In cooperation with LatvianRadio, the music most loved by the peopleof Riga will be heard all over Europe.re:visitedCan you follow everything that happensin the world and feel yourself involved ingreat events and processes? Perhapsthe world could be brought to us… toshow what is most recent, fresh, and important,let us join the common context,and become part of the great ocean ofart. The most significant and newest artworkfrom the most prestigious art biennialsof the world will be in Riga.Within this project it is planned that a selectionof the newest artwork will be brought toRiga in order to introduce Riga residents tothe latest trends in contemporary art. ThisThe “Radio Riga Festival” will gather famousmusicians in Riga - those who begantheir musical career in Riga but gainedfame and glory in the greatest concert hallsof the world: conductor Mariss Jansons,cellist Mikhail Maisky, singers ElīnaGaranča and Egils Siliņš. We will hear theirvoices in several concerts at the LatvianNational Opera, the Great Guild Hall, andthe Dzintari Concert Hall. The special featureof this festival is the live broadcast ofthe concerts to all European countries providedby Radio Latvia.The main event of the festival is the concertof the Bavarian Radio SymphonicOrchestra conducted by Mariss Jansons.Symphony concerts, vocal symphonic musicconcerts as well as opera productionswill be staged in Riga and at the Dzintariconcert venue with the participation of theLatvian National Symphony Orchestra, theLiepāja Symphony Orchestra, the EstonianRadio Symphony Orchestra, the LithuanianNational Symphony Orchestra, the StateChoir Latvia, the Latvian Radio Choir, theEstonian Philharmonic Chamber Choirlarge-scale exhibition will be composedof the most noticeable objects selectedfrom the most significant art biennials. It isa commonly known fact that art biennialsserve as indicators of the art process, theyreveal new trends and present young andpromising authors.The most prestigious biennials of 2013will be surveyed – the 55 th Venice Biennial,the 4 th Athens Biennial, the 13 th IstanbulBiennial, the 12 th Lyons Biennial. Usuallyonly a small circle of professionals andinterested people manage to visit all thementioned biennials and keep track of thedevelopment of contemporary art processes.This project would bring a selectionof the latest outstanding artwork to Riga,and the Kaunas State Choir. The chambermusic and choral music concerts will takeplace in the Small Guild and in culturalcentres in the vicinity of Riga.Jazz music concerts will be held in Riga’ssuburban cultural centres with participationof musicians from Latvia – MārisBriežkalns Quintet, soloist Intars Busulis,“Riga Groove Electro” with soloists JolantaGulbe and Deniss Paškēvičs, SilvesteriOrkesteri and “City Jazz Bigband”; fromLithuania – Dainius Pulauskas Group,“Kaunas Bigband”; as well as from Estonia– “Guitar Weekend Trio”, “Nordic Sounds”with Villu Veski.What: Festival.Where: Riga and environs.When: June.Concept author: National Concert Agency.cooperation Partners: Ministry of Culture,Riga City Council, Department of Culture,Latvian Radio, municipalities.and would serve as a unique apportunityfor cultural education that would makethe international contemporary art sceneaccessible to the general public in Riga.What: International exhibition .Where: Riga Art Space or other largeexhibition hall.When: April - July.Concept authors and organisers: LatvianCentre of Contemporary Art.“2annas” 2014No idea or event can last withoutan inner drive or a wish to expresssomething. Therefore, when selectingfilms for the “2Annas” competitionprogramme, we search for works withan individual and unique signature,creativity, aesthetic and technical performancecorresponding to the artisticidea. Above all, we crave the feelingthat without creating this film, the filmmakerwould not be able to fulfill him/her-self or even live on. These worksare created by some invincible forcewhich is an inner urge to express oneselfintellectually and spiritually.The aim of the project is to popularise thefilms of young European and internationalfilmmakers as an alternative to multiplexmainstream cinema products. It is anopportunity to see the development ofin the beginingwas the wordMan possesses a natural urge to namethe ongoing – the felt, seen, heard andexperienced. By explaining and definingit, what is experienced materialises,coming into existence.The central idea of the project is based on thescriptural description of the beginning of theuniverse. By analogy it is transferred to culture,especially to literature, which precedesdevelopments and describes the atmospherebefore the events actually take place. Wordsand language create a rhythm, challengingthe music. The motets are distinctive with asacred form and contemporary content; inFrench the word mot means “word”.Baltic films as an art form and place theirtrends in a global context; to platformthe works created in the Baltic region bycreating an appropriate environment - aplatform for developing new ideas and cooperationprojects.In 2014, the festival “2Annas” will takeplace for the 19 th time. From being a youthfilm competition, has grown into a noteworthyinternational event amongst studentsat film schools all over the world, forEuropean creative alliances, and for newfilm directors. It has become a stellar eventin Latvian cinematography.The festival programme includes an internationalcompetition, a Baltic short filmcompetition, special programmes, andeducational audio-visual lectures, musicand audio-visual performances.The festival offers debut films made bythe young professional filmmakers – theIn the framework of the project, 8 knownforeign poets create contemporany sacredtexts, 8 acknowledged foreign composerscreate motets. The multimedial premieresof the original pieces will end the “SacredMusic Festival” and lead into the “PoetryDays”.What: Concert of original work, festival.Where: St. Peter’s Church.When: Beginning of September.concept Authors: Inga Bodnarjuka, IevaVītiņa, Māris Ošlejs, Māris Sirmais, IevaKolmane.cooperation Partners: Latvian WritersUnion, State Choir Latvija.representatives of national cinematography.It also enables us to enjoy the latesttrends in European films. The magnetic atmosphereof the festival stimulates the exchangeof ideas between Baltic and otherEuropean young cinema enthusiasts andwill help the new directors on their journeyto the professional level.What: International short film festival.Where: Cinema K.Suns, Cinema Rīga, theRiga urban environment.When: May 25—31.Concept authors: Viesturs Graždanovičs,Mārīte Lempa, Dana Indāne,www.2annas.lv.Organisers: Centre of Creative LearningAnnas 2 and Virtual Studio Urga.cooperation Partners: Hannu Pro.46 47