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Concert cycles

WinterFest

Winterfest - that is Herman Braun Foundation’s annual International music festival. It is being held from  November till the middle of February. The first one took place in 1999.

 

Winterfest is rather a set of concerts to celebrate the occasions of Christmas in December, New Year and Orthodox Christmas in January, consequently, and the regular anniversary of Herman Braun Foundation in February.

 

The concerts differ in their genre and programs with the participation of legendary maestros, famous young soloists, chamber ensembles, choirs, period music ensembles, jazz vocal groups, cross-over groups: the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Kremerata Baltica, Dmitry Bashkirov, Gidon Kremer, Marta Argerich, Muza Rubackyte, Piotr Anderszewski, Jevgeny Samoilov, Sivan Silver & Gil Garburg, the Katona Twins, Inga Kalna, Irina Dolzhenko, Antra Bigaca, Daishin Kashimoto, Andres Mustonen, Ramon Jaffe, Ilze Urbane, Baiba Skride, Vestard Shimkus, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Misia, Tokyo String Quartet, Guarneri String Quartet, Julliard String Quartet, choir Latvia, Latvian Radio Choir, the BBC singers, the Academy of Ancient music under Tatyana Grindenko, Villancico, Terem-quartet, Remake, Beni Schmid, Sexteto Canyengue, the Brazz Brothers, the King Singers, the Swingle Singers, Chanticleer, Intars Busulis, Klazz Brothers & Cuba Percussion. The famous Moscow male choir Pravoslavniye Pevchiye (the Orthodox Singers) performs annually.

 

During the festival Herman Braun Foundation launched new traditions of performing Bach’s Weihnachtoratorium, Handel’s Messiah and a unique Christmas charity concert Symphony of Toys.


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Date, time, place

Concert

Ticket prices

10.01.2012  19:00
Riga Dome Cathedral

Russian Orthodox male choir ( Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov

 

11.01.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

Russian Orthodox male choir ( Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov

 

12.01.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

Russian Orthodox male choir ( Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov

 

13.01.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

Russian Orthodox male choir ( Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov

 

14.01.2012  18:00
Latvian National Opera

Russian Orthodox male choir ( Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov

 

15.01.2012  15:00
Latvian National Opera

Russian Orthodox male choir ( Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov

 

04.02.2012  19:00
Great Guild Hall

Alexander Melnikov (piano, Russia)
Program: Shubert and J.Brahms

04.02.2012 TICKETOFFICE WORKING TIME: ONE HOUR PRIOR THE CONCERT

 

13.02.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

The Anniversary of the Herman Braun Foundation
Tango ensemble Sexteto Mayor (Argentinа). Latin Grammy Award, Premio Konex, Premio Konex de Platino and Premios Carlos Gardel winner Tango ensemble Sexteto Mayor (Argentinа)

 

05.11.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

VOCES8 (vocal octet, United Kingdom)
The opening of the music festival Winterfest

 

12.11.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

Viktoria Mullova (violin) & The Matthew Barley ensemble (United Kingdom)
Program The Peasant Girl

 

19.11.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

I Solisti Veneti (chamber orchestra, Italy)
Program “MELODY AND VIRTUOSITY OF ITALIAN MUSIC” (concertos for mandolin, oboe, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello, bass and strings by Vivaldi, Rossini, Bottesini and others)

 

08.12.2012  19:00
Great Guild Hall

Takács Quartet (string quartet, USA)
Program: Schubert- Rosamunde, Britten- Quartet No 3, Dvorak- American Quartet

 

12.12.2012  20:00
Riga St. John church (Sv.Jâňa baznîca)

The Night Prayer
The extraordinary interpretation of the sacred music in the twilight

 

18.12.2012  19:00
Latvian National Opera

Ute Lemper (Germany)
Program: LAST TANGO IN BERLIN

 

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