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Concert cycles
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WinterFest
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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.
Concerts in cycle
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Date, time, place
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Concert
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Ticket prices
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10.01.2014
19:00
Riga Dome Cathedral
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PRAVOSLAVNIYE PEVCHIYE (Russian Orthodox male choir, Russia)
Russian Orthodox Christmas songs!
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11.01.2014
19:00
Riga Dome Cathedral
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PRAVOSLAVNIYE PEVCHIYE (Russian Orthodox male choir, Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov
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12.01.2014
16:00
rezekne, Latgale Embassy GORS
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PRAVOSLAVNIYE PEVCHIYE (Russian Orthodox male choir, Russia)
Choirmaster Georgy Smirnov
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12.02.2014
19:00
Great Guild Hall
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Danças Ocultas (acсordion quartet, Portugal)
Danças Ocultas (acсordion quartet, Portugal)
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05.11.2014
19:00
Great Guild Hall
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STEFANO DI BATTISTA JAZZ QUARTET (Italy)
STEFANO DI BATTISTA JAZZ QUARTET (Italy)
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15.11.2014
19:00
Great Guild Hall
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Nikolai Lugansky (piano, Russia)
Program – Schubert, Franck, Tchaikovsky
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23.11.2014
17:00
Latgale Embassy GORS (Rezekne)
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ANA MOURA - fado diva (Portugal)
and her ensemble
A voice always inhabited by the spirit of fado, this music full of spirituality which is not less physical and from where burst out nuances of the more intimate feelings which only require to be set free and sung. Delightful.
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24.11.2014
19:30
Concerthall "RIGA"
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ANA MOURA and her ensemble
After her splendid debut in 2013, she is back!
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03.12.2014
19:00
Riga Museum of History and Naval
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AVANTI - CONCERT OF LAUREATES
AVANTI CONCERT OF LAUREATES
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04.12.2014
19:00
Riga Museum of History and Naval
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AVANTI - CONCERT OF LAUREATES
Madara Liepiòa (violin) & Daumants Liepiòð (piano)
Programme: Beethoven, Franck, Debussy
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10.12.2014
19:00
Jurmala, The Centre of Culture
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Symphony of Toys
A Christmas charity concert to give everyone a moment of joy!
A tribute to the memory of Arkady Fomin, the famous violinist, conductor and professor
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11.12.2014
19:00
Great Guild Hall
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Symphony of Toys
A Christmas charity concert to give everyone a moment of joy!
A tribute to the memory of Arkady Fomin, the famous violinist, conductor and professor
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18.12.2014
20:00
Riga Dome Cathedral
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The Night Prayer
Latvia Radio choir
Sigvards Kïava, conductor
Program –Tchaikovsky
The extraordinary interpretation of the sacred music in the twilight
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28.12.2014
19:00
Marine and History Museum Of Riga
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Mûza Rubackyté (Mûza Rubackîte, piano, Lithuania/France)
and Tedi Papavrami (Tedi Papavrami, violin, Albany/Switzerland)
Programe - Bach, Skarlatti, Paganini, Ðhimanovsky
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