Described by the UK’s Daily Telegraph as one of the Top Ten Music Festivals, the Riga Jurmala Music Festival 2022 comprises four weekends each presenting a major international orchestra: the Mariinsky Orchestra with Valery Gergiev; the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra with Michael Tilson Thomas, the Mariss Jansons Festival Orchestra with Klaus Mäkelä and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra with Manfred Honeck.
Established as one of the leading Europe’s summer destinations for the symphonic music lovers, the Riga Jurmala Music Festival will return in the Summer 2022 with four musical weekends centred around four major international symphonic orchestras. The Festival plans to announce its new season and the artistic programme on December 9, 2021 at the online event which will take place on the Festival’s official website and Facebook site.
Šī gada vasarā Rīgas Jūrmalas mūzikas festivāla ietvaros un sadarbībā ar Jāzepa Vītola Latvijas mūzikas akadēmiju norisinājās festivāla izglītības programmas iniciatīvas - “Rīga Jūrmala” akadēmijas - klātienes meistarklases. Tajās piedalījās jaunie mūzikas talanti no Baltijas valstīm un pianists Andrāšs Šifs, čellists Miša Maiskis, soprāns Renē Fleminga un pianisti Leifs Ūve Annsnēs un Jefims Bronfmans, kuri uzstājās arī uz festivāla “Rīga Jūrmala” skatuvēm Dzintaru koncertzālē un Lielajā Ģildē.
The Riga Jurmala Music Festival has come to a close with two grand concerts by the Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and famous Latvian conductor Andris Nelsons, as well as performances from virtuoso artists Mao Fujita and Marc Bouchkov. Over four weekends, 329 musicians from around the world, three of the world’s best orchestras conducted by Andris Nelsons, John Elliot Gardiner and Daniel Harding, and top-class soloists of different generations visited Riga and Jūrmala.
Already tomorrow, on September 2 from 5 till 6 p.m. (Riga time) Festival's press conference will take place to open the 4th weekend of the Festival. The conference will be live-streamed on the Festival's website and Facebook page.
On Sunday, August 29th, the third weekend of the Rīga Jūrmala Music Festival came to a close with a concert by world-class Latvian soprano Kristīne Opolais and pianist Agnese Egliņa. During the weekend, five classical music concerts were attended by almost 4,000 audience members from Latvia and elsewhere.
The Riga Jurmala Music Festival announces the withdrawal of bass-baritone Bryn Terfel from his scheduled recital on Sunday 29 August at 7pm at the Dzintari Concert Hall following medical advice to recover from health issues. Latvian soprano and leading international opera performer Kristīne Opolais has graciously accepted to offer a recital in collaboration with pianist Agnese Egliņa at the same date, time and venue.
This Friday, August 27th, the first concert of the third week of the Rīga Jūrmala Music Festival will take place in the Great Hall of Jūrmala’s Dzintari Concert Hall. The concert will feature Amsterdam’s world-famous Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra under conductor Daniel Harding. On August 28th, also at Dzintari, renowned American soprano Renée Fleming, one of the greatest performers of our time, will give a concert with the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra.
The continuation and third weekend of the Rīga Jūrmala Festival, with concerts taking place between August 27th and 29th at Dzintari Concert Hall in Jūrmala and the Great Guild Hall, opens next Thursday, August 26th at Riga’s Kronvalda Park between 7:30 p.m. and 9:20 p.m., with music lovers’ favourite, Musical Soiree with Ekselence. The event is free, and tickets must be reserved in advance at tickets.riga-jurmala.com/2021.
Next Friday, on August 27, the Riga Jurmala Music Festival’s educational programme in cooperation with Embassy of the United States of America in Latvia presents an in-person singing masterclass with legendary American soprano Renée Fleming. As part of the class, Daniils Kuzmins and Ilze Grēvele – all of whom are students at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music – will work on their renditions of world-famous arias and romances. The masterclass will be open to the public, and Q&A session with the soprano will follow afterwards. The masterclass will take place at the Great Guild Hall on August 27 from 10 a.m. till 11.30 a.m. and the attendance must be booked in advance at tickets.riga-jurmala.com/2021/. Additionally, the masterclass will be broadcasted online on Riga Jurmala Academy’s Facebook page.
