This week, from July 19th to 21st, the new Riga Jurmala Symphony Orchestra Music Festival will begin with five excellent concerts at the Latvian National Opera and Great Guild. The festival is comprised of four mini-festival series: four summer weekends of five concerts including one symphonic music heavyweight—a symphony orchestra. Meanwhile, daytime concerts will include performances by those who have been recognized by the musical press as future stars.
The opening of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival will be marked by a press conference. The press conference will take place on July 19, 11:00, at Grand Hotel Kempinski.
A specially assembled youth orchestra, led by burgeoning conductor Arturs Oskars Mitrevics, recorded a welcome video for RJMF guests called “Music is in Our Nature”.
To help with getting ready for the festival opening weekend, the organisers have prepared some practical advice and we invite you to acquaint yourself with it before the concerts.
Riga Wine & Champagne festival has established a collaboration with the new Riga Jurmala Music Festival – music lovers will have a unique chance to enjoy a set of wine and music paired up by the leading restaurants and sommeliers of Riga.
The first Riga Jurmala Music festival Ekselence Music Club happened on 5 July. The event is organised in collaboration with festival partner Food Union – Latvia’s leading dairy processor – and their gourmet ice cream brand Ekselence.
As announced today by the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mariss Jansons is immediately taking a three-month regenerative break on the advice of his doctors, preventing him from conducting concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra in June, July and August 2019. Susanna Mälkki, music director of the Helsinki Philharmonic and principal guest conductor of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, will replace Mariss Jansons for the concerts with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra during the opening weekend of the Riga Jurmala Music Festival
This summer, a new, world-class symphony orchestra festival, the RĪGA JŪRMALA Festival, will take place in Latvia. The festival’s opening season will run over four weekends, from July 19th to September 1st, with concerts taking place at the Latvian National Opera, the Great and Small Halls of the Dzintari Concert Hall, as well as the Great Guild. Executive Director of the festival, Zane, Čulkstēna, tells us more.
The new Rīga Jūrmala Music Festival has been awarded an EFFE Label by the European Festivals Association (EFA). Only events who aim for arts engagement, community involvement and international involvement can be considered for this award. For 2017-2018, 715 festivals throughout Europe gained this label.
"I have many plans, I’m still young! "A conversation with legendary conductor Zubin Mehta, who will perform this summer in the Rīga Jūrmala Music Festival with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra.
