What is the sound of 21st century classical music? What does it mean to be a composer in an age that’s seemingly post-everything? Every week on Mixtapes, Q2 Music asks one of today’s active and “big A ...

IT’S eight o’clock at the Taurenitis School in Jurmala, a resort town some 25km west of Riga. 78 children, half of the school’s total number, have assembled for their twice-weekly choir practice.

Latvia basked in the spotlight Friday evening with a concert by one of its leading musical groups at the Library of Congress. The Latvian Radio Choir marked the centenary of Latvia’s independence with ...

The Ordway Center for the Performing Arts was transformed into a seaside setting for a concert by the Latvian choral and instrumental group Anima on Friday night. The group is based in the town of ...

The Riga Dome Boys Choir is making up for lost time. During its first four decades, the choir became one of the best-known musical groups in its native Latvia. But it always had to stay behind the ...

They're young, they're Latvian, and together they are turning their tiny Baltic nation into a musical superpower. As a new opera season approaches, Latvian musicians are set to continue their ...

Wednesday, July 26, is the birthday of Jazeps Vitols: composer, critic, educator, the father of Latvian classical music — and an example of how political histories retroactively affect fame. Vitols ...

Good video work, but the choir was out of sight and mostly out of mindAll images by Jamie Smith (www.jamiesmith.photo) Production values were high, reflecting perhaps the diplomatic motivations. Above ...

The choir of the University of Latvia, Jurventus, will begin its tour of the United States with a concert May 29 at Concordia Lutheran Church, 40 Pitkins St. The Latvian culture places emphasis on ...