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"Vienna Classics" Festival
February 7-17, it`s the "Vienna Classics" Festival in Riga and elsewhere in Latvia, highlighting the music of Beethoven. |
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Puccini's La Bohème returns to LNO
After a few year break, Puccini`s masterpiece, the opera `La Bohème`, returns to the stage of the Latvian National Opera, with the first performance set for 17 February. Two more shows will take place on 11 March and 7 April. |
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Lifsics, choir "Latvija" to receive Grand Music Award
Conductor Tovijs Lifsics will receive the 2011 Latvian Grand Music Award for lifetime achievement. For outstanding international achievement and favorable publicity for Latvia, a Grand Music Award will also be presented to the State Choir "Latvija" and its musical director Maris Sirmais. |
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Sareika and Osokins meet in concert
Two virtuoso classical musicians, violinist Vineta Sareika and pianist Andrejs Osokins, have a sure-to-be "unforgettable rendezvous" scheduled February 16 in Old Town`s Great Guild Concert Hall. |
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Animation for "Oscar"-nominated "Chico & Rita" done in Latvia
One of the five 2012 "Oscar"-nominated films in the category Animated Feature Film - "Chico & Rita", was animated at "JetMedia" Studios in Latvia. |
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Photographer Deičmane's solo exhibit opens
From January 19 to February 18 in Riga Gallery, don`t miss Evelīna Deičmane`s solo exhibition of her latest photographs, titled "Melnās pasakas"/"Black Fairy Tales". |
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Japanese art exhibition in Riga Bourse
From January 27 to March 11, the Riga Bourse is hosting the Japanese art exhibition "Wind Roads in Mountains" featuring over 200 exhibits, created between the 18th and early 20th centuries, from the collection of the Latvian National Museum of Art. |
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Lotte and Moonstone Secret on Berlinale programme
The animation film `Lotte and Moonstone Secret` is included in the 2012 Berlinale International Film Festival programme for young audiences Generation. |
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Museum of History of Riga and Navigation introduces animation creating
The Museum of the History of Riga and Navigation is presenting the Rija film studio exhibition `How Animation Is Made` (Tā top animācija) with lots of information about how animated films are created and a great variety of exhibits on display. |
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Twilight of the Gods at LNO also next April and June
Premiered on November 19, the Latvian National Opera`s (LNO) most ambitious project this year, Richard Wagner`s Götterdämmerung (Twilight of the Gods), will be also taken to the staged on November 27, April 29, June 10 and 17 next year. |
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LNMA celebrates 100th anniversary of Kārlis Padegs
Through January 15, the Latvian National Museum of Art (LNMA) is presenting two exhibitions, `Fragile Challenge` and `Padegs and Society Madam`, celebrating the 100th anniversary of Latvian artist Kārlis Padegs (1911-1940). |
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