For this fall season, the third one for the Embassy of Latgale GORS, there are planned three special and unique events. All the events have been presented in the beginning of this week at the press conference by the Artistic Director Ilona Rupaine.

The Embassy of Latgale GORS will continue their dedicated work in providing the genre diversity, also the plurality, offering approximately 150 events and continuing the collaboration with Latvian professional musicians. However, there are three unique events that will be held only at the Embassy of Latgale GORS, and for this reason, deserving a special attention. 

As indicated by the conductor of the Latvian Radio Choir Sigvards Kļava, the choir will celebrate it’s 75th anniversary in Rezekne, on November 28th. This is the way of acknowledging the human love towards Latgale region, also emphasizing the importance of the concert hall itself: "If there is something well done in the culture field that needs to be mentioned, than that is definitely the concert hall. The Embassy of Latgale GORS has a special aura, where the music and its spirit is willing to live a very “tasteful life”.”

"Somehow a successful combination of the quality of acoustics and the infrastructure ensures this to be the place where the musicians are willing to came back again and again; the place where the music lives its creative life that the performing artists can only dream about," tells Kļava. He points out that both, the artist and the audience can experience the comfort that is offered and reachable only in the most famous concert halls of the world. The conductor did not share the content of the concert yet, only indicating that this is going to be something unusual and contrary to the traditional anniversary concerts.  

Kļava draws an attention to the fact that the concert will be held at the Embassy of Latgale GORS for a reason that in Riga the choir has no place to perform: "It is not that we do not have a place to perform because of the lack of the concert venues. The reason is the lack of the concert hall in Riga." Conductor believes, soon the culture will have more of its happenings in the regions – Latvia itself is not only the city of Riga. In connection with the 100th anniversary of Latvia, Kļava has an idea to connect all the concert halls of Latvia, creating an outstanding and important performance and project circulation - creating the “Ring of Latvia”.

From October 24 to 31, in Rezekne, at the Embassy of Latgale GORS, a place will take the first festival of the organ music “ORGANisms”. The artistic leader of the festival, organist Iveta Apkalna indicates that this is the celebration of the organ "Johannus Eclessia" purchase in 2014. She mentions that this is the first and only festival that she is aware of, where the organ will be played as a concert instrument on the concert stage. On this aspect is also based the choice of musicians and repertoire, as well as the styles and genres. Apkalna mentions that the participants of the festival are not afraid to experiment, especially knowing the fact that the concert hall is able to provide much more opportunities than the church. The leader of the festival hopes to develop this event as a yearly tradition.  

At the first concert of the festival on Ocotber 24, the organ will be played by Apkalna. Together with the chamber orchestra "Sinfonietta Rīga", she will perform the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach and Paul Hindemith. At the concert of October 27 an united performance will be presented by the organist Ansgar Wallenhorst and Lilija Lipora Contemporary Dance Company. However, on October 31, the musical readings of Rainis’ poetry from the collection of poems “Saules gadi” (Years of the Sun) will be performed and singed by the children choir of J. Ivanovs Rezekne Music Secondary School, students of the drums study course and organist Apkalna.

XI Baroque Music Days will be held from September 14 to September 20. Every year the festival is dedicated to a certain country. This year in the city of Rezekne will perform the musicians from the Czech Republic – introducing the audience with the musical traditions of the country. Three concert programs of the festival will present the sound of 200 years old original British instrument – fortepiano, specially transported for this festival all the way from Prague.

At the opening concert of the festival on September 15, the pianist Alena Henigova will perform the compositions of the Pre-Romanticism composer and an outstanding piano player of that time – Jan Ladislav Dussek, playing the fortepiano of the 19th century, produced by Broadwood manufactory. The concert program includes also a sonata dedicated to the Kurzeme duchess – Dorothy.

The second program will reveal the performance of the “Eisenberg Quartett”, a string quartet playing the historical instruments. They will perform the Quartet Op. 18 F Major by Ludwig van Beethoven and Quartet No 1 C Major by Johann Joseph Rösler. Two of the compositions will have the premiere performance: Quartet by the second violin of “Eisenberg Quartett”, Jirzi Sycha, with a clearly recognizable influence from the national music of the Eastern Moravia, and the composition of the Swiss composer Vincent Flückiger – Broadway, for string quartet, fortepiano, and sampler. As expressed by the composer Flückiger, he has influenced from the music of nowadays, for example, hip-hop, a genre that often for the creation of music uses the sampler. on the foundation of 100 compositions of Beethoven and Dussek, he has created a new composition, in the performance of which he will participate himself. "Eisenberg Quartett", together with Henigova and Flückiger, will perform also at the Luznava Manor (September 16) and the Small Hall of the Embassy of Latgale GORS (September 17).  

As the conclusion of the festival on September 19, at the Embassy of Latgale GORS, and on September 20, at the Music Hall “Daile” in Riga, a place will take the production, comic opera of the 19th century – “Murder for Revenge”, by the Czech composer Johann Joseph Rösler.

On July 18, at 13.00, on the stage of the Embassy of Latgale GORS, a place will take the concert “Four Words” of the International Folklore Festival „Baltica 2015”. This year, the theme of the festival is “Heritage”. During the concert, it will be revealed through the core elements – the earth, water, fire and air – the heritage of the Latvian folklore. The conclusion of the concert will be enriched with one non-excludable element – the Sun.

The time and world is so diverse. There is a dark, and there is a light, night and morning, winter and summer. There is the world that reveals itself to our eyes and there is a world that could not be seen – the one we live and the one beyond. There is the world created by the nature and the one created by the hand of men. The feminine and masculine, expressed and hidden. The world of a non-stop movement and interaction. The word is a part of the world, a part of its beginning, and the first impulse of its creation. It is a vibration, energy that affects the space of the world. The core elements – the earth, fire, water and air – the four words, each of which is  holding in a whole world.   

In the grand concert “Four Words” a participation will take the most outstanding and sonorous folklore ensembles of Latvia – the group of the traditional singing „Saucējas”, folklore friends` group „Vīteri”, youth folklore group „Kokle”, folklore dance group „Dandari”, folklore ensembles „Vilkači”, „Rūžupis veiri”, „Grodi”, family folklore group „Garataka”, folklore ensembles „Dimzēns”, „Leimaņi” and Baltinava Etnographic Ensemble. The concert of the folklore festival “Baltica” will reveal the traditional songs, dances, musical instruments and the richness of traditions in its entire splendor. 

Entrance to the concert is free of charge by presenting of the entrance cards, which are available at the box office of the Embassy of Latgale GORS, starting from July 1 until the day of the concert.

International Folklore Festival „Baltica 2015” will take a place in different places of Latvia starting from July 15 to 19, 2015. Festival „Baltica” is a significant event for all Baltic nations, which demonstrates the values of the traditional culture – songs, instrumental music, storytelling, games, dances, as well as the folk applied arts, crafts and other expressions of the folk culture and art. In the festival will participate the ethnographic ensembles, folklore groups, folk music groups, storytellers and other individual performers.

International Folklore Festival „Baltica” is organized by the Latvian National Center for Culture in the collaboration with the self-governments of cities and municipalities.

The participants of the folklore festival “Baltica 2015”, who are not performing in the concert, can reserve the entrance cards for the concert “For Words” of the July 18, taking place at the Embassy of Latgale GORS at 13.00, by calling 22020206 or sending an e-mail to gors.vestis [at] rezekne.lv.

It is request for one representative of each folklore group/ensemble call or send an e-mail with the exact amount of the necessary entrance cards. The number of available seats is limited.

The participant entrance cards will be available at the box office of the Embassy of Latgale GORS, before the concert.

We inform that the work hours of the Embassy of Latgale GORS ticket office – info center during the celebration of Līgo and Jāņi are changed:

June 22 – 12.00 to 16.00

June 23 – closed

June 24 – closed

On the postponed workday, June 27, the hours of the ticket office – info center will be similar to Sundays - 12.00 to 16.00.

The phone number of the box office for more questions and reservations: 64633303.

We inform, that during Jāņi celebration in Latgale, the knowledge of the following words may be found useful: Juoņa dīna, rūtoj, sīrs, ols, Juoņa bārni, duobuleņš, papardeite (paparksneite), vuortu stulps, vaiņuks, gunkurs, pļova.

Ļusteigi Juoņa dīnu nūsvieteit!

The Embassy of Latgale GORS informs that the time planned for the drive from Rīga, Jēkabpils, Varakļāni and Daugavpils to Rēzekne should be increased due to the road reconstruction works on the route Viļāni-Rēzekne and Daugavpils – Špoģi. The road condition can extend the time spent on the road.

Following the information provided by „Latvian State Roads”, please observe:

Reconstruction of 13.6 km long road surface section on the highway A12, route Viļāni–Rēzekne. Technological interruption, with no significant influence on the traffic.

Reconstruction of 21 km long road surface section on the highway A13, route Daugavpils–Špoģi. Six traffic light controlled sections, speed limits. Estimated driving time through the reconstruction zone ~ 40 minutes.    

More information: http://lvceli.lv/lat/celu_lietotajiem/satiksmes_ierobezojumi/