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38TH INTERNATIONAL ORGAN MUSIC FESTIVAL

July 09, Wednesday 2025 - August 08, Friday 2025
9.07-8.08.2025
Festival showcases renowned local and international artists. The festival opens with Thomas Dahl (Germany), performing works by Bach, Mendelssohn, Reger, and his own compositions. A special evening celebrates Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday with the Latvian Radio Choir and Aigars Reinis. Notable solo performances include Una Cintiņa, Toomas Trass, and Wolfgang Zerer, featuring a range from romantic to contemporary organ repertoire. The festival also includes themed concerts such as Voice of Piebalga and Music from Denmark, highlighting vocal and national traditions. It concludes with VENI LUMEN, a program of contemporary organ duets and premieres by the Riga Organum Duo.

Wednesday, the 9th of July. 19.00.  Opening concert. Thomas Dahl,organ, Germany Programme: J. S. Bach, F. Mendelssohn Bartoldi, M. Reger, Th. Dahl

Friday, 11th of July, pl. 19.00 Arvo Pärt. 90 Latvian Radioar choir, conductor Kaspars Putniņš, organist Aigars Reinis Programme: Arvo Pärt

Sunday, 13th of July pl. 19.00 Organ music concert Una Cintiņa (organ, Latvia/ Netherlands) Programme: O. Gjeili, B. Britten, M. Pētersone (premiere), F. Liszt

Wednesday 16th of July pl. 19.00 Romantics and improvisation (Toomas Trass, organ, Estonia) Programme: C. Franck, F. Liszt, T. Trass

Friday, 18th of July pl. 19.00 Organ music concert Wolfgang Zerer, organ, Germany Programme: C. Franck, J. Brahms, J. Alain, M. Reger

Sunday, 20th of July pl.19.00 Voice of Piebalga Laura Kancāne (soprano), Vita Kalnciema (organ, organ duet) Liene Andreta Kalnciema (organ duet) Programmā: M. Zariņš, E. Dārziņš, V. Dārziņš

Wednesday, 23rd of July, pl. 19.00 Music from Denmark Tina Christiansen, organ, Denmark

Friday, 25th of July, pl. 19.00 MENDELSSOHN. LISZT. VIERNE Liene Andreta Kalnciema (organ, Latvia/ Germany)

Sunday, 27th of July, pl. 19.00 GERMAN TRADITION Concert dedicated to the memory of Jānis Bulavs and Maris Villerušs Larisa Bulava (organ), Gidons Grīnbergs (violin), Leons Veldre (cello) Programme: J. S. Bach, M. Reger, J. Reinberger

Wednesday, 30th of July, pl. 19.00 VENI  LUMEN Organ duet RIGA ORGANUM DUO (Ilona Birģele, Diāna Jaunzeme – Portnaja)   Programme: V. Pinkevičius, H. Sundin, A. Vecumnieks, A. Kalējs, A. Boitmane, Dz. Kurme-Gedroica, U. Prauliņš (premiere)