The Canadian pianist Vicky Chow has been referred to as the ‘new star of new music’ (Los Angeles Times) and ‘one of our era’s most brilliant pianists’ (Pitchfork) possessing a brilliant technique and amazing musicality. The programme of her concert in Cēsis features the Latvian premieres of contemporary piano pieces by some of the best-known and most acclaimed American composers of the younger generation, part of them –

During the "Pēteris Vasks Festival" we offer to watch the documentary produced by Latvian Televison about the composer. Befor the show, there will be a meeting with Pēteris Vasks and the artistic team of the film.

The festival programme will be crowned by Pēteris Vasks’ pieces for string orchestra, interpreted by Sinfonietta Rīga and the Finnish conductor Juha Kangas, perhaps the musician who is spiritually and intellectually closest to the composer. The State Chamber Orchestra and Juha Kangas will perform the Violin Concerto ‘Distant Light’ and the ‘Voices’ Symphony. The solist will be Sweden-based British violinist Hugo Ticciati, who is