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 well versed in Vasks’ oeuvre.