Fingers crossed for Don in the Eurovision semi-finals tonight! / Day

Show. Tonight in Malmö in the second semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest, the representative of Latvia, Dons, will compete with the 9th round number among the sixteen participants. He will perform his power ballad Hollow and will hope to get enough support from the jury and the audience to qualify for the final (May 11). The contest is hosted by Sweden this time, and it is symbolic because 50 years ago, the group won Eurovision ABBA with a hit Waterloo.

Eurovision
Live broadcast on LTV1 on the 9th, 11th at 22
Eurovision.tv

***

American pianist Roberts Fleics, well-known in Latvia, will play the latest Latvian piano music in a solo concert. Photo – Kristaps Kalns

Festival. On Saturday, May 11, three festival bands will play in the Great Guild Latvian New Music Days concerts. at 16 pianist Roberts Fleits will play the opus of Linda Leimanes, Ernests Valtas Circenis, Krista Auznieks, Jānis Petraškevičs, Ruta Paideras and Pēteras Vaskas. at 17 Trio Fable – clarinetist Anna Gāgane, cellist Kristaps Bergs and pianist Linda Leine – will play the music of Oskar Herliņš, Georg Pelēčas, Krista Auznieks, Andras Dzenīš and Žaneta Spirkas. at 19 State Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Riga under the leadership of conductor Normunds Shne, will interpret the new works of Edgars Mäkens, Santas Bušs, Armandas Skukis and Asja Ahmetžanova. Vestards Šimkus will play solo in the premiere of Ilona Bregė’s Third Piano Concerto.

Concerts
in the Great Guild on the 11th at 16, 17 and 19
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 15–20

***

Jazz. On Saturday, May 11, the American trombonist Maršals Jilks, known as the chameleon of sound, who has collaborated with many jazz greats, will perform in Riga Circus together with the Latvijas Radio big band. At the piano – Raimonds Pauls.

Concert
in the Riga circus on the 11th V at 19
Tickets Ticket paradises EUR 30 in the network

***

In her concert, Helena Sorokina will sing music composed for her voice. Photo – Kristians Graf

Solo. Friday, May 10, at the solo concert festival Latvian New Music Days will be performed by the Latvian singer living in Vienna, internationally recognized interpreter of contemporary music Helēna Sorokina (mezzo-soprano, contralto). The works of Jānis Petraškevičs, Gundega Šmita, Santa Ratniece, Andras Dzenīš, Dace Aperāne, Ernest Valtas Circenis and Asja Ahmetžanova will be performed, composed especially for Helen’s voice.

Helen Sorokin
In the gallery Sand 10.V at 18
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 15–20

***

Premiere. Director Dmitrijs Petrenko has staged a play by Canadian dramatist Nikolas Bijon in Liepāja theater Elephant song. In this work, the director continues to study the emotional world of teenagers, how the social environment and parents influence the development of a young person, his ability to integrate into society, develop and grow. The conversation between Michael, a patient of the psychiatric clinic, and Dr. Greenberg, the director of the clinic, will involve the audience in a subtle psychological game, in which both characters will experience unexpected revelations. Where does truth end and manipulation begin? Cast: Kārlis Ārglis, Edgars Ozoliņš and Karīna Tatarinova.

Elephant song
Liepāja theater in the Small Hall in the concert hall The big amber 9, 10, 22 V at 19, 2.VI at 14
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 22–25

***

Margarita Balanas will play solo in the lyrical and emotional cello concerto of Robert Schumans. Publicity photo

Classic. On Saturday, May 11, the Liepāja Symphony Orchestra will conclude its 143rd concert season. The internationally active cellist Margarita Balanas will perform together with the orchestra, and she will play solo in the lyrical and emotional cello concerto of Robert Schumans. The program also includes a poem by Jānis Mediņš At the church and Johannes Brahms’ Second Symphony. Guntis Kuzma, the chief conductor of the orchestra, will be at the console.

Concert
Liepaja concert hall The big amber 11.V at 18
Tickets Ticket paradises in the network EUR 10-30