Riga 2022 - Program Book

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century; and the Museum of Aleksandrs Čaks – a museum which was the last residence
of the outstanding city poet, where he lived from 1937 until he passed away in 1950. It
is a place where visitors are given the opportunity to get into the spirit of the authentic
environment, which was domestically and spiritually inhabited and created by the world
class writer – the singer of praises of the city, emotions, senses and females, a pioneer
of Latvian modern poetry, Aleksandrs Čaks.
Riga sings
The Association of Riga Municipality Cultural Institutions is proud that the 2nd
International Choir Competition "RIGA SINGS" is returning to the heart of Latvia and
the capital of choral singing, Riga, where the Choir Award of Professor, Choir Conductor
Imants Kokars will be presented.
Special guest of the 2 nd International Choir Competition "RIGA SINGS" is the youth
choir "Kamēr..." of the Riga Municipality Association of Cultural Institutions concert
organisation "Ave Sol".
Since its foundation in 1990, youth choir "Kamēr..." has won more than 100 international
competitions, including five times at the Latvian Song and Dance Festival Choir Wars,
and in 2020, under the leadership of its chief conductor Aivis Greters, it became the only
choir in the world to have won the European Grand Prix three times.
Association of Riga Municipal Cultural Institutions