Tenso Days 2014 Rīga | 17 - 22 October
Tenso Days is an international choir festival aimed at a large and general audience of music lovers - a showcase of the very best of chamber choir performances. This year's second edition will take place in Rīga, European Cultural Capital of 2014!
Below you'll find some of the highlights. For the full programme, have a look here.
Europe's best choirs With concerts of four prominent Tenso members, festival visitors can enjoy some of the best choirs Europe has to offer. SAT 18/10 Symphonies and Fairy Tales Latvijas Radio Koris, RIAS Kammerchor, DR Vokalensemblet WED 22/10 VOX. Ancient Spiritual Chants in World premieres Latvian Radio Choir, Musicatreize, Sinfonietta Rīga
Tenso Europe Chamber Choir Under Kaspars Putniņs, Tenso Europe Chamber Choir (TECC) will perform 'Brightness. The Series', a music theatre performance for mixed choir, soloists, electric guitar, and DJ, composed by Kristaps Pētersons. FRI 17/10 Brightness. The Series Tenso Europe Chamber Choir SAT 18/10 for invitees only
Open Masterclass Song of Songs Latvijas Radio Koris and Sarband Ensemble will offer the open masterclass "Song of Songs".
This masterclass is one in a series of gatherings for which seven composers have been asked to write music. During the masterclasses, all participants - singers, instrumentalists and composers - will collaborate on creating a new, unique sound. TUE 21/10 Song of Songs Composer Bushra El-Turk and conductor Kaspars Putniņs >
Text and Music Round Table At a round table session, Leo Samama, Antonio Chagas Rosa, Georgi Sztojanov and others will discuss the relationship between text and music.
WED 22/10 Text and Music Round Table
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