Sinfonietta Riga Wins Grand Music Award for Year of Outstanding Musicianship

RIGA, March 6 (LETA) - The state chamber orchestra Sinfonietta Riga was honored for outstanding performances throughout the past year in the Grand Music Award 2018 ceremony on Tuesday, while the opening concert of the Jurmala Festival, titled Born in Latvia, was awarded as the best concert of the year, Rinta Bruzevica, a spokeswoman for the awards ceremony's organizer Latvijas Koncerti, told LETA.

Composer Georgs Pelecis won the annual music award in the best new score category for Seven Poems by Knuts Skujebieks for a Soprano, Clarinet and Piano.

The Ring of Zemgale, a musical show conducted by Sigvards Klava, staged by Roberts Rubins and produced by Latvijas Koncerti, won the award...