Viena Balsi (from One Voice)

by Žils Deless-Vēliņš

The very goal of this project is to enable European and Worldwide audience to discover Latvian Composers, and how music in Latvia is also a form of life, deeply rooted in the culture and the practices.There's no better way than giving a voice to the ones who make music alive : composers, performers, conductors. The One voice of each individuals and the One Voice of a Culture, united and diverse at the same time. Žils Deless-V... Read more

Podcast episodes

  • Season 1

  • S01 E04 - Andris Dzenītis Composer

    S01 E04 - Andris Dzenītis Composer

    Andris Dzenītis is one of the most inventive composer of Latvia, able to find light into darkness, erudite (teacher of music) but very intuitive in his way to provide fantastic contrasts and rich variety of sound layers, with a re...

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  • S01 E03 - Peteris Vasks #vienabalsi

    S01 E03 - Peteris Vasks #vienabalsi

    Peteris Vasks is one of the most influential living Latvian composers. His work is imbued with faith and like Arvo Part his music need existential understanding. We speak about his life and trajectory, many of his important pieces...

    58:24
  • S01 E02 - Reinis Zarins Interview - Pianist #vienabalsi

    S01 E02 - Reinis Zarins Interview - Pianist #vienabalsi

    🇬🇧🇱🇻🇨🇵YouTube Version (English,Latvian and French subtitles)Truth and beauty: these are the qualities Latvian pianist Reinis Zariņš seeks in the music he chooses, the interpretations he sculpts, and the collaborations he e...

    01:11:52
  • S01 E01 - Gundega Smite Interview - Composer #vienabalsi

    S01 E01 - Gundega Smite Interview - Composer #vienabalsi

    Support us on paypal.me/vienabalsiYouTube VersionThis content has been created with the help of the Culture Fonds of American Latvian Association.Gundega Šmite is an internationally acclaimed composer. She has collaborated with La...

    01:08:53
  • Trailer

    S01 - Viena Balsi Teaser Season 1

    S01 - Viena Balsi Teaser Season 1

    We are also on YouTube (Latvian Subtitles available)Why Latvian Culture matters ? What is specific to Latvian composers and performers ? This channel tries to answer to this in showing the diversity of the point of views, and a un...

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