July 9 - August 14
July 9 - August 14
Cēsis Centre for Contemporary Art, Raiņa street 27, Cēsis
BLUE BAY HOUSE (Contemporary Art Exhibition)
Artists: Evita Vasiļjeva, Kaspars Groševs
Participating artists: 0.0.1.0.0., Maija Kurševa, Anna Malicka, Dzelde Mierkalne, Luīze Nežberte, Līva Rutmane, $hady Ladies, Klāvs Upaciers, Kamil Bouzoubaa-Grivel (France)
The show will feature performances by Latvian underground artists/musicians.
Curators: Daiga Rudzāte, Žanete Skarule
Working hours:
Monday – closed
Tuesday to Thursday: 12.00 – 18.00
Friday and Saturday: 12.00 – 20.00
Sunday: 12.00 to 17.00
July 9 - August 14
Cēsis Exhibition Hall
BRUNO VASIĻEVSKIS. P.S., art exhibition
Works by Bruno Vasiļevskis, Imants Lancmanis, Juris Pudāns, Maija Tabaka, Miervaldis Polis, Līga Purmale, Valdis Līcītis, Līvija Endzelīna, Dace Lapiņa, Jānis Blanks, Zane Tuča and Jānis Šneiders
Curator: Vilnis Vējš
Design and installation by Līga Spunde
Working hours:
Monday – closed
Tuesday to Sunday: 12.00 – 18.00
July 9 - August 14
Art gallery of “Cēsis” Concert Hall
WAITING FOR THE BEAST (Solo exhibition by Dainis Pundurs)
Working hours:
Monday – closed
Tuesday to Sunday: 12.00 – 18.00
July 9 - August 14
“Cēsis” Concert Hall
INVISIBLE LIVES (Exhibition)
Working hours:
Monday – closed
Tuesday to Sunday: 12.00 – 18.00
Saturday, July 9 / 16.00
Festival opening, “Cēsis” Concert Hall
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE (BUY TICKETS)
by Richard Wagner, a concert performance (3 acts with 2 intermissions (30 min. and 60 min.); total duration 5.5 h)
Soloists: Gun-Brit Barkmin (Germany), Marco Jentzsch (Germany), Martina Dike (Sweden), Oliver Zwarg (Germany), Ain Anger (Austria), Mihails Čuļpajevs, Artjoms Safronovs, Rinalds Kandalincevs
Conductor: Andris Poga
The Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Joint project of Cēsis 2022 Art Festival and Cēsis Concert Hall
August 5 / 19.00
Cēsis St John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church
MEDITATIONS OF HILDEGARD, a concert (BUY TICKETS)
Performances by Putni vocal group, organist Kristīne Adamaite, singer-songwriter Anta Eņģele, percussionist Virdžīnija Laube-Vītiņa
Artistic director: Antra Dreģe
Programme: music by Hildegard of Bingen, Alfonso X, Orlando Gibbons, Jeanne Demessieux, Ryan Clair, Arvo Pärt
August 7 / 19.00
Open-air Stage, the Cēsis Medieval Castle Park
RAIMONDS PAULS, DAUMANTS KALNIŅŠ AND LATVIAN RADIO BIG BAND, a concert (BUY TICKETS)
SILENCE FALLS, Satellite event
August 12, / 19.30 /(BUY TICKETS)
August 13, / 19.30 /(BUY TICKETS)
August 14, / 19.30 /(BUY TICKETS)
The performance opens in Rožu Square in Cēsis and continues in a forest near Cēsis
SILENCE FALLS, an audiovisual performance with the participation of a virtual choir
Prayer for the dead ‒ dedicated to the Jewish community of Cēsis destroyed during the Holocaust
Curator: Elīna Kalniņa
Creative idea and direction: Krista and Reinis Dzudzilo
Composer: Krists Auznieks
Poetry: Merit Malloy (literary translation by Edvīns Raups)
Conductor: Aivis Greters
Performers: youth choir Kamēr...
Sound producer: Normunds Slava (recorded in the studios of Latvijas Radio 1)
Local volunteers from Cēsis also take part in the performance
Producers: Sandra Lapkovska and Elīna Kalniņa
July 16 - August 14
“Cēsis” Concert Hall
VALENTĪNA FREIMANE’S SELECTION OF CLASSICAL SWEDISH FILMS, a cinema programme
July 19 - August 14
“Cēsis” Concert Hall
GRAND PRIX THEATRE CYCLE