Art Festival Cēsis 2020
SOUND WE SEE. SPACE WE HEAR
25.07–28.08.
PROGRAMME
Tickets: https://www.bilesuparadize.lv/en/
Saturday, July 25 / Opening of the Festival
Cēsis Contemporary Art Centre (10 Pļavas Street)
SOUND WE SEE. SPACE WE HEAR
Visual arts exhibition
Curators: Daiga Rudzāte, Žanete Skarule
Art Gallery, Cēsis Concert Hall
AGENDA
SEB Scholarship in Painting: an exhibition of the laureates
Curator Inese Rozentāla
On the Gauja riverbank by Žagarkalns campsite
21:30
KAMĒR... ON THE RIVER
Adventurous musical performance
Youth Choir Kamēr…
Conductor Aivis Greters
Programme: Pēteris Vasks, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Rihards Dubra, Andris Dzenītis, Selga Mence, Valts Pūce a.o.
Opening Hours:
Mon Closed
Tue-Thu 13:00-19:00
Fri-Sat 12:00-20:00
Sun 12:00-17:00
Friday, July 31
Cēsis St. John's Church
20:00
PARADISE CHANTS. BRUCKNER AND LATVIANS
Choral music concert
Soloists: Kristīne Adamaite (organ), Jekaterina Suvorova (harp), Jānis Kurševs (tenor)
Latvian Radio Choir
Conductor Sigvards Kļava
Programme: Anton Bruckner, Maija Einfelde, Tālivaldis Ķeniņš, Santa Ratniece
Saturday, August 8
Cēsis Castle Park
21:00
BLACK&WHITE WITH SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony orchestra concert
Soloists: Reinis Zariņš (piano), Jānis Porietis (trumpet)
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Andris Poga
Programme: Buster Keaton's silent comedy Sherlock Jr. (1924); Musical compilation for the symphony orchestra by Arturs Maskats & Andris Poga; Dmitri Shostakovich’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
August 14–23
Cēsis Concert Hall
20:00
GRAND PRIX
Theatre programme:
August 14
The Mother by Florian Zeller. Daile Theatre production; director Intars Rešetins
August 15
New Album by The Beatles. New Riga Theatre production; director Alvis Hermanis
August 21
Finlandization by Juha Jokela. Latvian National Theatre production; director Valters Sīlis
August 23
The tallest Latvian actors play basketball. Theatrical performance dedicated to Silvija Radzobe; director Valters Sīlis
August 1–22
Cēsis Contemporary Art Centre
20:00
SOUND WE SEE. SPACE WE HEAR
Film programme curated by Uldis Tīrons
August 1
The Culprit (1979); director Arvīds Krievs
August 7
M (1931); director Fritz Lang; Supported by Goethe-Institut
August 15
Monsieur Hulot's Holiday (1953); director Jacques Tati
August 21
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927); director F. W. Murnau