Professional Wind Orchestra “Daugava” Concert: “Raimonds Igolnieks at 80”

On 1 November this year at 16:00, we invite you to the concert hall of Vienības nams (22a Rīgas Street) for a concert by the Vienības nams Professional Wind Orchestra “Daugava”, dedicated to celebrating the 80th birthday of the distinguished conductor and educator Raimonds Igolnieks, founder of the Professional Wind Orchestra “Daugava”. The concert will feature Ilona Bagele, soloist with the Latvian National Opera. The programme will include works by Raimonds Pauls, Pēteris Butāns, Gunārs Ordelovskis and Jānis Ivanovs, as well as arrangements by Aivars Krūmiņš and Raimonds Igolnieks. Conductors: Edgars Samorodovs and Raimonds Igolnieks.

Raimonds Igolnieks (born 17 October 1946) founded the Professional Wind Orchestra “Daugava” and was its chief conductor until 2009. From 2001 to 2007, he was head of the Latvian National Armed Forces Land Forces Orchestra. Before that, he worked in education as a senior lecturer in the Music Education Faculty of Daugavpils Pedagogical Institute and as a teacher in the wind and percussion instruments department of Daugavpils Music School. Since 2010, he has been an Honorary Citizen of Daugavpils. Respected among Latvia’s orchestra conductors and musicians, he served as chief conductor at Latvian wind orchestra gatherings from 1988 to 2010, has been chief conductor of the Latgale Song Festival since 1990 and its honorary chief conductor since 2015, and was chief conductor of the wind orchestras at the Latvian Song and Dance Festivals in 1990, 1993, 1998 and 2003. Since 2013, he has been honorary chief conductor of the wind orchestras at all Latvian Song and Dance Festivals.

Tickets are available at Biļešu paradīze outlets and online. Price: €8.00. The concert is organised by the Vienības nams institution of Daugavpils State City Municipality and supported by Daugavpils State City Municipality.

Please note that events are photographed and filmed for publicity and historical purposes. Private photography and filming during the event are permitted only with the approval of the Vienības nams administration.

Further information: DVPI “Vienības nams”, tel. +371 654 27552, www.vienibasnams.lv