Choir "DAUGAVA"
Daugavpils Center of Latvian Culture
News
4 May 2011
Jubilee Concert Choir "Daugava"
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Some history
Stanislavs Broks (1926-1977). Since 1996
the conductor of the choir is Jevgenijs Ustinskovs
Jevgenijs Ustinskovs. The participants of the choir are young people at the age of 17-40 .
The choir is active in concert activity . It repeatedly performed in cities and towns of Latvia , Russia , Lithuania ,
Estonia , Belarus , the Ukraine , France, Hungary , Germany , Poland , Austria, Netherlands, Great Britian, Spain. In the repertoire of choir there
are works of different styles from Renaissance to modern Aleatory . Folk and sacred music has an important place too . The
choir active in co-operation with various orchestras.The "Daugava" is a one of leader choirs in Latvia. In last time it took part in:
- - I International Choir Sacred Music Festival "Silver Bells" , Latvia , 2000 ( 1st prize ) ;
- 4th International Choir Competition in Vilnius , Lithuania , 2000 ( Grand Prix );
- 13th International Choir Competition in Klaipeda , Lithuania , 2001 ( 1st place and special prize );
- 10th International Sacred Music Festival in Mogilev , Belarus , 2002 ( Grand Prix );
- 23rd All Latvian Song Festival , Latvia , 2003 ( 1st degree Diploma and special prize ).
- VII International Youth Choir Festival in Veldhoven (Netherlands, 2004) - 1st Prize cum laude.
- Choir Competition in Riga, Latvia, 2005 (Special Prize).
- 6th International Choir Competitoin in Elsenfeld, Germany , 2006 (3rd prize).
- 61st Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod, Great Britain (Wales), 2007 (1st Prize).
- 26th Festival Internacional de Musica de Cantonigros , Spain, 2008 (4th Prize).
- 24th All Latvian Song Festival in Riga, Latvia, 2008 (1st degree Diploma).
- XI International Choir Festival in Moscow, Russia, 2010 (Grand Prix).
- 1st International Choir festival in Kemerovo , Russia, 2010 (Gold Diploma).
- XXXI International Festival of Orthodox Church Music in Belostok, Poland, 2012 (3d Prize).
- X international Festival "SILVER BELLS" in Daugavpils, Latvia, 2013 (2nd Prize).
