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Baltikums Bank Makes Major Investment in Restoring Buildings in Old Riga

The historic five-storey building on Jēkaba street 2, at the heart of Old Riga, is undergoing the most ambitious reconstruction in its centuries-long history. After the project is completed, the building will be managed by its new owner Baltikums Bank.
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Amber-inspired photo exhibition set for London opening

April 15 sees the opening of an exhibition in London by pioneering Latvian photographer Andris Zēgners.
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Ornaments show ‘national soul’ in Munich

An exhibit devoted to the national costume and song and dance festival traditions opened at the Five Continents Museum in Munich last Thursday, LSM reports. Titled ‘Ornaments of the Latvian Soul’, the exhibit is part of the cultural program of Latvia’s EU Council Presidency.
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Grand Music Awards presented

The Grand Music Awards 2014 ceremony for Latvia’s supreme state prizes in music took place for the 22nd time Tuesday night at the National Opera (LNO), LSM reports.
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Aminata wins Latvia's vote for Eurovision

Singer Aminata won the Latvian final of this year's Eurovision song contest Sunday night, meaning she will represent the country in May's Eurovision semi-final - and hopefully the grand final after that, LSM reports.
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Culture programs go over big in Brussels and Washington

The culture program of Latvia’s Presidency of the Council of the EU launched over the weekend in Brussels, headquarters of the 28-member bloc of countries, as well as in the capital of the United States to rapt concert-, theatre- and gallery-going audiences, LSM reports.
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“Mother, I Love You!” wins European children’s film award

Latvia’s feature film family drama “Mother, I love you” by director Jānis Nords was awarded the Best European Children’s Film of the Year award by the European Children’s Film Association (ECFA) Tuesday at the International Berlinale Film Festival’s Children’s Film Community Party, LSM reported.
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Latvian’s voice helps microtonal work win Grammy

Latvian-American bass baritone vocalist Pauls Berkolds, a member of the faculty at the California Institute of the Arts VoiceArts Program, is a winner of the 2015 Grammy Awards, LSM reports.
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New conductor turned into a hologram

LSM - The Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO) has launched a holographic version of its new conductor, Andris Nelsons to introduce him to the city, “in a way that truly captures his larger-than-life personality”, reported Eryn Carlson of the Boston Globe Thursday.
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Latvia provokes London with experimental concert

The Latvian Radio Choir performed its ‘thought and sense provoking mulitmedia concert’ “Cage and Time” at St. John’s Smith Square in London Tuesday night, officially opening the Latvian Presidency of the Council of the EU and thoroughly enveloping the audience gathered for the experience.
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20 000 Euro Prize Money Paid out to Artists

On 6 July, awards ceremony and opening of the juried exhibition “Martinsons Award” marked the end of the 2nd Latvia International Ceramics Biennale. The biennale was part of the Latvian centenary programme and was organised with a view to developing contemporary ceramics as a discipline, promoting cooperation among the Baltic states and commemorating the artistic legacy of Pēteris Martinsons, who is widely considered the father of Latvian contemporary ceramics.