Riga Chamber Choir "Ave Sol"

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Riga Chamber Choir AVE SOL formed in 1969 with aims that were very significant for the Latvian choral scene: to encourage Latvian composers to write contemporary music and to extend the Latvian choral repertoire to encompass a variety of historical and national styles of music. 

AVE SOL is a choir of considerable ability and imagination, whose members are all professional musicians. It is a creative and flexible choir, ready at all times to undertake the boldest artistic ventures and active in stimulating composers to create these.

AVE SOL has presented and drawn attention to the art of Latvian choral singing during concert tours and festivals throughout the world, often gaining top honours in international competitions: in Austria (Spital an der Drau), Spain (Tolosa), Germany (Marktoberdorf), Hungary (Debrecen), Italy (Areco) and Estonia (Tallinn). 

The choir has given performances all over Europe, as well as the USA, Canada, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, the Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore. 

With demonstration concerts and masterclasses AVE SOL has taken part in IFCM Symposia in Espoo (Finland) in 1990, Oregon (USA) in 1991, Namur (Belgium) in 1992 and Rotterdam (Netherlands) in 1999. 

Since 1989 AVE SOL has been the leading choir at the notable International Chamber Choir Festival RĪGA DIMD. Organized jointly by the Riga City Council Department of Culture and AVE SOL, this festival takes place every two years with concerts in Riga and throughout Latvia.