SKAŅU MEŽS 2023 – LECTURE AND WORKSHOP PROGRAM

September 29

14:00, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, LMT Chamber Hall

Alya Al-Sultani: “Opera and improvisation: opportunity in performance and composition”

16:00, Art Academy of Latvia, K2 

Hari Shankar Kishore (HVAD): lecture on electronic music production

 

October 5

15:00, Art Academy of Latvia, K2 

Debit: Lecture “The Long Count and Ritual Technologies”

17:00, Art Academy of Latvia, K2 

Maria Chavez: abstract turntablism workshop

 

October 6

11:00, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, classroom 328

Joe Morris; creative music workshop

16:00, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, LMT Chamber Hall

Mivos Quartet: talk on interpretation of contemporary music scores + Q&A

 

October 9 

12:00, Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, LMT Chamber Hall

Max Eilbacher: talk on composing electronic music and perspectives on sound

16:00, art center NOASS

Evita Manji: electronic music workshop for youth and kids (project LYRA)


All lectures and workshops are in English.
Free admission to all events listed above.


This program is supported by the State Culture Capital Foundation.

The workshops and lectures of Joe Morris and Debit are supported by the SHAPE+ platform for innovative music, co-funded by the EU.

The workshops and lectures by HVAD and Maria Chavez are supported by the EU-funded project tekhnē.

Funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the European Education and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA). Neither the European Union nor EACEA can be held responsible for them.

Evita Manji’s workshop is also supported by Ableton. 

LYRA receives grants in the amount of EUR 206,256.00 within the framework of the EEA Grants and Norway Grants funded by Iceland, Lichtenstein and Norway.

Total LYRA eligible costs: EUR 202,510.00, European Economic Area financial instrument programme Local Development, Poverty Reduction and Culture Cooperation support sum: 85% or EUR 85,000.00, of which:
European Economic Area financial instrument co-financing: 85% or EUR 175,317.60;
State Budget co-financing: 15% or EUR 30,938.40.