Just in: Verbier chief founds another festival
mainMartin Engstroem has announced a new festival in Latvia.
The first year will cosist of four weekends with the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra/Mariss Jansons; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra/Zubin Mehta; London Symphony Orchestra/Gianandrea Noseda and the Russian National Orchestra/Mikhail Pletnev.
The second year will be six weekends, going up to eight in 2021.
Engstroem’s co-director is Miguel Esteban, Verbier’s co-founder and COO of London-based production company Idili Live and associate producer of Mamma Mia! The Party.
Backing for the ‘Riga Jurmala Music Festival’ comes from ‘the BMS Foundation, a philanthropic body dedicated to creating world-class classical music events in Latvia.’
So what’s not to like?
Seems more than Latvia can take…
Rubbish!
Another boondoggle. I’ve never seen more financial abuse. Would love to see a quality audit of their books.
I attend music festivals in Jurmala in 1960-70th, where could hear best USSR orchestras and soloist. But than cost of tickets were about 1 rouble. What cost of tickets for projected festival like? Wonderful coastal resort.
Eight weeks seems rather ambitious. The Proms, in the “largest and richest” city in Europe, manages only eight weeks. Where do they imagine they will get their customers?