- Best-selling writer Gordon Mott: “I have a special place in my heart for the Baltics”
A former American-Lithuanian English teacher met his future wife, Asta, in Lithuania in the early 1990s and Gordon Mott, the teacher-turned-best-selling-author, has fallen in love with the country, and the Baltics, for good.
- Marie Elizabeth Seager: “The pandemic has been disastrous for many independent professions and many musicians across Europe”
French mezzo-soprano Marie Elizabeth Seager is not foreign to the Baltics.
- Lithuanian author wins prestigious Andersen children’s book award
Autor and illustrator Monika Vaicenavičienė has been awarded the Premio Andersen 2020 prize in Italy for her book, “What is a River?”.
- Diana Pirags is back in Latvia after three-year absence with a new string to her bow
Famous Latvian singer, Diana Pirags has returned to her homeland after being in Italy and Malta for the past three years.
- Tartu is designated European Capital of Culture for 2024
After a two-year journey that started in the fall of 2017 when the city council of Tartu voted to apply for being the European Capital of Culture for 2024, the official announcement they were awarded this prestigious distinction came on August 28 of 2019.
- A retired Pope prompts Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alvis Hermanis team up for The White Helicopter
Under the leadership of its internationally acclaimed theatre director and playwright, Alvis Hermanis, the New Theatre Riga, founded in 1992, has cemented itself on the international scene as a theatre force to be reckoned with.
- Taking the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra internationally
The Baltic Times interviews Kristjan Hallik, director of Estonia’s leading orchestra - the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra.
- Internationally acclaimed composer of Latvian descent, Eugene Birman: ‘‘I am a product of the world, not the greater one.’’
The musical compositions of the internationally acclaimed composer of Latvian descent, Eugene Birman, have been described in the international press as ‘‘ingenious, hypnotic, brave, and beautiful’’, and in the Latvian press as ‘‘electrifying and earth-shaking’’.
- Lithuania‘s “Sun & Sea” (Marina) snatches “Golden Lion” at Venice Art Biennale
An opera-performance, “Sun & Sea” (Marina), on an artificial beach, in which swimsuit-clad performers spring up from sunbathing to sing caveats of an imminent ecological calamity, landed Lithuania the Golden Lion, the top prize at the Venice Art Biennale, the world’s oldest and one of the most prestigious international exhibitions of contemporary art.
- A painter in search
Ella Kruglyanskaya, a Latvian born painter, recently exhibited at the avant-guarde galleries of Gavin Brown in New York City from January 13, 2019 to February 24th, 2019.
- Daugavpils’ Rothko Centre boosts tourism
Since officially opening in the spring of 2013, the Daugavpils Mark Rothko Art Centre, located inside the Daugavpils Fortress, the city’s main cultural and historical landmark, has had a profound impact on the community life of Latvia’s second largest city.
- Latvian roots of world-renowned clown “Coco the Clown”
Latvia’s second largest city hosts an impressive list of distinguished luminaries in their field who were born in Daugavpils (formerly known as Dvinsk).
- Estonia’s artist Jaasus Samma: driven by curiosity, experimentation and collaboration
Driven by the guiding force of curiosity, experimentation and collaboration, the Estonian artist Jaanus Samma has in recent years emerged as one of Estonia’s most recognised international artists.
- Standing up for fellow Latvian artists
Latvia’s Ieva Naglina, an art expert, is the organiser of this year's Printmaking In festival in Riga.
- MO Museum of Modern Art opened in Vilnius
After months of anticipation, the MO Museum of Modern Art has officially opened its doors to general audiences.
- Lithuanian ballet dancer among Baltic Assembly Prize laureates
The traditional Baltic Assembly Prizes were awarded in St Johns' Church in Vilnius on October 25, with Lithuanian ballet dancer Jurgita Dronina among the laureates.
- Latvian and Estonian designers and musicians show off the Baltic states as a creative force in the world
London witnessed an explosion of creative activity during September as internationally acclaimed Latvian and Estonian designers and musicians appeared in a number of high-profile events.
- How a long-haired hippy-looking youngster became a big artist and more
The many landscapes of Aleksejs Naumovs, a prolific Latvian painter, are distinctive for their bright and bold colours.
- Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania represented at the International Architecture Exhibition in Venice
The 16th Venice Biennale International Architecture Exhibition (Biennale Architettura) is the world’s largest and prestigious architecture exhibition.
- 26th All-Latvian Song Festival and 16th Dance Celebration set historic record
The Latvian Song and Dance Celebration since its humble beginning in 1869 has developed into Latvia’s most distinguishable traditions.