In Celebration of the Human Voice - The Essential Musical Instrument

Female Choir Balta

Female Choral Chorus from Latvia

Balta was founded in 1999 by professor Mara Marnauza who continues her work as the choir's artistic director and conductor. Balta is renowned for great success in international competitions. Singing has always been an integral part of our culture through the centuries, it has helped overcome wars and maintain a very important trait within us called humanity.

BALTA recently took part in VIII Nordic - Baltic Choral Festival (Latvia, 2015), 1000 Voices for Peace (Belgium, 2014), and has been a continuing participant in Gaudeamus (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania) and the Latvian Song and Dance Festival since 1999. It has participated in master-classes of famous conductors - Bob Chilcott, Alexander Vacek, Christoph Schonherr, Ragnar Rasmussen, and toured in Latvia, Germany, Norway, Austria, Lithuania, Czech Republic, Poland, Spain, Slovakia, and Italy.

Founded - 1999. A Cappella.

Famine Song

European Grand Prix Association For Choral Singing 48th Tolosa Choral Contest 2016, Basque Country, Spain

Las Amarillas

Hot-blooded and haughty, a mixture of delight and disdain. The central paradox of performing this piece it that the rhythms must be very incisive and exact, yet the precision must be combined with the devil-may-care festive attitude that prevents the precision from sounding clinical.