International Cello Festival CELLO CESIS

In keeping with an established tradition, Cēsis Concert Hall will open its new concert season with the 11th Cello Cēsis International Festival taking place on 13–14 September 2025. This year’s programme will once again invite us to discover the diversity of the cello, regarding the range both of its sound and repertoire. A concert at the Salon of the Cēsis New Castle will see the cellist Kristaps Bergs and harpsichordist Ieva Saliete take us on a musical journey from Baroque to the present day, while the festival’s Grand Concert will feature musicians from the Baltic countries joining forces to perform music by the Lithuanian composer Mikalojus Konstantinas Čiurlionis, Symphony in D Minor by César Franck and Concerto for Cello, Accordion and Orchestra by the Argentine composer Osvaldo Golijov. A new concert production Guardians of the Universe starring the MELO M cello group will be staged with the young listeners in mind.