Sinfonietta Rīga is an orchestra based in Rīga, the capital of Latvia. It was established in 2006 as a state orchestra, and its main aspiration is to be open to different genres of music ranging from the Baroque period to the most contemporary repertoire.
Since the foundation of the orchestra Normunds Šnē is its Artistic Director and Chief Conductor. Sinfonietta Rīga has toured Paris, the Herkulessaal in Munich and the Lincoln Center New York; the orchestra has performed in the Alte Oper in Frankfurt, The Laeiszhalle in Hamburg and at the Philharmonic Halls in Kiev and St. Petersburg.
The contribution of Sinfonietta Rīga to the recording of the album Adam’s Lament by Estonian composer Arvo Pärt (ECM) has won them a Grammy Award; but the rest of the eight recorded albums have been released by the devoted partners of Sinfonietta Rīga: Wergo, Ondine, Edition Records and Challenge Records. Threefold the orchestra has been awarded the highest muzic prize of Latvia.