# Latvian Radio Choir, Ensemble > Latvian Radio Choir, Ensemble – 27 recordings on Ondine. The Latvian Radio Choir is a full-time professional chamber choir founded in 1940. Chief Conductor… Source: https://ondine.eyelabel.com/artists/latvian-radio-choir - **Role:** Ensemble - **Photo:** © Matiss Markovskis ## Biography The Latvian Radio Choir is a full-time professional chamber choir founded in 1940. Chief Conductor Sigvards Kļava and Conductor Kaspars Putniņš have led the choir since 1992. The ensemble's repertoire ranges from the Renaissance to the present day, with a primary focus on exploring the capabilities of the human voice and seeking to extend its limits. A major part of the repertoire is dedicated to contemporary music and composers of the 20th and 21st centuries. The choir is also open to creative experiments and often participates in dramatic performances and multimedia projects. The ensemble regularly commissions works from leading Latvian composers such as Pēteris Vasks and Ēriks Ešenvalds. In addition to its frequent engagements with the Latvian Radio, the choir has made numerous internationally acclaimed CDs, including a series of a dozen albums in association with Le Festival de Radio France et Montpellier. Recently, the choir has collaborated with such outstanding artists and ensembles as Stephen Layton, Tõnu Kaljuste, Lars Ulrik Mortensen and Concerto Copenhagen, Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra. The choir frequently performs at festivals, for example, the Montpellier Radio Festival in France, the Austrian Klangspuren Festival, the Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm k the International Choir Biennale in Haarlem, The Venice Biennale, the Ultima festival in Oslo and Tenso Days, as well as at such renowned concert halls as the Concertgebouw and Muziekgebouw in Amsterdam, Konzerthaus in Berlin and Cité de la Musique in Paris. The Latvian Radio Choir is a six-time recipient of the Great Music Award of the Latvian government and a founding member of Tenso, a European exchange and research network for professional chamber choirs. ## Discography on Ondine (27) - [Peteris Vasks: Songs of My Heart](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1505-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1505-2, 2026) - [Peteris Vasks 80th Anniversary Edition: (3 CD Box Set)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1482-2t.md): Various artists (ODE 1482-2T, 2026) - [Felix Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1459-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1459-2, 2025) - [Zibuokle Martinaityte: ALETHEIA - Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1447-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1447-2, 2024) - [Krzysztof Penderecki: Sacred Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1435-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1435-2, 2023) - [Alfred Momotenko: Creator of Angels · (Choral Works)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1413-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1413-2, 2022) - [John Cage: Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1402-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1402-2, 2022) - [Baltic Sounds: (Digital album)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1395-2.md): Various (ODE 1395-2, 2021) - [Alexander Grechaninov: All-Night Vigil](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1397-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1397-2, 2021) - [Ramon Humet: Light (Llum)](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1389-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1389-2, 2021) - [Anton Bruckner: Latin Motets](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1362-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor · Kristine Adamaite, organ (ODE 1362-2, 2020) - [Pyotr Iliyich Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil · Sacred Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1352-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1352-2, 2020) - [Juris Karlsons: Oremus... · Adoratio · Le lagrime dell'anima · Ora pro nobis](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1342-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sinfonietta Riga (ODE 1342-2, 2019) - [Peter Tchaikovsky: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom · Nine Sacred Choruses](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1336-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1336-2, 2019) - [Andrejs Selickis: Paradisus vocis · Sacred choral works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1327-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1327-2, 2018) - [Georgy Sviridov: Canticles and Prayers · The Red Easter](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1322-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1322-2, 2018) - [Peteris Vasks: Da pacem, Domine · Mein Herr und mein Gott · Laudate Dominum · Prayer (Lord, open our eyes) · The Fruit of Silence](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1302-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sinfonietta Riga · Ilze Reine, organ (track 3) · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1302-2, 2017) - [Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1295-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor · Dace Klava, piano · Aldis Liepins, piano (ODE 1295-2, 2017) - [Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine · Sacred Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1286-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1286-2, 2016) - [Eriks Esenvalds: St Luke Passion · A Drop in the Ocean · The First Tears · Litany of the Heavens](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1247-2.md): Ieva Ezeriete, soprano · Ieva Parsa, mezzo-soprano · Liga Paegle, alto · Jänis Kursevs, tenor · Daumants Kalnins, baritone · Aleksandrs Maijers, recorder & jaw harp · Sinfonietta Riga · Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1247-2, 2016) - [Valentin Silvestrov: To Thee We Sing · Sacred Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1266-5.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1266-5, 2015) - [Yuri Falik · Arturs Maskats · Georgy Sviridov: Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1226-2.md): Aleksandrs Antonenko · Ieva Ezeriete · Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1226-2, 2014) - [Einojuhani Rautavaara: Missa a cappella · Sacred Choral Works](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1223-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1223-2, 2013) - [Sergei Rachmaninov: All-Night Vigil, Op. 37](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1206-5.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava, conductor (ODE 1206-5, 2012) - [Pēteris Vasks: Plainscapes](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1194-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1194-2, 2012) - [Sergei Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1151-5.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1151-5, 2010) - [Pēteris Vasks: Pater noster · Dona nobis pacem · Missa](https://ondine.eyelabel.com/catalogue/ode-1106-2.md): Latvian Radio Choir · Sinfonietta Riga · Sigvards Klava (ODE 1106-2, 2007) ## Links - [Official website](http://www.radiokoris.lv/lv)