Riga, Latvia

Mezaparks Song Festival Stage

reconstruction of the Mezaparks open–air stage

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The Latvian National Song festival is an event gathering 40 thousand participants (singers and dancers) once in 4 years. The Latvian National Song festival is the fundamental symbol of Latvian national identity.
The concept of the Mežaparks open-air stage is based on phylosophy about symbolism surrounding the event of the Song Festival and the Song Festival Stage. Song festivals – manifestation of human ability to create a miracle out of mundane, of the immense creative potential of each individual and each nation – emerged from a simple folk song. The developed image of the stage is similarly unique in its simplicity and symbolically adequate: the obtained shape arouses associations with the sign of endlessness, a cradle, a wave, unity – elements characterising emotional values related to song festivals and to the sound itself.

Project team

Jānis Sauka, Aleksejs Birjukovs, Mārtiņš Ošāns, Līga Rutka, Dina Sotņikova, Santa Matule, Dagnija Smilga with participation of Zane Loža

Europaconcorsi Beta

Mezaparks Song Festival Stage