Kaspars Putniņš is Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Swedish Radio Choir since 2020/21. He held this position with the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir (EPCC) from 2014-2021 and is permanent conductor of the Latvian Radio Choir since 1994.
The Latvian conductor regularly appears with the RIAS Kammerchor, SWR Vokalensemble Stuttgart, Collegium Vocale Gent, Danish National Vocal Ensemble & Choir, Netherlands Radio Choir, NDR Vokalensemble Hamburg among others.
Whilst Kaspars Putniņš’ work encompasses a wide range of choral repertoire from the polyphony of the Renaissance period through to romantic music, his foremost goal has always been to promote new outstanding choral music. He has forged close relationships with many Baltic and Nordic composers including Maija Einfelde, Mārtiņš Viļums, Gundega Šmite, Toivo Tulev, Lasse Thoresen, Gavin Bryars and Andris Dzenitis and has set standards with his interpretations. Putniņš has initiated several drama projects in collaboration with visual and theatre artists.
Forthcoming engagements include an appearance with Latvian Radio Choir at Early Music Festival in Riga and two performances with his choir and instrumentalists at Baltic Sea Festival Stockholm and on tour in Sweden featuring music by Tally, Nordin, Pollak, Jan Sandström, Lidholm and Larsson Gothe: Pigeons (world premiere) as well as a Bach-Holten-Hillborg-Pärt-Sibelius-Jersild-Sandström-Byström programme.
His discography includes recordings of Peteris Vasks’ Mate Saule for BIS Records, Jonathan Harvey’s The Angels for Hyperion, works by Bryars, Vasks, Esenvalds, Maskats and Silvestrov, all with the Latvian Radio Choir as well as the CD New Latvian Harvest with contemporary Latvian music with the Latvian Radio Chamber Singers. He has also recorded Rachmaninov’s The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom with the Flemish Radio Choir for Glossa. BIS Records released Rachmaninov Vespers with the Netherlands Chamber Choir.
BIS Records has released five albums with the EPCC: Rachmaninov Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Ülo Krigul Liquid Turns, Alfred Schnittke Concerto for choir, Arvo Pärt Seven Magnificat Antiphons, Franz Liszt’s Via Crucis and Arvo Pärt: Sacred choral works as well as an album with Schnittke Psalms of Repentance and Pärt Magnificat & Nunc Dimittis, which was awarded the Gramophone Award and Diapason d’Or in 2018.
In recent years, Putniņš has worked extensively with young singers and conductors in various projects and masterclasses, such as Bachakademie Stuttgart, Vocaal Talent and Meesters & Gezellen. From 2013 to 2017 Kaspars Putniņš has been Artistic Director of the Tenso Europe Chamber Choir.
Kaspars Putniņš is recipient of the Latvian Grand Prix of Music and the Latvian Council of Ministers Award for Achievements in Culture and Science. For his devoted activity in the music life of Estonia as chief conductor of the Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir Kaspars Putniņš was given the Annual Award of the Cultural Endowment of Estonia in 2019.
Season 2023/24
Read moreKaspars Putnins dirigierte den Schwedischen Rundfunkchor und Instrumentalisten beim Baltic Sea Festival am 31. August 2023 in Stockholm. Auf dem Programm stand die Uraufführung von Mats Larsson Gothe: Pigeons, sowie Werke von Jan Sandström, Lidholm,Tally, Nordin, Pollak, Henrikesen, Jormin und Langeland. Hier das Konzertvideo: https://www.berwaldhallen.se/play/radiokoren-a-riveder-le-stelle/
Kaspars Putnins conducted the Swedish Radio Choir and instrumentalists at Baltic Sea Festivals in Stockholm on 31 August 2023 encompassing the world premiere of Mats Larsson Gothe: Pigeons, as well as music by Jan Sandström, Lidholm,Tally, Nordin, Pollak, Henrikesen, Jormin and Langeland. Here the concert video: https://www.berwaldhallen.se/play/radiokoren-a-riveder-le-stelle/
Kaspars Putniņš dirigierte den Swedish Radio Choir am 29. April 2023 in Stockholm, 02.05. Kiruna, 04.05. Pitea,
05.05. Umea, 07.05. Östersund, 08.05. Sundsvall, 09.05. Bollnäs im Programm The breathing of the world mit Werken von Anders Hillborg, Brahms, Gösta Nystroem, Ingvar Lidholm, György Ligeti u.a. Hier ein Mitschnitt: https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/radiokoren-direkt-fran-kiruna-kyrka
Read moreKaspars Putniņš conducted the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 29 April 2023 in Stockholm, 02.05. Kiruna,
04.05. Pitea, 05.05. Umea, 07.05. Östersund, 08.05. Sundsvall, 09.05. Bollnäs featuring the programme The breathing of the world with music by Anders Hillborg, Brahms, Gösta Nystroem, Ingvar Lidholm, Györgi Ligeti among others. Here the audio link: https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/radiokoren-direkt-fran-kiruna-kyrka
Read moreKaspars Putniņš dirigierte mit dem Schwedischen Rundfunkchor am 23. März 2023 in Stockholm eine Hommage an
Györgyi Ligeti. Zu hören sind Lux Aeterna, Drei Hölderlin Phantasien
sowie Werke von Lars Johan Werle, Lars Edlund und Esa-Pekka Salonen. Hier die Aufzeichnung: www.berwaldhallen.se/play/radiokoren-ligeti-100-ar/
Read moreKaspars Putniņš conducted the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 23 March 2023 in an hommage to
Györgyi Ligeti. The programme features Lux Aeterna, Drei Hölderlin Phantasien and A cappella music by Lars Johan Werle, Lars Edlund and Esa-Pekka Salonen. Here the video: https://www.berwaldhallen.se/play/radiokoren-ligeti-100-ar/
Read moreKaspars Putnins dirigiert den RIAS Kammerchor am 26. Februar 2023 im Rahmen des Festival Alte Musik Spandau mit einem Gabrieli-di Lasso-Programm.
Kaspars Putnins conducts the RIAS Kammerchor in Berlin on 26 February 2023 within the festival Alte Musik Spandau featuring a programme of Andrea and Giovanni Gabrieli as well as Orlando di Lasso.
Kaspars Putniņš dirigiert das NDR Vokalensemble am 21. Januar 2023 in Hamburg. Auf dem Programm Light seeking light stehen Werke von Felix Mendelssohn,
Jonathan Harvey, Peteris Vasks, James MacMillan und Gundega Smite.
Read moreKaspars Putniņš conducts the NDR Vokalensemble in Hamburg on 21 January 2023. The programme Light seeking light features music by Felix Mendelssohn,
Jonathan Harvey, Peteris Vasks, James MacMillan and Gundega Smite.
Read moreKaspars Putnins dirigiert J.S. Bach: Weihnachtsoratorium, Kantaten 1-3 mit dem Latvian Radio Choir, Riga Sinfonietta und Solisten am 29. Dezember 2022 in Riga.
Kaspars Putnins conducts J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, cantatas 1-3 with Latvian Radio Choir, Riga Sinfonietta and soloists in Riga on 29 December 2022.
Kaspars Putnins dirigiert den Swedish Radio Choir am 3. Dezember 2022 in Stockholm, Sankt Matteus Kyrka, mit den Uraufführungen von Orjan Matre: 2 Christmas Songs und Albert Schnelzer: Sparkling cold sowie Werken von Schumann, Jonathan Harvey, Karlheinz Stockhausen und Jan Sandström. SR2 sendet den Mitschnitt am 30.12.2022, 19:03-20:30 (verfügbar bis 29.01.2023).
Kaspars Putnins conducts the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm, Sankt Matteus Kyrka on 3 December with the world premieres of Orjan Matre: 2 Christmas Songs and Albert Schnelzer: Sparkling cold as well as music by Schumann, Jonathan Harvey, Karlheinz Stockhausen and Jan Sandström. S2 broadcasts the concert on 30 December, 19:03-20:30 (available until 29 January 2023).
Kaspars Putnins dirigierte den Swedish Radio Choir mit Sven-David Sandström: Sonnets of Darkness and Love mit Posaunist und Sänger Nils Landgren sowie die Uraufführung von Matthew Peterson: An Inner Sky am 29.10.2022 in Stockholm.
Videoaufzeichnung am 11.11. 19:00: https://www.radiokoren.se/en/concert/swedish-radio-choir-sandstrom-in-memoriam/
Kaspars Putnins conducted the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 29 October 2022 performing Sven-David Sandström: Sonnets of Darkness and Love with trombonist and vocalist Nils Landgren plus the world premiere of Matthew Peterson: An Inner Sky.
Video broadcast on 11 November, 19:00 (CET): https://www.radiokoren.se/en/concert/swedish-radio-choir-sandstrom-in-memoriam/
Kaspars Putnins conducts the Swedish Radio Choir in a French A cappella programme in Stockholm
on 2 September within the Baltic Sea Festival. The repertoire includes music by Ton de Leeuw, Olivier Messiaen and Jean-Yves David-Lesur together with video artist Roberts Rubīn, painter Kristīna Rubīne and narrator Etienne Glaser. Swedish Radio2 broadcasts the concert live with an interview of Kaspars Putnins: https://sverigesradio.se/avsnitt/lovsang-till-karleken-med-radiokoren-och-putnins (available until 1 Oct)
Read moreKaspars Putnins leitet den Schwedischen Rundfunkchor am 4. Dezember in Stockholm mit Werken von Robert Schumann und Toshio Hosawa. Swedish Radio 2 strahlt die Aufzeichnung am 10.12. um 19:00 Uhr aus.
Kaspars Putnins conducts the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 4 December. The programme features music by Robert Schumann and Toshio Hosokawa. Swedish Radio 2 broadcasts the concert on 10 December.
Kaspars Putnins conducts the NDR Vokalensemble in two concerts in Hannover on 13 November and Hamburg on 14 November. The programme features music by Brahms, Schumann, Toshio Hosokawa and Jonathan Harvey.
Kaspars Putnins dirigiert das NDR Vokalensemble in zwei Konzerten am 13.11. in Hannover und 14.11. in Hamburg. Zu hören sind Werke von Brahms, Schumann, Toshio Hosokawa und Jonathan Harvey.
Kaspars Putnins und der Schwedische Rundfunkchor führen am 16. September, 19:00 Uhr beim Baltic Sea Festival in Stockholm das Programm Baltic Seasons auf. Zu hören sind Werke von Kaija Saariaho, Britta Byström, Jan Sandström (The Great Enigma Uraufführung), Peteris Vasks und Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Am 7. Mai dirigierte Kaspars Putnins den Schwedischen Rundfunkchor in Stockholm, Engelbrektskyrkan in einem A cappella Konzert mit Werken von Arvo Pärt, Brahms,
J.S. Bach, Gavin Bryars and Tõnu Korvits. Hier das Video: <link https: www.berwaldhallen.se play radiokoren-putnins-bach>
Read moreOn 7 May Kaspars Putnins conducted the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm, Engelbrektskyrkan in an A cappella concert with music by Arvo Pärt, Brahms, J.S. Bach,
Gavin Bryars and Tõnu Korvits. Here the video: <link https: www.berwaldhallen.se play radiokoren-putnins-bach>
Read moreHere the video of the inaugural concert of Kaspars Putnins with Swedish Radio Choir as Artistic Director to be broadcasted on 22 January featuring music by György
Ligeti, Sofia Gubaidulina, Gundiga Smite and Arvo Pärt and an interview with Kaspars Putnins (available until 22 February):<link www.berwaldhallen.se/en/play/interview-with-kaspars-putnins/ _blank>
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Read moreHier das Video des ersten Konzerts von Kaspars Putnins als Künstlerischer Leiter des Swedish Radio Choir erneut ausgestrahlt am 22. Januar mit Werken von György Ligeti
, Sofia Gubaidulina, Gundiga Smite und Arvo Pärt sowie ein Interview mit Kaspars Putnins (bis 22.02. verfügbar):<link www.berwaldhallen.se/en/play/interview-with-kaspars-putnins/>
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Read moreKaspars Putnins directs the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm Berwaldhallen on 5 December.
The programme features Messiaen: Cinq rechants, Giacinto Scelsi: Tre canti sacri and Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur: Cantique des Cantiques.
Kaspars Putnins leitet den Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm Berwaldhallen am 5. Dezember. Diesmal zu hören sind Messiaen: Cinq rechants, Giacinto Scelsi: Tre canti sacri und Jean Yves Daniel-Lesur: Cantique des Cantiques.
Kaspars Putnins conducted the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 10 October featuring music by Jonathan Harvey, J.S. Bach, Händel and Thomas Adès. Here the video: <link www.berwaldhallen.se/play/bachs-magnificat/>https://www.berwaldhallen.se/play/bachs-magnificat/</link>
Kaspars Putnins dirigierte den Swedish Radio Choir am 10. Oktober in Stockholm mit Werken von Jonathan Harvey, J.S. Bach, Händel und Thomas Adès. Sehen Sie das Video hier:<link www.berwaldhallen.se/play/bachs-magnificat/> www.berwaldhallen.se/play/bachs-magnificat/</link>
Kaspars Putnins conducts his first concert as Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm on 12 September. The programme features
music by Ligeti, Pärt, Gubaidulina and Gundega Smite. <link www.radiokoren.se/en/concert/the-swedish-radio-choir-meets-kaspars/></link>
Read moreKaspars Putnins leitet am 12. September sein erstes Konzert als Chefdirigent des Swedish Radio Choir in
Stockholm. Zu hören sind Werke von Ligeti, Pärt, Gubaidulina und Gundega Smite. <link www.berwaldhallen.se/play/radiokoren-moter-kaspars-putnins/>https://www.berwaldhallen.se/play/radiokoren-moter-kaspars-putnins/</link> (bis 22.04.2021 abrufbar)
Read moreOn 11 June, 19:00 (CET) Kaspars Putnins conducts the Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm with music by Mahler/Gottwald, Gundega Smite, Arvo Pärt and Brahms in livestream: <link http: www.berwaldhallen.se play>www.berwaldhallen.se/play
Am 11. Juni, 19:00 Uhr dirigiert Kaspars Putnins den Swedish Radio Choir in Stockholm mit Werken von Mahler/Gottwald, Gundega Smite, Arvo Pärt und Brahms im livestream: www.berwaldhallen.se/play/
Kaspars Putnins is appointed Chief Conductor and Artistic Director of the Swedish Radio Choir from the season 2020/21. The multiple award-winning Latvian conductor has already
worked with the long-standing, treasured choir. His first concert as Chief Conductor takes place in Stockholm in October 2020. Here a video interview of 2018 (11 min): <link https: www.youtube.com _blank>
Read moreThe Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir and Kaspars Putnins are performing at Muziekgebouw Amsterdam on 20 February Arvo Pärt's Summa and Nunc Dimittis as well as Rachmaninov's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostomus op. 31.
Am 20. Februar ist der Estnische Philharmonische Kammerchor unter Kaspars Putnins im Muziekgebouw Amsterdam zu erleben. Auf dem Programm stehen Pärt:
Summa sowie Nunc Dimittis und Rachmaninow: Liturgie des Johann Chrysostomus op. 31.
Read moreEstonian Philharmonic Chamber Chor
Kaspars Putnins, conductor
BIS (2022)
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
Kaspars Putnins, conductor
BIS (2022)
Franz Liszt: Via Crucis
Arvo Pärt: Sacred Choral Works
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir
ONDINE (2019)