RIGA WINE & CHAMPAGNE 2025

In collaboration with our great friends & supporters – Spice, Liebherr, and Lexus Riga Airport – we are making the annual champagne festivities in March a truly grand affair!

Our first surprise is a spectacular Epic Rosé tasting, where, together with the Truffle Pig team, you will for the first time be treated to such an exquisite and seductive selection of rosé champagnes!

The Champagne Gala Dinner (Bring me Champagne when I’m thirsty!) at Barents is also going to be unforgettable – during this multi-course dinner, you will be entertained by Champagne cult personalities, winemakers, growers, owners, and ambassadors who have graced the festival with their presence!

New to the festival is Chefs + Champagne, a symposium on the "marriage" of fine food and champagne – and we are offering you, dear champagne lovers, a few tickets to this gourmet experience!

Attending the Baltic's grandest Bubble Parade at Hanzas Perons is, shall we say, a must?!

We will conclude the festivities with Size Matters, the harvest celebration of three exceptional Champagne growers – Geoffroy, Tarlant, and Agrapart. The winemakers themselves will treat you to rare and unattainable magnums from their cellars!

And that's not all! The official after-parties will be curated by Truff le Pig – so let’s get together every evening (starting from Wednesday) for a champagne themed party at the city's most stylish wine bar!

Renato Borghetti. Live at Hanzas Perons

Concert Organizer: SIA "Artissimo"

Ecstasy, humor, and top-tier virtuosity: Accordion Superstar Renato Borghetti and His Ensemble!

Tickets available at Biļešu Paradīze!

The Gaucho Who Dances the Fandango!

Brazilian accordionist and master of the rich gaucho music traditions of southern Brazil, Renato Borghetti, invites you to an unforgettable event—Latin American music infused with elements of jazz, tango, world pop, polka, and musette, enriched with African syncopations and Italian-Spanish influences.

Fans call him Borgettino, saying that he has done for gaucho music what Piazzolla did for tango! He has performed alongside Stéphane Grappelli and Ron Carter. He was the first Brazilian musician to receive a Gold Record for his debut album (200,000 copies sold!). His first European album, Gauchos (Quinton), was nominated for the Deutschen Schallplattenkritik award. In 1991, he won the São Paulo Critics Association Award, and his Brazilian album was nominated for a Latin Grammy.

Borghetti’s global popularity is astonishing—his concert tickets sell out in a flash!

His compositions are rooted in the folklore of Rio Grande do Sul, his home state, whose music is closely associated with the melodies of the gauchos (an ethnic group of Latin America) and the gaita ponto, a Brazilian instrument similar to the accordion. The accordion was introduced to Brazil by Portuguese colonizers, while 20th-century Italian immigrants strongly influenced its playing style. It’s worth noting that the fandango dance arrived in Latin America from Spain and has since firmly established itself in the region.

Borghetti is not a purist when it comes to folklore—he has reimagined, rearranged, and enriched the traditional melodies of his homeland with a fresh sound. His instrument resonates with intensity and power, which is why he has become a cult musician, both in Brazil and abroad.

Borghetti recorded his first album in 1984, and each subsequent release has gained even more popularity. He has broken away from old forms, cleverly dedicating himself to new ideas while staying true to his folk roots. Despite his bold experiments, you will still see him on stage as a true long-haired gaucho—wearing a wide-brimmed hat and loose trousers. His charisma and magnetism are irresistible.

Anyone who hasn’t seen Borghetti live doesn’t know what true joy and improvisation are!

SYMPHONIC HIT WITH GORAN GORA. RAVEL’S BOLÉRO AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

SYMPHONIC HIT WITH GORAN GORA. RAVEL’S BOLÉRO AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Narrator GORAN GORA

Director Roberts RUBĪNS

Playwright Jānis JOŅEVS

Artist Krišs SALMANIS

Animator Pauls POIKĀNS

Conductor Vilhelms VĀCIETIS

Programme:

Maurice RAVEL Boléro

In this multimedia concert, young audiences will experience a unique fusion of music, art, and technology. The conductor will guide the orchestra in a performance of Maurice Ravel’s Boléro, while content created through artificial intelligence enhances the emotional depth of the music. This innovative experience aims to inspire young people to explore classical music in a contemporary, engaging way.