On 14 May 2026 at 7.00 PM, saxophonist Aigars Raumanis invites audiences to SKATPUNKTS at the Aula of the Art Academy of Latvia, a concert featuring the world premieres of ten new works by Latvian composers for solo saxophone and saxophone with electronics.
For this project, Aigars Raumanis invited ten composers to create new works especially for this occasion. The programme includes premieres by Platons Buravickis, Andris Dzenītis, Diāna Gritāne, Ēriks Miezis, Henrijs Poikāns, Madara Pētersone, Edgars Raginskis, Agita Reķe, Kārlis Rērihs, and Armands Skuķis.
SKATPUNKTS has been conceived as a creative laboratory centred on close collaboration between composer and performer. The works have emerged through dialogue, exchange of ideas, and a shared search for interpretation, with each composer offering a distinct perspective both on the sonic and technical possibilities of the saxophone and on the collaborative process itself. In this way, the concert not only brings forward a substantial body of new Latvian music, but also reveals the many artistic forms that performer-composer collaboration can take.
This artistic research project forms part of Aigars Raumanis’s doctoral studies, which focus on models of collaboration between composer and performer in contemporary music.
Saxophonist Aigars Raumanis is one of the most distinguished Latvian musicians of his generation. He is a laureate of several international competitions, winner of the Great Music Award in the category Young Artist of the Year (2019), and nominee in the categories Outstanding Performance Throughout the Year (2023) and Outstanding Work in an Ensemble as a member of Trio Tresensus (2025). The Great Music Award is the highest state award in the field of music in Latvia. He is also the recipient of the JVLMA and LMT Young Musician of the Year Award (2018), among other honours. In 2025, he was an Artist-in-Residence at Latvian Radio.
Supported by: Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, Art Academy of Latvia, Latvian Radio 3 “Klasika”, State Culture Capital Foundation.