Ainars Rubikis debut with HKPO

Fellow Latvian, Ainars Rubikis, an emerging interantional level conductor, to appear with the HKPO this weekend.  He has selected a highly imaginative program, can't wait to see the reviews next week. Check online for tickets:

http://www.hkpo.com/eng/press/press_releases/2011/20110816.jsp

Born in Latvia, conductor Ainārs Rubiķis attracted international attention the as winner of the Third International Gustav Mahler
Conducting Competition in Bamberg in March 2010.

Between 2000 and 2005, Rubiķis was artistic director of the University of Latvia chamber choir, before working as assistant conductor and a member of the Latvian Radio Choir from 2006 to 2010.
The scope of Rubiķis professional experience widened significantly two years ago when he began work as an assistant conductor at the Latvian National Opera. His 2010/11 season has seen débuts with the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Duisburg and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestras, Estonian National Symphony, Gulbenkian Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Heidelberg Symphony and Orchestre du Pays de la Loire as well as return visits to Bamberg Symphony, Lockenhaus Festival with Gidon Kremer and with Kremerata Baltica and Latvian National Opera. In addition to Hong Kong, upcoming orchestral débuts include the Oslo and Brussels
philharmonics and Bournemouth Symphony