Juvenescent fervour and vitality, thirst for knowledge and high professionalism, excellent work and enthusiasm – this is the formula for the State Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Rīga. Since the foundation of the orchestra in 2006, Normunds Šnē is its Artistic Director and Chief Conductor. The musicians of Sinfonietta Rīga are young and open to creative challenge – they are studying the traditions of Baroque music performance and the nuances of the interpretation of Classical music; they are brilliant performers of the contemporary music and do not shy away from non-academic experiments and cross-over projects. The promotion of the genre of chamber symphony in Latvian music is among the ambitions of the orchestra – twice a year Sinfonietta Rīgacommissions a new score.