Mixed Choir Medera 30th Anniversary Concert Like Pearls on a String

On November 6, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., the mixed choir Medera’s 30th anniversary concert, Like Pearls on a String, will be heard in the Chamber Hall of the VEF Culture Palace.

A pearl grows... slowly and patiently, grain by grain, until it becomes a precious gem.

Thirty years of marriage are called a pearl anniversary, and in the life of a choir, too, 30 years is an important period in which songs, concerts, Song and Dance Festivals, journeys, laughter, hardships, and adventures have accumulated. This is the story created together by the singers of Medera, a sound that, like a pearl, has grown, changed, been refined, and gained its own special hue and brilliance over the years.

The life of a choir is like a string of pearls, in which every song, every concert, and every singer is one of the pearls. Each one is different, each has its own story, sound, and place, but only together do they form a unified and beautiful whole. But for pearls to become a necklace, they need a strong thread and a clasp to hold them together... And for all these years, that strong thread has been the choir’s founder, artistic director, and conductor Gunta Vāvere - the force that unites voices in one breath and encourages everyone to hear and feel one another.

Over the course of thirty years, Medera has changed and grown as the lineup of singers has changed, yet the sense of togetherness and love of song have remained unchanged - because this is, after all, a story about the people who year after year add new voices, experience, and stories to this string of pearls.

In the anniversary concert Like Pearls on a String, the choir will sing through 30 years, moment by moment, with songs that have become important milestones in the ensemble’s life. Joining the choir in the concert will also be conductor Agnis Augustinovičs and wonderful musicians - the outstanding soprano Ilze Grēvele-Skaraine and pianist Jolanta Barinska, as well as an instrumental lineup featuring keyboardist Artūrs Krišjānis Goba, percussionist Juris Laizāns, and guitarist Jānis Griķis.

Medera continues to shine as long as the pearls remain strung together and held by a strong thread, and everyone is warmly invited to be with the choir at its 30th anniversary concert Like Pearls on a String.

Admission to the concert is free.