Viktors Lapčenoks at 80!
The legendary singer Viktors Lapčenoks will celebrate his 80th birthday with concerts across Latvia
Next spring, Viktors Lapčenoks (he will celebrate his birthday on January 16, 2027) will mark his 80th birthday with a major concert series across Latvia - one of the brightest and most recognizable Latvian popular music singers, whose voice and songs belong to the golden fund of Latvian popular music.
The artist’s anniversary concerts will feature songs that have accompanied him throughout his long stage career and are known to several generations of listeners: “Dziesmiņa par prieku”, “Dzel manī sauli”, “Rudacīte”, “Grieze”, “Mēmā dziesma”, “Zilā”, “Kurzeme” and many others.
A special place in the concert program will also be given to songs associated with Viktors Lapčenoks’ longtime stage partner Nora Bumbiere, who would have turned 80 on March 13, 2027. There is no doubt that this duo has written one of the most important chapters in the history of Latvian popular music, and the songs they once performed together are still known and sung by several generations.
The concerts for the 80th anniversary will be a look back at Viktors Lapčenoks’ creative life and, at the same time, a living encounter with songs whose significance has not diminished over time. They have sounded in concert halls and on the radio, been preserved in recordings, and passed down from generation to generation, becoming part of the history of Latvian popular music.
Together with the birthday celebrant, the concerts will feature Mārcis Auziņš (guitar), Artis Orubs (percussion), Oskars Sproģis (bass), Juris Kristons (piano), Raimonds Macats, as well as Elīna Čampere and Laima Miltiņa (backing vocals). Singer Ira Krauja will also take part in the concerts.
Viktors Lapčenoks’ anniversary concerts will take place:
March 10 at 7: 00 PM at Ogre Culture Centre
March 12 at 7: 00 PM at Ventspils theater house “Jūras vārti”
March 28 at 4: 00 PM at Liepāja concert hall “Lielais dzintars”
April 2 at 7: 00 PM at concert hall “Cēsis”
April 4 at 4: 00 PM at Valmiera Culture Centre
April 10 at 6: 00 PM at Jelgava Culture House
April 17 at 7: 00 PM in Riga, at VEF Culture Palace
April 18 at 6: 00 PM in Rēzekne, at Latgale Embassy GORS
