Concert of Jewish liturgical music “5770”, devoted to the Jewish New 5770 year took place on September 10, 2009 in Latvian National Opera.
Participants: male’s choir «Balsis» with program «Melodies of the Burned Synagogues» (art director Z. Shulman), choir «Hassidic Capella», conductor A. Tsalyuk, cantor of Riga Choral Synagogue Zeev Shulman, soloists of the Bolshoy Theater, Liepaja Symphonic Orchestra. In the program – Jewish cantors’ music, fragments from operas, popular Jewish songs.
Among more than 1 200 visitors there were representatives of Daugavpils, Liepaja, Rezekne, Jekabpils, as well as representatives of municipal and state authorities.