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Krista Audere is a trained conductor with studies in Latvia, Germany and the Netherlands. She was guest conductor of the Radio Choir in 2025 before being offered the permanent role of chief conductor.
The 47-year-old Krista Audere from Latvia takes over the role of chief conductor of the Radio Choir and thus succeeds Kaspars Putnin's place at the desk. The offer came after she was the choir's first guest conductor in 2025.
- I was so honored. And happy! It has always felt natural and mutual to work with Radiokören, says Krista Audere.
As a child, Krista Audere sang in a choir and already at the age of 16 she began studying conducting. Since then she has studied at the Riga Cathedral Choir School, Jāzeps Vītol's Latvian Academy of Music as well as in Stuttgart and Amsterdam. In 2016, she received her master's degree from the Amsterdam School of the Arts.
- It may not be the world's most popular profession, but where I come from it is very common. In Latvia and Riga, everyone sings in chorus. And this is also the only thing I'm really good at, she says.
When Krista Audere steps in as chief conductor of the Radio Choir, she will also be the first woman in the role.
- A lot has changed since I started studying to become a conductor, but it is still important for young women to see other women in leadership roles. I am glad that I was born in a time when gender does not matter in my profession.
What Krista Audere is most looking forward to is attracting new audiences to the concert halls. She wants to attract those who have never experienced a choir concert before and share her "sound" and her repertoire. At the same time, she wants to honor the past.
- Of course I want to highlight all the history and all the beautiful music that has already been written. And I want to work with talented Swedish composers!
Krista Audere's first performance in the role of chief conductor of the radio choir will be in September 2027, but already in May she will lead the choir in a concert in Berwaldhallen.
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