Pēteris Vaickovskis is a bass-baritone and ensemble singer with a strong background in early music, choral conducting, and historical performance practice. He holds a Master’s degree in choral conducting from the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music and has also studied trombone (also sackbut), organ, and harpsichord.
Vaickovskis has furthered his education at the Amsterdam Conservatory with Jos van Veldhoven (2012) and Tim Braithwaite (2025), as well as at the Leipzig Bach Archive’s Summer School for Vocal Polyphony with Lionel Meunier, Florian Sievers, and Rita Dams (2023). He has additionally participated in masterclasses with Dirk Snelling, Doulce Mémoire, Paul Hillier, Peter Phillips, and other specialists in early music.
As a group leader, Vaickovskis has performed at the AURORE Early Music Festival (Helsinki, Finland, 2024), the Leipzig Bach Festival (Germany, 2022, 2024), the Haapsalu Early Music Festival (Estonia, 2025), and the International Bach Chamber Music Festival in Riga (2021). He has also created concert programmes and productions for children at the Early Music Festival in Riga and Rundāle.
Until July 2026, Vaickovskis was a choirmaster and full-time singer with the Latvian Radio Choir, where he continues to collaborate as a project-based singer. Since 2021, he has been a member of the Riga Sackbut Consort. Since 2024, he has been collaborating as a singer with the Belgian ensemble Vox Luminis. Since 2025, he has been an invited lecturer at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA). The 2026/27 season includes debut collaborations with Collegium Vocale Gent and Huelgas Ensemble.

Kristiāna Vaickovska is studying historical musicology in the doctoral program at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music (JVLMA). She has obtained an Academic Master's degree in Musicology with a specialization in Music History and a Professional Master's degree in Choir Conducting. Theoretical and practical knowledge of Baroque music is complemented at the Conservatorium van Amsterdam. Also studied choral and orchestral conducting at the Vienna Academy of Music and Fine Arts. Knowledge has been supplemented in the masterclasses by Per Borin, Erik Van Nevel, Raphael Immoos, Dirk Snelling's choir singing and conducting masterclasses, as well as in the orchestral conducting masterclasses of the Zsolt Nagy Orchestra.
Currently she is the researcher of The State Research Programme “Latvian Culture – a Resource for National Development” – Project CERS (2023–2026), she has been a former researcher of "Research of Sacred Music Heritage in Latvian Lutheran Churches", (JVLMA, 2018), as well as a member of the working group "Liepāja Holy Trinity Cathedral Inventory and Cataloging ", (JVLMA, 2011). Kristiāna is the artistic director and conductor of the University of Latvia Chamber Choir “DeCoro” and also working as an expert at the Latvian Music Information Centre.