Concerto Riga is an early music ensemble founded in 2024. The musicians have studied both in Latvia and at various European institutions, such as the Music and Arts Private University of the City of Vienna, the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis in Basel, the Royal College of Music in Stockholm, among others. As soloists, chamber musicians, and orchestra members, they have performed across the Baltic states, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, and elsewhere in Europe. In addition to their active concert life, some members of Concerto Riga also teach at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music. Concerto Riga focuses on instrumental music, highlighting the works of famous Baroque composers that are rarely performed today and are still awaiting their well-deserved revival.

Laura Šarova is a lecturer at the Department of Early Music of the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, head of the Baroque Violin Class, and founder and artistic director of the early music ensemble Concerto Riga. She has performed with various early music ensembles in the Baltic States, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Italy, Austria, and elsewhere, including at the Kölner Philharmonie in Germany as a member of Ensemble Cordevento. As a concertmaster, she has performed with Baroque orchestras such as Collegium Musicum Riga, Futuro, and the JVLMA Baroque Orchestra. She has collaborated with renowned violinists and conductors including Federico Maria Sardelli, Erik Bosgraaf, Peter Spissky, and Alessandro Ciccolini. In 2019, she was awarded 2nd prize at the Chamber Music Competition of Rīgas Melngalvju brālība.

Laura Šarova holds a Bachelor’s degree (2017) and a Master’s degree (2019) in Baroque violin performance from the Department of Early Music at the Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music, where she studied under Assoc. Prof. Agnese Kanniņa. She has furthered her studies at the Royal College of Music in Stockholm with Ann Wallström and at the Music and Arts University of the City of Vienna (MUK) with Ulrike Engel, as well as through masterclasses with Susanne Scholz, Leila Schayegh, Amanda Babington, Daniel Fradkin, Fabio Missaggia, Werner Matzke, Jocelyne Rainer-Gibert, Lenka Torgensen, Lorenzo Coppola, and Meret Lüthi.