Riga Chamber Choir AVE SOL formed in 1969 with aims that were very significant for the Latvian choral scene: to encourage Latvian composers to write contemporary music and to extend the Latvian choral repertoire to encompass a variety of historical and national styles of music. 

AVE SOL is a choir of considerable ability and imagination, whose members are all professional musicians. It is a creative and flexible choir, ready at all times to undertake the boldest artistic ventures and active in stimulating composers to create these.