The Process of Changes in Music Education in Latvia

Changes caused by the new socio - economic situation in Latvia have considerably affected the particular kind of education in the education system - music education. Changes take place in a close interconnection with the changes that prevail in society. The existence of music education in Latvia is threatened by severly reduced funding and the government's attitude to the fate of music schools. Changes encourage to look for solutions that would enable to maintain and develop the system and schools according to the socio-economic situation, which has produced for Latvia many outstanding musicians who subsequently lake the name of Latvia into the world Is there one position among the institutions, state officials and teaching staff of music education establishments involved in the process of changes? The goal of the publication is to find it out.