Evarts Svilpe is a music theatre dramaturg and curator. Studied at the Hamburg University
of Music and Theatre, was awarded DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service)
scholarship as well as the "Musiktheater heute" scholarship for young music theatre
professionals (2016 - 2018). He gained experience as dramaturgy and directing assistant at
the "brutWien" in Vienna, the Ruhrtriennale, Stuttgart Opera, and Berlin State Opera. As
dramaturg he worked on the production "Membra. Als ich im Sterben lag" with the music of
D. Buxtehude and the world premiere of "The Night of the Sea Urchins" at the Hamburg
State Opera, where he also participated as a singer. Founder of the Latvian theatre troupe
KVADRIFRONS and dramaturg of its several performances, from which "The Spring" has
received the State Theatre prize (2019). Curator of the exhibition cycle in Riga Circus
elephant stables. Dramaturg of the opera “I played, I danced” at the Latvian National Opera
that received the Great Music Award 2019. Initiator and dramaturg of the operfilm “Banuta”
in cooperation with director Franziska Kronfoth and music theatre collective “Hauen und
Stechen” (Berlin). He focuses on postdramatic theatre strategies, contemporary music
theatre, interdisciplinary and international cooperation. Evarts Svilpe regularly publishes
articles on contemporary theatre processes, works as a lecturer, moderator and participates
in conferences. He was a guest editor of the topic “contemporary music theatre” in the
magazine "Teātra Vēstnesis" and at the moment curates an anthology of stage arts texts.