New music festival "Arena" has been held in concert halls of Latvia every autumn since 2002 to bring together composers, performing artists and audience from many countries of the world. The motto of the festival "hear the Future!" reflects its main idea and objective - to present the diversity of contemporary music in all its magnificence thus encouraging creation of new music, its performance and recording. This is one of the most innovative culture events in Latvia without which regular and logical development of contemporary music culture in Latvia would be unthinkable.