Riga Jazz Stage Contest

March 22

Riga Jazz Stage postponed to year 2022

The 13th international jazz artist contest Riga Jazz Stage, scheduled for April 8 and 9 this year, will take place in the movie theater Splendid Palace from April 7 to 9, 2022.

January 23, 2020

Talents from 17 countries have applied for the Riga Jazz Stage 2020

Applying for the thirteenth international jazz talent competition Riga Jazz Stage 2020, which will take place from April 2 to 4 this year at the Splendid Palace cinema in Riga, is closed. More than 30 contestants from 17 countries of the world have applied for it.

January 7, 2020

13th Edition "Riga Jazz Stage 2020" is announced!

International Jazz Artists Contest "Riga Jazz Stage" will take place on April 2 - 4, 2020, at the cinema "Splendid Palace". Jazz vocalists and Jazz drummers are welcome to apply for the contest!

January 2, 2020

The BBC Radio 3 jazz show features a work by Elza Ozolina

Latvian pianist Elza Ozolina's work Nostalgia is included in the prestigious BBC Radio 3 jazz show hosted by prominent British journalist Kevin Le Gendre.

October 21, 2019

RJS artists performing with Euroradio Jazz Orchestra

Latvian jazz pianist Elza Ozoliņa - finalist of Riga Jazz Stage 2019 - and Slovenian vocalist Ajda Stina Turek (Riga Jazz Stage 2014) are performing with European Jazz Orchestra (EJO) 2019!

Jazz Life News

June 9

Rīgas Ritmi 2021 announces the full festival program

The International Festival of Improvisation, Jazz and Global Music Rīgas Ritmi 2021, which will take place in several places of the capital from June 30 to July 3, has announced the full concert program.

May 26

Rīgas Ritmi Festival receives EFFE Label

Assessing the artistic program and organizational quality, as well as its importance in international music network, the European Festival Association has repeatedly awarded the Rīgas Ritmi Festival the prestigious quality mark EFFE Label.

March 10

The anniversary of the Rothko Chapel will be celebrated with a Latvian jazz concert

This year marks the 50th anniversary of the Rothko Chapel in Houston, Texas, USA. In honor of this, a special arts program has been organized online, the central event of which will be the concert Rothko in Jazz by the Māris Briežkalns Quintet on March 11.

September 18, 2020

Polish, German and Italian artists will perform at the "Art of Riga Jazz"

The quartet of Polish singer Judyta Pisarczyk and Latvian keyboardist Atis Anderson, German keyboardist and experimenter Ralf Schmid, and Italian XY Quartet will perform at the improvisation and jazz music concert series "Art of Riga Jazz" on October 16, 23 and 31 in Latvian Radio Studio 1.

July 7, 2020

The summer concerts of the Rigas Ritmi 2020 has ended

The international improvisation, jazz and world music festival Rīgas Ritmi celebrating its 20th anniversary from July to December this year. The summer concerts of the festival have just ended, which took place from July 2 to 4 in the Old Riga open-air restaurant No Problem and in the jazz cafe Sidrērija.