Riga Jazz Stage laureate Caloé return to Riga
Celebrating the International Jazz Day in Riga will perform Riga Jazz Stage laureate Caloé.
Celebrating the International Jazz Day in Riga will perform Riga Jazz Stage laureate Caloé.
The Rīgas Ritmi Festival has added to its concert program the well-known American soul, funk and hip-hop artist José James, who will present the program of his new album 1978, which will be released in April of this year, to listeners on July 5 in the Riga Cathedral Garden.
Rīgas Ritmi Festival 2024 will take place from July 3 to 6. The main concert venue will be Riga Cathedral Garden, where the main concerts of the festival will take place on July 4 and 5. The other concerts of the festival will take place in the Noass Culture Center - Jersika Stage, Latvian Radio Studio 1, Riga Jazz Lounge at Radisson Blu Latvija Hotel, Fenikss Jazz Lounge at Aston Hotel Riga, and other places as well.
From October 13 to November 3 of this year, the versatile American jazz pianist Emmet Cohen with his trio, the outstanding Italian pianist Lorenzo De Finti with his quintet, the musically curious Italian band Satoyama and the Franco-Togolese singer with a broad view on the musical world Laura Prince together with the pianist Grégory Privat from Martinique will perform at the Art of Riga Jazz concertseries.
Riga Jazz Stage winner Louise Balkwill will perform at the 23rd international improvisation, jazz and global music festival Rīgas Ritmi, which will take place this year from July 5 to July 8.
The international jazz artists competition Riga Jazz Stage 2023 planned for next April, in which young jazz artists vocalists and saxophonists should have participated this time, has been cancelled.
The autumn concert series Art of Riga Jazz of the international improvisation, jazz and global music festival Rīgas Ritmi will take place in November and December this year, where Spanish singer and trombonist Rita Payés, world-famous American bass guitarist Richard Bona together with Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez, and the Italian new jazz band XY Quartet will delight lovers of high-quality jazz.
Louise Balkwill won first prize in the vocalist category of Riga Jazz Stage 2022 and will debut in Ronnie Scott’s club on 11th of September because of the special price in the contest.
This year, three laureates of the international jazz artist competition Riga Jazz Stage 2022 – American drummer Domo Branch, Italian singer Valentina Fin and Latvian singer Paula Saija will also perform at the 22nd International Festival of Improvisation, Jazz and Global Music Rīgas Ritmi.
With an open-minded masterclass in the morning and a great performance by American singer and drummer Jamison Ross’ Organ Trio in the evening of April 9 at cinema Splendid Palace ended an international jazz artists’ competition Riga Jazz Stage 2022. The winners of the competition were announced before the concert by artist-in-residence and an international jury member as well.