The concert is held with the support of the Rietumu Bank Charity Fund.
As informed before, the World Jazz Festival, which promises to be one of the brightest events of the year in Latvia, opened today in Riga.
Concerts of the festival in Latvia will be held with the participation of jazz stars who are world famous and winners of international awards – famous American jazz diva and winner of two Grammy awards Cassandra Wilson, jazz-rock and fusion legends guitarist Lee Ritenour and pianist Dave Grusin, one of the most popular European jazzmen, trumpeter and vocalist Till Brönner, outstanding jazz vocalist Gino Vannelli, Australian vocalist Fantine and world famous saxophone player Igor Butman with his Moscow Jazz Orchestra.
The organisers of the festival took care for a real holiday atmosphere of jazz to be felt in the city. Therefore, within the framework of the festival, open concerts for all who are interested will be held. Thus, talented jazz musicians from Estonia Peedu Kass Trio and Andre Maaker & Ahto Abner, Vadim Eilenkrig Quintet, Polina Zizak and her group from Russia will perform in the very heart of Old Riga on an open-air stage.
“The jazz concert in Dome Square continues the tradition of open-air musical performances accessible to all. By taking a decision about the support of this concert, our fund tried to not only give a present to all connoisseurs of music, but also bring another bright colour into the festive cultural atmosphere of the Riga summer,” noted Chairperson of the Rietumu Bank Charity Fund Inga Sina.
The open concert will be held tomorrow, on 31 July, from 15:00 till 18:00 in Dome Square in Riga; admission is free.
The participants of the festival were 17 teams from Russia, Ukraine, Georgia and other countries of the CIS and Europe. Their performances were assessed by a competent jury which included the permanent member of the KVN (The Club of the Happy and Inventive) jury, film director Yuli Gusman, Laima Vaikule, Pelageya, Oleg Znarok, Vladislav Tretiak, Valdis Pelsh, Igor Vernik, Valeri Syutkin. The winner of the festival was the Soyuz team from Tyumen who received the main award – The Big KiViN in Gold.
