Jazz legend Richard Bona & Latvian Radio Big Band will perform together in Riga this june!

In Latvia's Centenary, festival “Rīgas Ritmi 2018” starts with a concert of Richard Bona and Latvian Radio Big Band. 

 

Grammy Awards winner Richard Bona for the first time will perform with Latvian Radio Big Band, which has just returned from the tour in USA most prominent concert halls. The program “African Tales” will present Richard’s compositions whose arrangement author is renowned Vince Mendoza.

Special guest – percussionist Francois Archanjo.

 

 

Fans call him “The African Sting,” critics call him a pro, but it’s his unique and electrifying style of connecting with his audience that titles him what he really is—a true musician. Richard Bona’s seemingly effortless voice, fierce skills on the bass, unique songwriting/arranging expertise and ability to learn just about any instrument simply from watching, position him as a rare African artist to have established an unscalable reputation on an international platform.

 

“Imagine an artist with Jaco Pastorious’s virtuosity, George Benson’s vocal fluidity, Joao Gilberto’s sense of song and harmony, all mixed up with African culture. Ladies and gentlemen, we bring you Richard Bona!”

– Los Angeles Times

 

Bona was honored by the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal with the Antonio Carlos Jobim Award; as one of seven recipients, he is distinguished as an artist in the field of world music whose influence on the evolution of jazz is widely recognized.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tickets are available at all Biļešu Serviss ticket offices & online: Buy ticket here!

 

 

Feel the rhythm!