Registration for Rigas Ritmi Festival workshops still open

 

Registration for Rigas Ritmi Festival workshops are still open!

 

 

November 4 at Latvian Radio Studio 1

 

American sax legend Greg Osby, whose style is intelligent and different, but at the same time looks up to traditions. A passionate live performer, a shining beacon on the contemporary scene. In a workshop he will be together with trio VEIN.

 

Saxophonist, composer, producer and educator Greg Osby has made an indelible mark on contemporary jazz as a leader of his own ensembles and as a guest artist with other acclaimed jazz groups for the past 20 years – he has been called one of the generation’s best sax players. He has earned numerous awards and critical acclaim for his recorded works and passionate live performances.
 
In addition to his performance schedule, Osby devotes a generous amount of his time to educational activities. He has been an adjunct music faculty member in the jazz program at The Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore, a faculty member of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia and the Berklee College of Music and has hosted clinics and lectures at some of the most prestigious music conservatories in the world, like in 2008, when Osby brought his group to Harvard University where they were in residency for a week of clinics (also known as workshops) and performances.
 

Since VEIN was founded, the trio has regularly joined forces with guest musicians in horizon-expanding and ground breaking projects, including saxophone player Dave Liebman and trombone player Glenn Ferris. Greg Osby masterfully moves through the groove-heavy, lyrical, rhythmically and harmonically complex and open pieces and passages of the trio’s repertoire – artists have collaborated for many years and have established a musical friendship.
 

 

December 2 at Music house "Daile"

 

Four time Grammy Award winner Antonio Sanchez is considered by many critics and musicians alike as one of the most prominent drummers, bandleaders and composers of his generation. Sanchez is known to host drummer clinics and workshops around the world, as well as he is a member of the faculty at the New York University. He has collaborated with the likes of Pat Metheny, Chick Corea, Chris Potter, David Sanchez and Scott Colley, among others.

 

Entrance fee for each workshop is EUR 15.00 (it includes workshop and concert entrance)

 

Applying and more information via e-mail – workshop@rigasritmi.lv.