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Chinese jazz artists shine at Riga music festival

Inserted: 24.07.2019

Rigas Ritmi (Riga Rhythms), the annual international jazz festival taking place in the Latvian capital, saw a whole bunch of super talented Chinese artists come to its stages this week with a number of ...

Rigas Ritmi 2017

Inserted: 12.07.2017

Rigas Ritmi, held in Riga, the Latvian capital, for the past 17 years, always provides an intriguing mix of well-known and up and coming acts. The 2017 festival proved to be no exception to this rule, with ...

Rīgas Ritmi Festival Reviewed. Performances included Dianne Reeves, James Morrison and the Latvian Radio Big Band and more.

Inserted: 20.07.2016

This year, the Rīgas Ritmi Festival continued its mission to reinvigorate the jazz scene in Latvia, the Baltic nation that was occupied by the Soviet Union from 1940 to 1991, save for three years, 1941-44, ...

Jazzwise on Rigas Ritmi Festival 2015

Inserted: 28.07.2015

The cerebral meets the popular at the Rigas Ritmi Festival in Latvia by Kevin Le Gendre, published July 27   As Ramon Valle explains, the Ritmi in the title of this excellent festival in ...

All About Jazz on Rigas Ritmi 2015

Inserted: 14.07.2015

By Bruce Lindsay, published: July 14, 2015   The 15th anniversary of Rigas Ritmi was celebrated in fine style in Latvia's beautiful capital city. Māris Briežkalns, the festival's ...

Enemy Music

Inserted: 02.07.2015

Michael Mustillo, The Baltic Times   The distinguished writer of popular music, pianist, and one of Latvia’s renowned  composers, Raimonds Pauls told The Baltic Times ...

Borderwatch: Academy attracts American interest

Inserted: 19.12.2014

A NUMBER of American students have expressed interest in relocating to Mount Gambier for world class jazz education at the James Morrison Academy of Music in the new year.                 Mr ...

Jazz.fm: Rigas Ritmi - work done convincingly!

Inserted: 09.01.2013

  The festival's director is a drummer named Maris Briezkalns. He alone waves high jazz's banner, in part by developing and showcasing local talent deserving of wider recognition. ...

All About Jazz: pleasurable few days in Riga

Inserted: 08.01.2013

Bruce Lindsay, All about Jazz     As city-based jazz festivals go these days Rigas Ritmi (it means Riga Rhythms) is a pretty small affair. But small is beautiful, as they say, ...