Culture event

Concert "Rīgas Ritmi All Stars"


Venue
Flagey Cultural Centre
Place Sainte-Croix, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium
Event dates
January 17 20:15 - 22:00 (local time)

Last updated on 10 February 2015, 17.03

In the framework of the Brussels Jazz Festival, Latvia offers two outstanding programmes from the Rīgas Ritmi (Riga Rhythms) jazz festival, which is one of the most widely attended and best loved music events in Latvia.

Māris Briežkalns Quintet Latvian Evergreens
Māris Briežkalns, drums/band leader
Intars Busulis, voice, trombone
Viktors Ritovs, piano, keys
Gints Pabērzs, saxophones
Edvīns Ozols, bass
Special guest – Tiago Loei, percussion

Maris-Briezkalns-Quintet

The Māris Briežkalns Quintet (MBQ) is one of the leading and most interesting small acoustic mainstream bands on the Latvian jazz scene, combining the accents of pop, jazz and Latin jazz. MBQ has performed on several international stages – at MIDEM, Pori Jazz, the Rīgas Ritmi Festival, Ottawa Jazz, Kaunas Jazz, Nomme Jazz, Jazz Kaar, Jazz at Prague Castle, the Venice Jazz Festival, Jazz Baltica, Ankara Jazz, and at the Blue Note Jazz Club, New York. The musical material of the Latvian Evergreens project consists of jazz arrangements of Latvian classical compositions.

Laima Jansone Trio Zarbugans
Laima Jansone, kokle
Artis Orubs, percussion
Andris Grunte, double bass

Laima-Jansone-Trio

The trio – Laima Jansone, Artis Orubs and Andris Grunte – first appeared on stage at the Rīgas Ritmi Festival in 2012, when the Latvian kokle folk instrument player, Laima Jansone, performed together with percussionist Artis Orubs and bassist Andris Grunte. The trio revealed a new melodic synthesis; one that was unique and uncommon to jazz music. All About Jazz called the project ‘the find of the Festival’. The trio continues to impress with their unique synthesis of modern and traditional music in combination with an extraordinary stage layout and the visual presence of other musicians.

The concert will take place in Studio 1 of the Flagey Cultural centre.

Tickets are available on the Flagey webpage.

Culture Programme in Belgium, Luxembourg and Strasbourg PDF, 1.82MB