Kamasi Washington and Instrument Concerts / Day will be performed at Pink Noise Riga Festival
The festival, whose main idea is to chant Riga with gloss, will offer world -class jazz, pop, fusion, and contemporary improvised music cocktail – saxophonist and contemporary jazz grand Kamasi Washington, one of Latvia’s most popular popular music groups. Tools, Who will give the only summer concert in Riga at the festival, the group Magnet and The Great Music Awards 2025 Double trio of laureate Kārlis Auziņa.
The capital’s music festival Pink noise rigacreated by Aigars Nords (Rimi Riga Marathon and the popular city events Riga Wine & Champagne founder) and Dāvis Jurka (Director and Saxophonist of Latvian Radio Big Band), the idea is to offer Baltic music lovers brilliantly in Latvia and world -renowned artists both jazz (including jazz (including Electric-Jazz, Soul-Jazz, Fusion and Mainstream) and in the genres of improvised music, as well as Popjeza, Poproc and other non -academic music, with gloss, helping Riga, helping the Latvian capital and its music scene to put on the European music map.
The main star of the first evening of the festival, or July 25, will be Tools, One of the most beloved Latvian popular music groups, which has been able to bring a number of exciting and contemporary hues – electric, popph, hand, indie, as well as bold experiments in other genres, loved by group fans throughout Latvia and not only. Group leaders Jānis Šipkēvics and Reini Sejan Festival Pink noise riga in a concert that will be the first and only Instrumental The concert in Riga this summer will be accompanied by an ambitious accompanying band.
“We are delighted that our only summer concert in Riga will fit into a new event – the festival Pink noise Riga, where in full composition and with full capacity let’s execute the program and with the freshest plates Speaks Riga for compositions and for some of the most recognized all time Instrumental Hits, ”comments Janis Schipkevich.
25. July Instruments will warm up instrumental, electronic and analogue Modern Fusion Group Magnifying glass, Founded in 2016 and united four shiny Latvian jazz and contemporary music artists: Dāvis Jurka (Alta Saxophone and Erica Synths Effects), Ritvars Garoza (synthesizers and Fender rhodes), Walter Sprudz (bass guitar), Andris Buiķis (drums and Tempest Analog drum machine). The band’s recordings have been nominated several times for various music industry awards in Latvia and have earned the annual awards in the Music Records The best jazz music album 2022. 25. July concert Magnet will execute the records 1982 repertoire that accompanied by Sinfonietta Riga recorded and published in a sound recording studio in 2025 Jersika.
Kamasi Washington, one of the world’s brightest saxophonists and contemporary jazz granda, the latest album Freedom of Movement European tour only concert in the Baltics at the festival Pink noise riga will be performed on the evening of July 26 at the Concert Hall Palladium.
Kamasi for Washington, who has issued a series of highly valued jazz music, including The epic (2016), Heaven and Earth (2018) and Fearless Movement (2024), world media has devoted a number of bright epithets. He is called both a modern « musical unicorn » and « jazz rescuer », « high saxophone priests » and « John Koltrein’s ideological successor ».
Washington’s ambitious arrangements we will also hear in the performance of his and the group on July 26, rooted in post-bop, fan, soul music and hip-hop, while his unique saxophone sounds well into a grandpar The Florence + The Machine, Kendrick Lamara, André 3000 and even Metallica and Red Hot Chili Peppers in music.
Kamasi Washington’s performance will be warmed up by Karl Auziņa Double Trio. The new group is international recognition by a jazz group whose leader is The Great Music Awards 2025 Winner Saxophonist Kārlis Auziņš. Double Trio Concert Last year was nominated for both Latvian Radio 3 Classics top 10 as Event of the year in music, Both the Public Media Award of the Year Kilogram of culture Winter vote. The group will perform at the festival: Karlis Auziņš – saxophones, David Helm (David Helm, Denmark) and Edwin Ozols – double bass, Simon Olderkog Albertsen (Simon Olperskog Albertsen, Norway) and Kaspars Kurdeko – percussion.
Festival Pink noise riga At the concert, Karl Auziņš will perform a specially trio -made composition Equilibrium suiteWritten for this unusual instrument composition – two double basses, two drum kits and saxophone. Double trio music includes elements from contemporary, improvised and jazz music, combining conceptual rhythms and melodies that are influenced by traditional music of different nations with energetic passages and minimalist sound landscapes. This music was recorded in the album that was released at the end of March 2025 Jersika Records under the wing.
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