International Jazz Day Latvia

In 2011 UNESCO officially designated April 30 as International Jazz Day in order to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role of uniting people in all corners of the globe. Nowadays Latvian musical environment offers wide range of possibilities for developing qualitative product and bringing it to the world market. There are many high level jazz genre professionals and enthusiasts, jazz community is evolving. The aim of the International Jazz Day Latvia is to show the rich variety and colors of jazz genre in the country as well as give the country and musicians an opportunity to become a part of the international jazz movement.

In 2014 the celebration happened in Riga and Valmiera for the first time with 17 concerts and 142 musicians. In 2015 the jazz was celebrated with 28 concerts in six Latvian cities and Embassy of Latvian Republic in London. In 2016 International Jazz Day Latvia took place for the third time already, with 30 events happening in five Latvian cities.

Evilena
Protektore

Aleksandra
Line

Vadims
Kožins

Vladimirs
Tuzovs