Toms Rudzinskis represents the new generation of Latvian jazz performers and composers, he is one of the most innovative jazzmen in the country and has participated in a vast amount of significant competitions and festivals — Grand Prix in Dutch Jazz (2014), Burghausen Jazz Competition (2013) and Keep an Eye (2012); in 2012 he has been elected as jazz messenger of a noticable Amsterdam concert hall — Bimhuis.