Saulkrasti Jazz Festival

Saulkrasti Jazz Festival
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Dates	End of July
Location(s)	Saulkrasti, Latvia
Years active	1997 – present

Saulkrasti Jazz Festival is a jazz festival in Latvia. It is held annually in late July in Saulkrasti. The week-long festival consists of educational camp for young musicians and concerts.

Guitarist David Becker, who has participated several times.

Competitions

Baltic Drummers’ League is international competition for young drummers held within Saulkrasti Jazz Festival. It is organised in cooperation with the Riga Dome Choir School and Paiste.

The competitors are divided in two groups: Juniors of 14- to 17-year-olds and the Seniors of 18- to 25-year-olds.

Competition Finals are judged by an international panel of judges.

Programme of the competition:

• Solo small drums (up to 3 minutes);
• Solo percussion set (up to 4 minutes);
• Playing on a phonogram or with an ensemble (up to 5 minutes);
• Seniors only: OPEN SOLO (upt to 3 minutes).

The overall duration of the program may not exceed 15 minutes.

Competition Winners

2010 Baltic Drummers’ League – Finalists:
Age group: 14–17 years

• 1st Prize: Nikolay Toshev (Bulgaria)
• Reinis Ašmanis (Latvia)
• Krišjānis Bremšs (Latvia)
• Rinalds Maksimovs (Latvia)

2007 Baltic Drummers’ League – Finalists:
Age group: 18–25 years

• 1st Prize: Marijus Aleksa (Lithuania)
• 2nd Prize: Andris Buiķis (Latvia)
• 3rd Prize: Azuolas Paulauskas (Lithuania)

Age group: 14–17 years

• 1st Prize:
• 2nd Prize:

International panel of judges: Eric Moore (USA), Aleksandr Murenko (Ukraine), Venko Poromanski (Bulgaria), Zaza Tsertsvadze (Georgia)

Performances

3Stick – 2011 A-Band – 2011 Apple Tea – 2011 Ari Peka Antilla – 1998 Arvidas Jofe – 1997 Audrey Motaung – 1999 Billy Cobham & Culture Mix – 2000 City Jazz Band – 2008 City Jazz Youth Band – 2011 Christoph Titz Band – 2007 Dainius Pulauskas – 1997 Dave Weckl Band – 2005 David BeckerTribune – 2011 Djabe feat. Steve Hackett – 2008 Dom Famularo – 2012 Evergreen – 2011 Gin Gas – 2011 Gunārs Rozenbergs – 2011 Harri Ihanus Quartet – 2007 Hedvig Hanson – 1997 James Taylor Quartet – 2011 Johnny Manhattan Taylor – 1999 JMRMV – 2011 Kalniņš, Pabērzs, Grunte, Orubs – 2011 Karlheinz Miklin, Heiri Kaenzig & Billy Hart Trio – 2008 Kestutis Vaiginis Quartet – 2010 Latvijas Radio Big Bends – 1997 Laura Polence Project – 2011 Marija Naumova – 1998 Matīss Čudars Quartet – 2011 Mel Gaynor – 1999 Mezzoforte – 2007 Michael Kuettner & "Coyote Trio" – 1997, 1998 Mirrage Jazz Orchestra – 2011 Mirage Octet & Assembly Singers – 2010 Mo' Blow – 2012

Ola Onabule – 2012 Olga Pīrāgs – 1997 Patina – 2010 Raimonds Pauls – 1997, 1998 Raimonds Raubiško – 1997 Raita Ašmaņa Jelgavas Big Band – 2010, 2011 Raul Sööt – 1997 RDKS Combo – 2011 Retro Music Quartet – 2011 Riga Libre – 2011 Riga Retro – 2011 Siguldas diksilends – 2011 Simone Moreno & "Os Lourinhos" – 2011 Sinkope – 2011 Sophie Bernado & "Sir Chac Bulay" – 2011 Steinar Aadnekvam Quartet – 2011 Steve Smith & Vital Information – 2008, 2012 Teppo Makinene – 1998 The Briefing – 2010 Tiago Loei & Friends – 2011 Toomas Rull – 1997 Twin Town – 2010 Vein – 2011 Ventspils Big Band – 2010, 2011 Victor Bailey Group feat. Lenny White – 2007 Victor Solomin Band – 2007 Wolfgang Haffner – 2003 Wolfgang Haffner's Zooming Band – 2005 Wolfgang Haffner Shapes – 2007 Xylem Trio – 2010, 2011 Yuval Ron and Residents of the Future – 2008

External links

• Saulkrasti Jazz Festival Official Website
• Saulkrasti Jazz Festival on Twitter
• Saulkrasti Jazz Festival on Facebook