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6th International musical festival SUMMERTIME - Hugh Masekela and his ensemble (Jazz)
Organizer: SIA "Hermaņa Brauna fonds", Reģ. Nr.40003377814, Jāņa iela 3, Rīga, tel. 67205444, e-pasts: hbf@hbf.lv Jazz music concert
  
GRAMMY winner Hugh Masekela (trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals, South Africa) and his ensemble
Hugh Masekela has covered the globe and played with just about every top star you can think of - Masekela wrote a number of international hits and sold several millionen cds. The single Grazing in the Grass topped the Rolling Stones' Jumping Jack Flash in the US charts (and brought him a Grammy). His hit Bring Him Back Home became the anthem for Nelson Mandela's world tour following his release from prison. His recent albums have all gone platinum. The man with the horn is a living legend, a genius musician and great performer who is even getting better in his old days.   http://www.hbf.lv/ A new tradition has come to Latvia's musical life in 2005. The famous musicians have taken part in the festival, among them Inessa Galante, Irina Dolzhenko, Antra Bigaca, Lili Larina, Sergej Larin, Anatoly Safiulin, Egils Silins, Mischa Maisky, Victoria Postnikova, Muza Rubackyte, Baiba Skride, Janine Jansen, Vadim Gluzman, Henk van Twillert, Inna Davidova, Josif Feigelson, Marcis Kulis, Aleksandr Rozhdestvensky, Intars Busulis, Victor Ritov, The Real Group, Cosmos, BRATSCH, Pepe Justicia and his ensemble of flamenco, Die Deutsche Kammerphilarmonie Bremen (conductor Paavo Järvi), the Latvian National Symphony orchestra (conductors Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Andris Nelsons and Aleksandrs Vilumanis), European Union Youth Orchestra (conductor Andrej Borejko). In 2005, December, Jurmala City Council rewarded Herman Braun Foundation with the Prize of the Year for successful realization of the first festival and valuable contribution to culture of the city. The diversity of genres is one of the indispensable conditions of the festival. Famous opera and concert singers, jazzmen, soloists-instrumentalists, choirs, orchestras, folk dancers and vocal groups are coming here to enjoy the audience. The second condition is the patronage of Inessa Galante, the brilliant Latvian singer, whose art is well known all over the world. She invites the participants personally; therefore the touch of intimacy has to make the mood of the festival more friendly and easy. The organizers of the festival intend to give more than one concert daily. Some guests have agreed to meet with young musicians and give master-classes during the period of the festival. Due to long-standing traditions, new ideas and high musical culture Jurmala has become a birthplace of this unique festival, which can get similar to such prestigious musical festivities as these ones in Salzburg, Glyndebourne, Kuhmo, Bregenz etc.
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