7:00 PM – LUPA
8:30 PM – Instrumenti
At the “Pink Noise Riga” Festival – the only “Instrumenti” concert in Riga this summer!
🥁 The main star of the “Pink Noise Riga” Festival on July 25 will be “Instrumenti” – one of Latvia’s most beloved pop-rock bands. Their sound has introduced a variety of exciting, modern shades – from electropop and pop-rock to rock, indie, and bold genre-crossing “experiments” loved by fans across Latvia and beyond. The group’s leaders, Jānis Šipkēvics and Reinis Sējāns, will be joined at the “Pink Noise Riga” concert – their first and only live performance in Riga this summer – by an impressive full backing band.
🥁 Opening for “Instrumenti” will be the instrumental, electronic, and analog modern fusion group “LUPA”, founded in 2016, featuring four outstanding Latvian jazz and contemporary musicians: Dāvis Jurka (alto saxophone and Erica Synths effects), Ritvars Garoza (synthesizers and Fender Rhodes), Valters Sprūdžs (bass guitar), and Andris Buiķis (drums and Tempest analog drum machine). The band’s recordings have been nominated for several Latvian music awards and won “Best Jazz Album” at the “Latvian Music Recording Awards” in 2022.
At the July 25 concert, LUPA will perform pieces from their album “1982”, recorded with Sinfonietta Rīga and released in 2025 by “Jersika Records”.
📣 About festival:
Inaugurated in 2024 in Riga, the Capital City of Latvia, by the legendary jazz musician Branford Marsalis, Pink Noise Riga will delight music lovers this summer from July 24th to 26th.
The festival, whose main idea is to help Riga stand out & shine bright in Europe’s music scene, will offer a cocktail of world-class jazz, pop-rock, fusion, and contemporary improvised music. Its performers include saxophonist and contemporary jazz giant Kamasi Washington, one of Latvia's most beloved pop music groups - Instrumenti (with their only summer concert in Riga this summer), modern fusion band LUPA, and the 2025 Great Music Award recipient’s Kārlis Auziņš double trio.
Festival concerts will take place at Palladium Concert Hall, with the opening night and after-parties held at M/Darbnīca.
🎟 Tickets for the July 25 concert are already available!
More info - pinknoiseriga.com.
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