{"id":130609,"date":"2026-11-09T10:24:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T02:24:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jazzmore.cn\/?post_type=article&p=130609"},"modified":"2026-11-09T10:26:10","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T02:26:10","slug":"beate-meirane-wins-3rd-baltic-young-jazz-artist-competition-in-riga","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/jazzmore.cn\/en\/articles\/beate-meirane-wins-3rd-baltic-young-jazz-artist-competition-in-riga\/","title":{"rendered":"Be\u0101te Meir\u0101ne Wins 3rd Baltic Young Jazz Artist Competition in Riga"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third Baltic Young Jazz Artist Competition was held on 4 November 2026 at Ez\u012btis Migl\u0101 in the Tallinas quarter of Riga, Latvia. The first prize went to 26-year-old bassist Be\u0101te Meir\u0101ne, and the award funds a recording.<\/p>\n

Her band comprised saxophonist Em\u012bls Knubis, keyboardist Bogdans Mihailovs, guitarist J\u0101nis Gri\u0137is and drummer Markuss Leikums. They played her own compositions entirely from memory, with no sheet music or tablets on stage.<\/p>\n

The second prize, sponsored by Riga microphone manufacturer JZ Microphones, went to 18-year-old vocalist Elza Marija Rudz\u012bte, a student in the jazz department of the J\u0101zeps Medi\u0146\u0161 Riga Music School, who performed with a band of fellow students.<\/p>\n

Meir\u0101ne is already a familiar name in the Latvian scene: she is the only composer born after 2000 among the 86 represented in Latvian Jazz Tunes<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Other finalists included the Bogdans Mihailovs Trio (with Nils Valkiainens and Markuss Leikums), solo pianist Sofija Gravi\u0146a, bands led by vocalists Petra Gri\u0161kevi\u010da and Betija Keita Balode, and Seodophy from Lithuania. The 2025 winner, flautist Sniedze K\u0101rkli\u0146a, performed while the jury deliberated.<\/p>\n

The jury comprised Ragnhild Menes, chair of Norsk jazzforum; Aggelos Kleitsikas, artistic director of the Athens Jazz Festival; Pablo Mazuecos Nievas, founder and president of Clasijazz in Spain; and Iro Graonidou, international project coordinator at Clasijazz.<\/p>\n

Source: UK Jazz News, Sebastian Scotney, 8 November 2026<\/a>. Photo: Vadims Ko\u017eins \/ UK Jazz News.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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