Laima Vaikule Festival Rendezvous Day 1. Laima Vaikule Rendezvous Scandal in Jurmala

A big scandal flares up around music festival"Rendezvous" of Laima Vaikule in Jurmala, starting on July 5. Songwriter Ilya Reznik expressed his indignation at the participation in the event organized by the Latvian authorities, representatives of the Russian show business. The 78-year-old author of hits by Pugacheva, Kirkorov and other stars, in an interview with Life, said that he considers the arrival of artists from Russia to Jurmala unacceptable.

Recall, as Life already wrote, this year the authorities of the Latvian resort, which lost the legendary " new wave",. The organizers of the "Rendezvous" called there the regulars of the "New Wave" - ​​Maxim Galkin, Kristina Orbakaite, Elena Vaenga, Lolita, Alexander Buinov, Vladimir Presnyakov and many other stars, for whose performances in past years tourists flowed like a river, bringing money to the budget The producers of Rendezvous, headed by Laima Vaikule, even invited Alla Pugacheva as a special guest, who for long years was the muse of the New Wave. It is noteworthy that two years later, none of the invitees even remembered loud scandal, When Russian stars- Valeria, Oleg Gazmanov and Iosif Kobzon were denied entry to Jurmala, thereby provoking our country to refuse to hold the "New Wave" in Latvia and move it to Sochi. The current headliners of the Jurmala "Rendezvous" were not embarrassed by the close "neighborhood" of Vladimir Zelensky's festival "Quarter 95", which starts in the city this month and positions itself as a "festival designed to promote Ukraine in Europe." However, the poster of the Laima Vaikule festival is also full of Ukrainian stars: next to Russian names Verka Serdyuchka, the duet "Potap and Nastya" and even the group "Time and Glass", whose soloist not so long ago

Such is the essence of acting - corrupt. Most of our artists are unscrupulous! - Ilya Reznik was hotly indignant at what was happening in Jurmala. - This unscrupulousness and desire to earn money eventually leads to such "small betrayals". When our great Kobzon was offended in Jurmala two years ago, our artists should have already packed up and left, it would have been human and Russian! Well, what are you going to do, this is our show business! Fee is a word with a capital letter.

The main reason for the consent of the stars to return to Jurmala, according to the poet, was the crisis in Russian show business and a significant decline in artists' income.

Igor Krutoy, who made the New Wave, was replaced by Laimochka, that's all. Show business is in crisis, many artists do not have fees. Of course, this is a reason for them to earn money. Especially when the government of Latvia has allocated one million dollars. Now our stars will replenish their budget there. Alas, patriotic people, in a high sense, can be counted on our fingers! Those who truly love their Fatherland, respect their people and will never betray them.

Reznik admitted that he considers all possible arguments Russian stars about why they returned to Jurmala, "talking in favor of the poor."

They can find any explanation: let's be friends and so on. It doesn't give me any respect. They revealed their essence, you understand? This is greed. Many built palaces and mansions there, in Jurmala, and they also need to be maintained. I do not want to denounce them, but for me this festival is a regrettable event.

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A press conference dedicated to the festival "Rendezvous of Laima Vaikule" was held in Jurmala. A detailed program was presented and the guests who would take part in it were named. The festival will take place V concert hall"Dzintari" from 5 to 8 July 2016 with the traditional support of Rietumu Bank.

The first festival took place in 2015. This musical festival immediately aroused great interest among the guests and permanent residents of the Baltic resort. It instantly became one of the key events of the summer poster.

Rietumu Bank, known in its homeland as a major philanthropist supporting high-quality projects in the field of culture and art, again acted as a partner of this festival.

As a member of the Rietumu Council Alexander Gafin notes: “We supported the first festival, and we are very glad that it was a success, that people are still talking about it, and we are waiting for the next meeting with Laima and her friends. This is very important, because starting in any business is always difficult. We are sure that this year the festival will take the next height and once again become a holiday for many, many fans of Laima Vaikule's work. I would add that such events create a bright, festive and creative atmosphere. summer season in Jurmala.

During a press conference, Laima Vaikule told what stage the work on the project is at: “Now I am working on the repertoire of concerts, which I coordinate with my colleagues. It turns out very interesting, because each of my guests is a personality and a star that gathers full houses. At this festival, everyone will present their biggest hits, and of course we will sing songs together that we choose. This is a unique opportunity to see almost all the pop stars of our neighboring countries in a few days! This will be a unique event, because during all four days of the festival, various events will take place outside the Dzintari concert hall. Fun parties and creative afterparties - as it should be on summer festival- will become a real holiday for artists and spectators.

The program of the festival turned out to be very rich. Laima has prepared surprises together with each of the artists, original duets, trios and songs in Russian and Latvian are expected.

Among the invited guests: Khibla Gerzmava, Grigory Leps, Edita Piekha, Emin Agalarov, Kristina Orbakaite, Maxim Galkin, Larisa Dolina, Alexander Buinov, Lolita, Soso Pavliashvili, Vladimir Vinokur, Elena Vaenga, Sergey Mazaev, Vladimir Presnyakov, Natalia Podolskaya, Stas Piekha , Verka Serduchka, Potap and Nastya, Ilona Bronevitskaya, groups: "Silver", " VIA Gra”, “Time and Glass”, “Musiqq”, “M-Band” and, of course, Latvian performers - Intars Busulis, Janis Stibelis, Olga Raetska, Lauris Reiniks and Maria Naumova.

This year, TV viewers will also be able to watch the concerts within the framework of the festival. different countries. Live broadcast will be carried out on the First Baltic Channel in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. And also on RTVi and Musicbox TV channels.

RIGA, 5 July. /Corr. TASS Evgeny Antonov/. The major international festival "Laima Vaikule. Jurmala. Rendezvous", which will bring together dozens of performers from Russia, Latvia, Georgia and Ukraine, opens on Tuesday in Jurmala. It will be the first major musical event with Russian artists in a Latvian city after the departure of the New Wave contest from there in 2014.

Festival participants

As Vaikule said, the idea to hold a large four-day festival with representatives from different countries came to her last year. After sources of funding were found, she herself took on the invitation of participants and the solution of other organizational issues.

This year's guests of the show will be Grigory Leps, Maxim Galkin, Elena Vaenga, Kristina Orbakaite, Verka Serduchka, Lolita, Edita Piekha, Stas Piekha, Soso Pavliashvili, Intars Busulis, Maria Naumova, Olga Raetska, groups "VIA Gra", "Silver" , MBAND, "Time and Glass", Musiqq and others.

“These are my friends, whose work I love,” said Vaikule. According to her, all the artists agreed to perform for free.

Festival producer Elita Milgrave said that the best light and sound equipment, including 60 tons of screens, will be installed on the stage of the Dzintari concert hall. The event will be broadcast by 10 TV channels for residents of the Baltic countries, Russia, Germany, Israel, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and the USA. "That's 100 million potential viewers," Milgrave said.

Interest of Latvia

President of Latvia Raimonds Vējonis sent a greeting to the participants and guests. "I believe that this festival will become a place interesting meetings And creative discoveries will make a significant contribution to strengthening international cultural ties," he said. At the end of last week, the head of state met with Vaikule and other organizers of the review.

At the opening ceremony, as chairman of the organizing committee Alexander Shenkman told TASS, Latvian Minister of Culture Dace Melbarde, Minister of Transport Uldis Augulis, Mayor of Jurmala Gatis Truksnis, Mayor of Ventspils Aivars Lembergs, Vice Mayor of Riga Andris Ameriks are expected to attend.

"We hope that the success of this festival will lead some politicians to think about the need to get closer. This event is a cultural bridge between our countries," Shenkman said.

After the New Wave

Previously, every summer in Jurmala there were various Russian festivals. In 2014, on the eve of the "New Wave", the list of persons who are prohibited from entering the territory of Latvia, by the decision of the country's Foreign Minister Edgars Rinkevich, included Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and Alla Perfilova, known as stage name Valeria. In autumn, Russian actors Ivan Okhlobystin and Mikhail Porechenkov were also included in this list. After that, it was decided that the New Wave contest, which had been held in Jurmala for many years, would now be held in Sochi.

Other annual Russian cultural events are no longer held in the Latvian resort city - the humorous festivals of the Club of the Merry and Resourceful (KVN) Vocal KiViN and Yurmalina.

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A big press conference took place in Jurmala today, dedicated to the opening the key event of the summer season 2016 - the festival "Rendezvous of Laima Vaikule". Musical holiday will be held in the Dzintari Concert Hall this week - with the traditional support of Rietumu Bank - and will last for four days.

The Rendezvous of Laima Vaikule festival was held for the first time last year. The program of the first festival lasted two days. At the same time, it sounded that the plans and dreams were to create an annual event, which, according to the singer, was supposed to bring together wonderful performers of popular music from different countries on one platform. Then at a press conference in 2015, Vaikule said: “Our business is to unite. We can sing, we can be together, we can not forget each other and continue to be friends, this is our mission.”

"Date" in Dzintari won the hearts of spectators and professionals. As a result, the program of the festival has doubled: many popular pop singers from Russian and Latvian show business have joined the festival.

“Rietumu Bank has supported this festival from the first step, and we are very pleased that it has acquired its individual creative face, first of all thanks to Laima Vaikula,” said Alexander Gafin, a member of the Council of Rietumu Bank. - This year the festival has the opportunity to reveal its potential even wider, to reach a new creative level. It is very important, in our opinion, that such a wonderful event was not just a decoration of the Jurmala season - it created new opportunities for the development of Jurmala, its popularity for business and, which is no less important today, the strengthening of human ties.”

In turn, Laima said that she again invited her friends to the festival: “I love, respect and am sincerely glad to see everyone who will perform here. But especially I want to note that this year in the competition with us is participating People's Artist Russia and Abkhazia, real world star Khibla Gerzmava, thanks to whom our competition has acquired an even wider international sound.”

Festival organizer Elita Milgrave also noted that the current festival, unlike the previous ones, will receive even greater international resonance - it will be watched by more than 100 million people in the Baltic States, Russia, the USA, Kazakhstan and other countries of the world.

The famous Latvian performer Intars Busulis said that he loves to take part in all sorts of events. good sense of this word adventures, and therefore gladly participates in the festival of Laima. It should be noted that Intars Busulis will perform at Laima Vaikule Rendezvous for the second year in a row.

At the end of the first part of the press conference, Alexander Gafin emphasized: “Laima Vaikule is not just a wonderful performer and musician, not only a style icon for at least two generations, but also a wonderful charming woman who has the gift and ability to truly make friends. Therefore, it is very difficult for her to refuse someone when organizing such an event. In turn, we, as a bank, have nothing but money, and when she turned to us, we did not think long. I can assure you that Laima has a time-tested and reliable partner in the face of Rietumu Bank.”

Khibla Gerzmava, Grigory Leps, Edita Piekha, Emin Agalarov, Kristina Orbakaite, Maxim Galkin, Larisa Dolina, Alexander Buynov, Lolita, Soso Pavliashvili, Vladimir Vinokur, Elena Vaenga, Sergey Mazaev, Vladimir Presnyakov, Natalia Podolskaya will take the stage with Laima Vaikule. , Stas Piekha, Verka Serdyuchka, Potap and Nastya, Ilona Bronevitskaya, groups: Silver, VIA Gra, Time and Glass, Musiqq, M-Band and, of course, Latvian performers - Intars Busulis , Janis Stibelis, Olga Raetska, Lauris Reiniks and Maria Naumova. TV viewers from different countries will also be able to watch the concerts within the framework of the festival. Live broadcast will be carried out on the First Baltic Channel in Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. And also on RTVi and Musicbox TV channels.