Photo by Ance Ozola
Arta Jēkabsone - voice
Kengchakaj - piano
Hannah Marks - bass
Connor Parks - drums
Arta Jēkabsone will share her original music alonside Latvian Folk Music selections. The evening will be filled with positivity, smiles and laughter. Arta is bringing a wonderful quartet that consists of NYC-scene emerging artists and friends.
A New York City-based vocalist and composer Arta Jekabsone has won the prestigious Montreux Shure Jazz Voice Competition and has finished in the top three in multiple internationally renowned competitions. In 2021 she added 3rd prize at the Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Voice Competition to her long list of achievements. Her compositions are infused with the folk melodies of her homeland, Latvia. The music on her album, “Light” and “Reflections”, brims with intimacy, warmth, and crystal-clear focus.
A vocal artist of the highest order, Arta regularly presents new works at The Jazz Gallery. In fact, she was awarded the Jazz Gallery Residency Commission Grant 2021. In 2023, Jēkabsone received the highest form of state recognition in the field of music, the Latvian Music Award “New Artist of the Year 2022”. ASCAP Foundation recently recognized her with an honorable mention in the 2024 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer Awards and in May 2024 she concluded her artist residency at The Church in Sag Harbor.
Arta Jēkabsone is a voice that will soothe any pain or suffering. She is the guardian and ambassador of light, love, and peace. Yet, she still can bedazzle you with complex, but not overwhelming lines and melodies, and she freely takes command of harmony and rhythm.
/Composer and pianist Edgars Cīrulis/
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