The people's choice of diet: Jurmala will lose a lot of money because of the departure of the " New wave "
Latvia Jurmala if there will cease to conduct the contest " New wave ", will lose competitiveness compared with other resorts on the Baltic sea, said Last news on Thursday, member of the Presidium of the Saeima of Latvia Andrey Klementyev.
the contest of young singers " New wave " with participation of stars of the Russian and foreign music since 2002 held during the summer in Latvia Jurmala in July. This year, yesterday the opening contest of the Latvian foreign Ministry has included in the black list of " banned " in the country of singers Joseph Kobzon, Oleg Gazmanov and singer Valery in connection with their statements about the events in Ukraine and position on the annexation of Crimea To Ukraine.
The leadership contest before the end of the current year will conclude about the new venue of the competition: among the candidates considered Crimea, Sochi, Baku, Kaliningrad and Kazan, said Last news head competition, composer Igor Krutoy.
" New wave " is a large - scale cultural event that attracts large numbers of tourists. If the contest will go from city Jurmala will lose their competitiveness. We can not boast of a warm climate, well-developed entertainment infrastructure, our trump card - cultural events, " said Klementyev.
according to him, care of the " New wave " have a negative impact on the life of the city.
" Jurmala will lose a lot of money. The contest " New wave " a very profitable event for Jurmala, and largely thanks to this city manages to survive, " he graduated from the people's choice.
international competition of young singers of popular music " New wave " in the Latvian city of Jurmala.
The initiators of the competition were the composers Igor Krutoy and Raimonds Pauls.
The competition is organized by the holding company " ARS " (the President of the organization Igor Krutoy).
To participate in the contest of young talented performers aged 16 to 30 years, regardless of musical genre and composition performers: solo