On August 6, at the end of the Ventspils City Festival, singer Marija Naumova will delight fans of her talent with a concert program specially created for Ventspils at the “Latvija” concert hall.
Singer Marija Naumova is celebrating a beautiful anniversary this year, also looking back on the 30 musical years spent on stage. Ventspils is still a city dear to the singer's heart, because so many beautiful memories and events are associated with it. The Eurovision triumph, which began precisely in Ventspils, is indelible in her memory.
The special guest of the concert will be French guitarist and composer Sebastien Giniaux, and Marija's long-time friends, musicians Rolands Beļevičs (keyboards, accordion), Norberts Skraucis (double bass), Andris Buiķis (percussion), Līga Robežniece (backing vocals) and Yegors Kovaikovs (guitar), will also participate.
The anniversary evening concert program will be a retrospective musical story, featuring Marija's most popular songs from the albums "Ieskaties acīs", "Ma Voix, Ma Voie", "Uz ilūziju tilta". They feature music by Raimonds Pauls, Nikas Matvejevs, Valdis Atāls with lyrics by Jānis Peters, Māra Zālīte, Marats Samauskas, Guntars Račis, and more.
The concert will not forget the lovely collaboration with Ventspils native Astra Skrābana, who created the beautiful lyrics in French. There will also be a performance of a brand new composition, created for Marija's special anniversary event. And, as befits a celebration, there will be guests and surprises.
Although Marija has been involved in theatre since childhood and played her first role at the age of ten, gradually she gave preference to music and singing. She participated in various competitions for young singers and in 1998 released her first solo album with songs by Raimonds Pauls. Two years later, Naumova made her debut in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest, and in 2002 she won it with the song "I Wanna". At the Eurovision final concert in Tallinn, the singer took to the stage under the pseudonym Marie N, enchanting everyone not only with the song, but also with the brilliant performance, and thus becoming the winner of the entire contest. It was the first and so far the only Eurovision victory in the history of Latvian pop music.
During her career, the singer has released nine albums with songs in several languages.
The concert is organized by SIA “Kurzemes filharmonija”. Tickets are available at the ticket sales network “Biļešu paradīze”.
