New Wave (competition)

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New Wave (Template:Langx, Novaya volna, Template:Langx) is an international contest for young performers of popular music founded in 2002 by the Russian composer Igor Krutoy and Latvian pianist and composer Raimonds Pauls, and was later enhanced by the Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva. Along with Pugacheva, the headliners of the competition were Valery Leontyev, Patricia Kaas, Toto Cutugno, Lou Bega, Craig David and Svetlana Loboda. Since 2016, Pugacheva has not participated in the organization of the competition.[1][2][3]

The contest usually lasts for six days: 3 contest days, 2 special event days and, at the end, the day when the contest's results are announced followed by an ending concert.

History

The New Wave competition, held annually in Jūrmala, Latvia, from 2002 to 2014, became a magnet for Russian oligarchs and elites, transforming the seaside resort into a hub of wealth and influence during its summer festivals.

Organized by Russian composer Igor Krutoy and Latvian composer Raimonds Pauls, with Russian superstar Alla Pugacheva as a prominent figure, the event attracted high-profile figures such as oligarchs Mikhail Fridman, Roman Abramovich,[4] alongside Russian businessmen Umar Dzhabrailov, politicians like Mikhail Kasyanov, Duma MPs, and even FSB officials like Vladimir Pronichev and transportation minister of Russia Igor Levitin, as well as other elite members like Petr Aven, Yuri Shefler, Len Blavatnik, and Oleg Boyko.[5][6][7] As well Ukrainian oligarchs like Rinat Akhmetov. The festival's concerts and exclusive VIP events, where tables in the Dzintari concert hall’s VIP lounge cost up to £25,000, facilitated networking among Russia’s elite, with their combined wealth reportedly exceeding Latvia’s national budget.[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15]

Critics, including Latvian investigative journalist Leonid Jakobson, argued that the event served as a discreet venue for Russian mafia like Vyacheslav Shestakov who is tied to Aslan Usoyan, and Kremlin figures to discuss business and geopolitical strategies, raising concerns about Latvia’s growing role as a playground for Russian interests.[16][17][18] The festival’s relocation to Sochi in 2015 followed Latvia’s ban on Russian performers like Oleg Gazmanov for supporting Russia’s annexation of Crimea, marking the end of Jūrmala’s era as a Russian elite hotspot.[10][19][20]

Participants

Although meant to popularize new stars from all over Europe, the countries of the former Soviet Union and the United States, many present and former superstars play an important, if not the most important, role in it. Many participants have also represented their countries at the Junior Eurovision Song Contest, including but not limited to: Helena Meraai (Belarus), Gaia Cauchi (Malta), Marta Kirakosyan (Armenia), Ela Mangion (Malta), Daneliya Tuleshova (Kazakhstan), Krisia Todorova (Bulgaria), Lerika Engalycheva (Russia and Moldova), Anahit Adamyan (Armenia), Polina Bogusevich (Russia), Misha Gregoryan (Armenia), Anastasiya Baginska (Ukraine), Dino Jelusić (Croatia) and Daniel Yastremski (Belarus).

In 2007, The New Wave closing concert featured not only the competition winners and Russian pop stars, but also US musician Stevie Wonder and world-famous Russian baritone Dmitry Hvorostovsky.[21]

New Wave contestants have also represented their country at the Eurovision Song Contest including Jamala (Ukraine), DoReDos (Moldova), Natalia Gordienko (Moldova), Demy (Greece), Nutsa Buzaladze (Georgia) and Saro Gevorgyan (Armenia; as a backing vocalist).

Winners

Year Country Contestant
2024 Script error: No such module "flag". Anahit Hakobyan
2021 Script error: No such module "flag". Saro Gevorgyan
2019 Script error: No such module "flag". Inis Neziri
2018 Script error: No such module "flag". Dan Rosin
2017 Script error: No such module "flag". Erna Mir
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Script error: No such module "flag". Sardor Milano
2016 Script error: No such module "flag". Dino Jelusić
Script error: No such module "flag". Walter Ricci
2015 Script error: No such module "flag". Damir Kedžo[22]
2014 Script error: No such module "flag". Nutsa Buzaladze
2013 Script error: No such module "flag". Roberto Kel Torres
2012 Script error: No such module "flag". Niloo[23]
2011 Script error: No such module "flag". Jayden Felder
2010 Script error: No such module "flag". Sona Shahgeldyan
2009 Script error: No such module "flag". Sandhy Sondoro[24]
Script error: No such module "flag". Jamala
2008 Script error: No such module "flag". Duo Georgia
2007 Template:Flagicon Moldova Natalia Gordienko
2006 Script error: No such module "flag". Anjuelaye Larose
2005 Script error: No such module "flag". Intars Busulis
2004 Script error: No such module "flag". Cosmos
2003 Script error: No such module "flag". Anastasia Stotskaya
2002 Script error: No such module "flag". Smash!!!

Location

For the first 14 years, New Wave was held in the Latvian coastal city of Jūrmala,[25] but in 2015, it moved to Sochi, the Russian Federation (other potential locations included Baku, Kaliningrad, Kazan and Crimea). According to organizer Igor Krutoy, the main reason for relocating was because of performing Russian singers Valeriya, Iosif Kobzon and Oleg Gazmanov being denied entry into Latvia for the 2014 contest by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Edgars Rinkēvičs because of their voiced support for Russia's annexation of Crimea.[26][27]

See also

References

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