Bruce Barth, Hilda Sibeck at the 2012 Global Music Foundation Easter Course Photo Credit: Melody McLaren

Congratulations to two adoptive Londoners, both at the London College of Music in Ealing, Polish vocalist/violinist Agata Kubiak and Swedish vocalist Hilda Sibeck, and congratulations also to English/ Doncaster / NYJO / RAM saxophonist Nadim Teimoori on being announced as finalists in the Riga Jazz Stage. Complete lists:

FINALISTS – VOCALS

Susanna Aleksandra Veldi /Estonia, Ajda Stina Turek /Slovenia, Agata Kubiak /Poland, Alina Rostotskaya /Russia, Natalie Dietz /Australia, Malene Kjaergaard Lund /Denmark, Tamir Grinberg /Israel, Maria Schafer /USA, Loren Battley /USA, Vytayte Pupšyte /Lithuania, Egle Petrosiute /Lithuania, Hilda Sibeck /Sweden/, Isabella Lundgren /Sweden, Jekaterina Šarigina /Latvia, Kristīne Prauliņa /Latvia, Rūta Dūduma /Latvia, Charlotta Kerbs /Finland, Kadi Vija /Finland, Miriam Ast /Germany, Lydia Schiller /Germany/.

 FINALISTS – SAXOPHONE

Nadim Teimoori /Great Britain, Max Zenger /Finland, Batuhan Salliel /Turkey, Ori Jacobson /Israel, Daniel Vargas /Hungary, Toms Rudzinskis /Latvia, Dāvis Jurka /Latvia.

The finals are on April 3-5 in Riga. WEBSITE