OSOKINA BRĪVĪBAS FESTIVĀLS UKRAINAI 2024

From 5 April to 12 May, the 5th Osokins’ Freedom Festival will take place in Riga and elsewhere in Latvia. For the third year, the Festival will be dedicated to Ukraine and its people, demonstrating unwavering support and solidarity with its people in the defence of freedom and democracy.

This year, the proceeds from the tickets for the Festival events and funds raised through a special campaign on Ziedot.lv will be used to purchase acutely needed items for soldiers and civilians at the front, with a special focus on Ukrainian children, as well as for the first time to support parents of seriously ill children in Latvia. The parents of children in need will be provided with the necessary medical assistance and trained nannies to ease their emotionally and physically demanding daily lives. A number of Ukrainian asylum seekers in Latvia and parents of seriously ill children will be able to attend the Festival events free of charge.

The Festival and its side events will take place over two months, bringing together Latvian, Ukrainian and international artists and professionals from various fields for a colourful and diverse programme of concerts, masterclasses, documentary films, discussion days and other events.

The Festival programme, which will include academic and non-academic music, works by renowned classical composers and premieres, will deeply integrate Ukrainian themes and artistic values. The Festival events will feature both Ukrainian artists who have found refuge in Latvia and those specially invited to the Festival from Ukraine. Children from war-affected areas in Ukraine will be a major focus.

Among the Festival participants will be Ieva Akuratere, Ingus Ulmanis/Lādezers, Jānis Lūsēns, Zigfrīds Muktupāvels, New Zealand/American violinist Geneva Lewis, Georgijs Osokins, Dainis Tenis, Kristīne Adamaite, Madara Pētersone, Magdalēna Ceple, Zane Kalniņa, Zane Daudziņa, Madara Botmane, Liene Denisjuka-Straupe, Aigars Raumanis, Reinis Tomiņš, the bands - “Latvian Voices”, “Citi zēni”, “Midnight Five”, “Jumalo Jazz Orchestra”, Rihards Lībietis, Kristaps Vanadziņš, duo ZeMe (Laima Jansone and Monsta), Toms Kursītis, Sigvards Dižais, Mikus Ģērmanis, solo quartet of the Kyiv Chamber Orchestra of the National Philharmonic of Ukraine, Oksana Nikityuk, Viktorija Prituļaka, Maria Bobryk, Yuri Gavrilyuk, Nazar Khizhi, Anastasia Vasilenko, Anastasia Yachmenkina, Ilze Treija, Sergejs Osokins, Kristīne Kutepova, Ieva Vārna and others.

This July, as a follow-up event to the Festival, a musical instrument masterclass camp for Ukrainian music school children from Chernihiv and other war-affected areas will take place. During the camp, children whose everyday life and musical opportunities have been severely affected by the war will be able to improve their skills under the guidance of professional teachers and feel a respite under the peaceful skies of Latvia for a while. The camp is organised in cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia and the association "Activists".

The Festival events will take place at the House of Blackheads, Ziedonis Hall of the National Library of Latvia, St. Peter's Church in Riga, St. Saviour’s Anglican Church, “Daile” Music House, “Splendid Palace” Cinema, “Ola Foundation” Cultural Space, Pāvuls Jurjāns Music School, Vienības House in Daugavpils and elsewhere.

For more information about the Festival, please, see: https://www.andrejsosokins.com/osokins-freedom-Festival.

The campaign on Ziedot.lv is available here: https://www.ziedot.lv/osokina-brivibas-Festivals-ukrainai-un-latvijai-4918.

This year, "Biļešu Paradīze" does not apply the Internet system usage fee for the purchase of tickets for the Festival concerts.

The creative team of the Festival would like to thank all the supporters, with the help of which the Festival is being implemented this year!

The main sponsor of the Festival is “Elektrum”.

“Latvijas Finieris”, Ziedot.lv, “Biļešu paradīze”, Embassy of Ukraine in Latvia, Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Riga, Embassy of Latvia in Ukraine, society “Tavi draugi”, Piano salon @152, Wind Films, Company NA, SIA “Pastāsti”.

The Festival is supported by: Riga St. Peter's Church, Blackheads House, National Library of Latvia, “Splendid Palace” Cinema, “Ola Foundation” Cultural Space, “Daile” Music House, Anglican Church, Riga Support Centre for Ukrainians, Pāvuls Jurjāns Music School, Daugavpils Vienība House, RJK, “Activists” Association, Radio Skonto, Radio TEV, TVNET, LETA, “Riga This Week”, “Visual Media”, “Andalusian Dog” Restaurant and others.