International Competition Of Young Singers of Popular Music the " New Wave" has become an important event in international music arena.Live concerts of the "New Wave" on central channels attracts millions of spectators , attention of the most famous journalists and media as well as fans, who become addicted to the event and support the competitors with all their hearts. Two legendary composers Igor Krutoy and Raimonds Pauls discussed the idea of organizing a completely new competition unlike to other competitions which took place on the territory of Russia and the countries of CIS. Mr Pauls Raimonds Pauls supported the opinion of Mr Krutoy about the situation in modern popular music...

27.06.2007   Eleonora Gogolashvili

Eleonora Gogolashvili is in her third year at Tbilisi Theatre University named after Shota Rustavelli and she also studies vocal in Tbilisi Musical School (fourth year). She was born on the eighth of May; she prefers to spend her holidays at the seaside. She dreams of singing a duet with A.Celentano, realizing that it is not likely to happen....

26.06.2007   Eugeniy Orlov

The "New Wave" has got past the point of its five-year existence. This means that the contest has become a good tradition, people prepare for it and wait for it. I'm happy to be involved in this "festival of music". I look forward to meeting new talented artists who fill me with energy and new ideas. I'm thankful to the team of the "New Wave"...

25.06.2007   "Barcelona" duet

"Barcelona" duet consists of Vladimir Tkachenko and Galina Gavrilko. At halves they have many diplomas of education as well as honorary titles in versatile musical contests. Galina enjoys reading in her free time, whereas Vladimir prefers painting and listening to music. Tkachenko could remember a funny episode from his childhood: when he was a...

24.06.2007   National artist of Russia - L.Leshchenko

I always come to Latvia with great pleasure, and a visit to Jurmala has become a peculiar summer tradition for me. Certainly it will be pleasant to witness the discovery of worthy extraordinary names again. It will also be pleasant to see happy young people who will win and receive the traditional prize of the contest - three skyrocketed waves...

23.06.2007   Mihai - Rumania

Mihai who arrived at the contest from a Rumanian city of Constanta, has already won five Grand Prix at musical contests in Serbia, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Bosnia, Moldova and was the fourth at the "Eurovision - 2006" contest. He enjoys playing chess and he dreams of being able to live forever. He likes freedom, but he does not like solitude. The...

22.06.2007   "Uma2rman" group

"Uma2rman" group Vladimir Kristovskiy "New Wave" is an excellent contest! I came to Jurmala for the first time last year and I fell in love with this fairy place! I wanted to come here again and this year I am going to sing a song "Dozhdis" ("Wait") together with Timaty here. In fact, the "New Wave" is a chance for young singers to show their...

21.06.2007   Francisca Urio - Germany

Francisca Urio, born in Berlin, likes to celebrate New Year and Christmas with her parents. She believes in signs as she thinks that there are many amazing inexplicable things in the world! She has been afraid of spiders since her childhood and she has dreamed of being a singer all her life. She would call her debut album "Smile" or "Keep on...

19.06.2007   Laima Vaikule

Only a very weak person can say, "I had bad luck". It would be silly to count on a stroke of luck all the time. Luck always favours the strongest. The jury can not know the name of the winner in advance, but we do know that the best of you is going to win. Confucius stated, "Every time I drop a stone into water, it gets right into the centre of...

16.06.2007   Names of "New Wave 2007" finalists made public

Names of the finalists of the Sixth International contest of young singers of popular music "New Wave 2007" have been made public. General Director of "ARS" holding company, General Director of the "New Wave" contest Alexander Rumyantsev said, "Eight thousand musical performances from 37 countries have been auditioned. That's significant for...

13.06.2007   Bilan gets ready two albums and a clip

Two new albums of Dima Bilan are to be released this year. A disc with songs in Russian will come out, followed by a disc with English songs that will be released in winter. Part of the tracks for these clips has already been recorded. In the short run Dima's management is going to shoot a videoclip for his new single "Number One Fan" which may...

10.06.2007   Vlad Topalov's new clip

Vlad Topalov has recently returned from Almaty, where he was shooting a clip for the song "Nebo nomer sem' " ("Sky number seven"). According to Vlad, the trip was very successful and unforgettable: firstly because they managed to do good shots for the new clip and secondly because the singer visited a boxing tournament where he had been invited...

04.06.2007   Dima Bilan became a triumphator of "Muz-TV" prize

According to "Muz-TV" the silver medal winner of "Eurovision" contest last year Dima Bilan is the best performer of this year. RIA "Novosti" reports that these results were proclaimed late on Friday at the award ceremony of the 5-th annual national television prize in the sphere of popular music "Muz-TV 2007" which took place in "Olimpiysky"...

30.05.2007   Beach football at "New Wave" is to be unforgettable

An international beach football tournament that will be organized during the International contest of young performers "New Wave 2007" is to become a real present for the residents of Jurmala, Riga and guests of Latvia. In fact, "New Wave" is not a "New Wave" without football. A match at the beach has become an integral part of the festival....

28.05.2007   Christina Aguilera, "Tokio Hotel" и "Pussycat Dolls" to perform at prize delivery ceremony "Muz-TV 2007"

A solemn ceremony of "Muz-TV" Prize delivery is to be held in "Olimpiskiy" sports compex on June,1 2007. This year it's the fifth, jubilee time that the national Prize has been delivered. The Prize is to be delivered in 12 categories: "Best song", "Best male performer", "Best female performer", "Best duet", "Best pop group", "Best rock group",...

24.05.2007   Semi-final of the "New Wave 2007" contest took place in Moscow

The semi-final of the "New Wave 2007" contest took place in "Metelitsa" entertainment complex of the capital on May, 22 and 23. An unprecedented number of semi-finalists streamed to Moscow this year: about 150 young talents from 25 countries of the world presented their creative work to the jury. Unfortunately, contestants from 3 countries...

22.05.2007   Polina Gagarina engrossed in TV series

Polina Gagarina recorded a soundtrack for the new TV series called "Daughters-mothers", which went on air on STS channel on May,21. This series claims to become a real TV hit of the season. The unusual plot will undoubtedly attract millions of TV viewers. The producers of the film selected and set great store by Polina's vocal abilities and the...

21.05.2007   Semi-finalists of "New Wave 2007" contest

A Semi-final of the International contest of young performers of popular music "New Wave 2007" is to take place in "Metelitsa" entertainment complex on May 22 and 23. Te Organizing Committee congratulates all the contestants on getting to the semi-final and wishes them luck! Contestants' names: Russia Bridge group Dia Elly&Lyuk duet...

18.05.2007   Paul Okenfold to mix Bi-2 in a new album

Group "Bi-2" is to take part in British musician Brian Okenfold's recording of the new album - the artists agreed on collaboration during the last visit of the famous DJ in the Russian capital at the end of April. "Being in London, our friend Pasha Koreyets let Okerfeld listen to our song "Durochka" and he liked it a lot - Shura Bi-2 told the...

05.05.2007   Britney Spears is back, but with a stage name

Britney Spears gave a concert in "House Of Blues" club in San Diego, California (USA) on May,1. After leaving rehabilitation centre it was the first performance of the singer when she appeared on stage under the name of M&M. Entrance tickets were sold out long before the show began and the prices differed a lot from those that had been...

02.05.2007   Timaty's advice

Timaty and participants of the contest "Version 0.1" visited a Moscow boarding school on April,30. The special correctional boarding school 8 for orphans and children without parental support has received the famous musician more than once. This time the approaching school-leaving parties of the upper forms of the orphanage were the reason...