Evilena Protektore & Leonid Nesterov Trio At Kiklos on November 19

Evilena Protektore is a jazz singer from Latvia, graduated from Jazz Department of Jazeps Vitols Latvian Academy of Music with a Masters degree and has stayed there as a jazz vocal teacher. She has spent a year studying in Conservatorio di Santa Cecilia (Italy) with prof. Maria Pia de Vito and half a year in Hannover (Germany) with prof. Romy Camerun. Participated in various festivals and projects: «Jazz in Latvia» compilation album, «Pori Jazz» (Finland), «Limassol Jazz» (Cyprus); and contests: «Riga Jazz Stage» (Latvia), «Nomme Jazz» (Estonia) and got a Grand Prix award at «JazzVoices 2014» (Lithuania).

In 2016 Evilena received a Nic Gotham prize for the contribution to jazz music and jazz life in Latvia. Evilena will be performing at spectacular venue Kiklos Music Club 19th November with Leonid Nesterov Trio