“Zelta Mikrofona ’23” nominees announced

This year, 156 albums, 111 songs, 111 video clips, 45 debutantes and 7 concert recordings in video format were submitted to “Zelta Mikrofonam ’23”, a total of 430 applications.

Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis and Executive Director of the Association of Latvian Performers and Producers (LaIPA) Liena Edvardsa also participated in the event announcing the nominees of “Zelta Mikrofona ’23”. “We can be pleased that the pandemic years, when we were forced to spend more time at home than gathering in public, are behind us. In these years, when we created more than we showed, artistically high-quality works have been created, including recordings that are now enjoyed by the whole society. I congratulate all the nominees of “Zelta Mikrofona ’23”, says Minister of Culture Nauris Puntulis.

“I am pleased that the Ministry of Culture, in the person of Nauras Puntulis, has been paying additional attention to popular music in recent years,” comments the chairman of the jury, Jānis Žilde. “It is a signal for the entire industry, an important, visible and inclusive gesture that reminds us that popular music is already a part of Latvian culture.”

On the other hand, the executive director of LaIPA Liena Edvards points out that “Zelta Mikrofons” has been a known report for a long time about what happened in the field of Latvian popular music during the previous year: “The scope of both submitted works and performers is very wide, the considerable variety of genres and , which is especially important, also quality,” says the member of the “Zelta Mikrofona” jury and the executive director of LaIPA. “That’s why LaIPA, as the largest organization representing Latvian performers and producers, supports “Zelta Mikrofon”, promoting the growth and creativity of the entire industry,” says Liena Edvardsa.