BALTIC TRANSIT
Latvian-born American flute player Ilona Kudiņa’s BALTIC TRANSIT is a collaboration with accomplished Latvian jazz musicians and local Boston musicians. Voyage of Ilona’s flute sounds and compositions express passion, humor, and skepsis, as well as Latgalian folk motifs from Ilona’s land of birth. Created in 2017, BALTIC TRANSIT has performed at Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge, Mass., the Brimmer and May School, Chestnut Hill, Mass., Baltic community events in the Boston area as well as jazz clubs and jazz festivals (Saulkrasti Jazz Festival and Baltic Jazz Festival “Škiuņa džezs”) in Latvia. In the summer of 2022, BALTIC TRANSIT released an album (available on Bandcamp )
End of November 2023 Latvian Tour
Left to right: Artis Orubs, Ilona Kudiņa, Viktors Ritovs, Andris Grunte
Baltic transit 2022
Ilona Kudiņa - flute Viktors Ritovs - piano Oscar Stagnaro - bass Artis Orubs - drums
Latvian Radio Studio
Left to right: Paul Malyshkin, Oscar Stagnaro, Artis Orubs, Māris Briežkalns, Ilona Kudiņa, Arta Jēkabsone and Viktors Ritovs.
Recording @ Latvian Radio Studio, August 2022 / Photos by Juris Justs
Baltic Transit 2022 @ Baltic Jazz Festival “Škiuņa džezs” in Lūznava, LV.
Baltic Transit 2021 @ Saulkrasti Jazz Festival
