Rauna Festival Concert 2025

Concert at Rauna's Tanīsa Hill on August 16 at 21:00

In the first part of the concert - Emilija
After winning the show, Emilija released her debut single “Sirds pelnos,” which remained at the top of Latvia's most listened songs charts for several weeks and was nominated as Song of the Year and Radio Hit at the annual music award “Zelta Mikrofons 2025”, receiving an honorable 4th place in the “Muzikālā Banka 2024” final vote organized by Latvijas Radio 2.

In 2024, Emilija released several songs (“Noticēt sev”, in collaboration with musician Reiks “Tikai ar Tevi”), which also reached the top of Latvian radio and streaming charts.

At the beginning of 2025, Emilija successfully competed in the national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest “Supernova” with her song “Heartbeat,” achieving 2nd place in the voting.

In the 2025 GAMMA music industry award, Emilija was nominated in 2 categories - Solo Artist of the Year and New Artist of the Year. For her achievements in 2024, Emilija received the award for New Artist of the Year.

Emilija's unique voice and personal style of performing songs have captured many hearts, and she continues to work on new songs to delight her supporters.

In the second part of the concert the popular artists Diāna Pīrāgs and Normunds Rutulis will perform together with the “Mirage Orchestra”. For this evening, the orchestra has prepared a special concert program featuring original compositions by orchestra musicians Alvils Altmanis and Madars Kalniņš, as well as works by Latvian jazz legend Gunārs Rozenbergs. Normunds Rutulis will take listeners into the world of jazz, performing beloved classics, while Diāna Pīrāgs will enchant with her temperament and well-known melodious tunes.

The lineup for this evening will also include Lauris Amantovs (trombone), Raivo Stašāns (saxophone), Andris Grunte (double bass), Raitis Aukšmuksts (percussion), and Madars Kalniņš (keyboards).

Please bring a folding chair (seating is limited)