Albums nominated for the 2021 “Austras Prize” – the best album in Latvia – have been announced. Taking into account the special circumstances of this year, twelve entries have been nominated for the award this time instead of the usual ten, while the winner will be announced in a special ceremony on the morning of June 16 in LR 5 “Pieci.lv” program “Five Morning”.
Albums nominated for the 2021 “Austria Award”:
Alise Joste – “Šākāta”
ansis – “Great Art”
Arturs Skutelis – “Avalanche”
Domenique Dumont – “People On Sunday”
“Lakes” – “Salt”
“Cassettes” – “Dialogue”
“Recently” – “It will be a long time”
“Sign Libra” – “Sea to Sea”
“In the corner of the zeal” – “Good evening”
“Tesa” – “Control”
ŪGA – “LG and HH”
“Židrūns” – “Kovārņu grandchildren”
Given the constraints of the pandemic, this year’s “Austra Prize” was moved from the usual time in mid-November to the beginning of summer, and from 2022 onwards, it is planned that the award ceremony will take place around 4 May. As this year all the albums created by Latvian or Latvian musicians released between October 19, 2019 and February 28, 2021 were eligible for the award, this time the circle of nominees has been expanded from the usual ten records to twelve.
As in previous years, this year the jury will select one winner from the twelve nominated albums, which will receive a cash prize of 1,000 euros to promote further activities from the Latvian Association of Performers and Producers (LaIPA). Also, “Austras balva” will continue close cooperation with Latvijas Radio 5 “Pieci.lv”, every working day from May 31 to June 15 will be dedicated to one of the award nominees, playing music from the respective album during the work of each ethereal personality, as also offering other surprises, the organizers said.
It should also be noted that this year the “Austrian Prize” will be supplemented by an audience vote organized by the portal “Delfi”, in which listeners will be able to choose their favorite from the nominated twelve.
In 2021, seven new members have joined the jury of the Austras Prize: Radio SWH air personality Artis Dvarionas, Latvian Radio 2 air personality Roberts Buivids, music agency MOO head Lena Sme, Radio Naba program Music heart ”manager Dace Otomere, music viewers Rolands Paeglis and Edvards Kuks, as well as DJ and Gosh, a representative of the music store” Biit.me “. The full composition of the jury is available on the “Austrian Prize” website.
This year, the “Austrian Award” will be presented for the sixth time, and it has previously been received by solo artist Alise Joste, as well as the groups “Rīgas modes”, “Satellites LV”, “Polifauna” and “Tribes of the City”. This year’s award-winning album will be announced at a special ceremony on the morning of June 16 during the “Pieci.lv” show “Five Morning”.
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