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Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings
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For many, it was its use in the film Platoon. For others, it was William Orbit’s Pieces in a Modern Style project.
But very few of us can claim to have first experienced Barber’s Adagio for Strings in its original form: as part of a string quartet.
The American composer wrote his string Quartet Opus 11, in 1936 – and considered himself happy with the result.
But he had one of the twentieth-century’s greatest conductors to thank for what became a new and far more profitable life for this relatively unknown piece.
Arturo Toscanini spotted a hit when he heard its second movement, and urged Barber to arrange it for full string orchestra.
BARBER Adagio
for Strings
for Strings
The composer wisely took the advice on board – and, in 1938, Toscanini premiered the new work with the NBC Symphony Orchestra.
Millions of Americans were listening as it was broadcast on the radio, and Adagio for Strings quickly became a huge success.
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Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
The solemn, heart-wrenching sadness of the music has lent itself to a range of powerful uses beyond the concert hall.
Adagio for Strings was played at the funeral of Albert Einstein, can be heard on all sorts of commercials and movie soundtracks, and has become a modern day hit among trance music pioneers, who have taken the hypnotic harmonies composed by Barber and used them to create very different, high octane sounds.
The composer also arranged a choral version of the work, the Agnus Dei, in 1967.
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Samuel Barber:
Adagio for Strings
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- Violin Concerto - II.
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- Violin Concerto - II.
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Norman Wisdom
1915–2010. In 1966, Wisdom went to the United States to star in a Broadway production of the Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn musical comedy Walking Happy. His performance was nominated for a Tony Award.[2]
In mid-2006, after he suffered an irregular heart rhythm, Wisdom was flown by helicopter to hospital in Liverpool and was fitted with a heart pacemaker.[3]
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Norman Wisdom has become the great British clown very much in the mould of Charles Chaplin with his "little man" in the ill fitting suit and cloth cap.[1]
His character is "everyman", much put upon but struggling through to a (usually) happy ending. He was brought up in an orphanage after his mother died and his father disowned him. [1]
He joined the army where he discovered that his performing ability was appreciated. He has worked variously on stage and screen since 1952. His theme song has become "Don't laugh at me, ('cause I'm a fool)" from the film 'Trouble in Store (1953)'.[1]
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IMDb Mini Biography By: Steve Crook
He joined the army at 14 as a band boy and learnt to play the clarinet, drums and xylophone. He went to India with the army in 1941 and became a comedian by clowning around in camp concerts.[1]
When demobbed he returned home and decided to try to get on the stage but couldn't find an agent who was interested in him. After marrying his fiancee, Freda, he spent 5 weeks in America searching for an agent and work without success.[1]
On his return to Britain he eventually found an agent resulting in him making his first stage appearance at Collins Music Hall on 17th December 1946.[1]
Over time his talent and his popularity grew resulting in him making his first major film Trouble in Store in 1953 followed by One Good Turn in 1955. [1]
Before long he was writing the screenplays for his films - 8 of them including The Square Peg, Follow a Star, A stitch in Time and The Early Bird. [1]
In addition to writing the screenplays he also composed numerous songs including his big hit Don't Laugh At Me
- IMDb Mini Biography By: tonyman5
Big In Albania
Spouse Freda Simpson (October 1947 - 1968) (divorced) (2 children)
Doreen Brett (1941 - 1946) (divorced) (1 child)
The song "Don't laugh at me ('cause I'm a fool)" was written by Norman Wisdom for the film Trouble in Store (1953) and became his theme song. He still uses it to close his one man show.[1]
Norman Wisdom Fan Club, PO Box 196, Hoddesdon, Herts, EN10 7WG, United Kingdom.[1]
British Prime Minister, John Major has been referred to as "the Norman Wisdom of Western democracy".[1]
Norman & Doreen had one son, Michael (born 1945), and Norman & Freda had two children, Nick Wisdom (born 1953) and Jaqui Wisdom (born 1954).[1]
Though Norman lives on the Isle of Man he has choosen to continue to pay Tax at the UK rate, not the Isle of Man rates.[1]
Pictured on a set of six Grenada $1.50 postage stamps issued 3 November 2002. Shown in the role of Norman Pitkin, which made him famous in a series of comedy movies.[1]
Tony Award nominee for Best Actor in a Musical for his Broadway show "Walking Happy", in 1967, the show itself being nominated for Best Musical, losing to "Cabaret".[1]
He joined the army at 14 as a band boy and learnt to play the clarinet, drums and xylophone. He went to India with the army in 1941 and became a comedian by clowning around in camp concerts.[1]
When demobbed he returned home and decided to try to get on the stage but couldn't find an agent who was interested in him. After marrying his fiancee, Freda, he spent 5 weeks in America searching for an agent and work without success.[1]
On his return to Britain he eventually found an agent resulting in him making his first stage appearance at Collins Music Hall on 17th December 1946.[1]
Over time his talent and his popularity grew resulting in him making his first major film Trouble in Store in 1953 followed by One Good Turn in 1955. [1]
Before long he was writing the screenplays for his films - 8 of them including The Square Peg, Follow a Star, A stitch in Time and The Early Bird. [1]
In addition to writing the screenplays he also composed numerous songs including his big hit Don't Laugh At Me
- IMDb Mini Biography By: tonyman5
Spouse Freda Simpson (October 1947 - 1968) (divorced) (2 children)
Doreen Brett (1941 - 1946) (divorced) (1 child)
The song "Don't laugh at me ('cause I'm a fool)" was written by Norman Wisdom for the film Trouble in Store (1953) and became his theme song. He still uses it to close his one man show.[1]
Norman Wisdom Fan Club, PO Box 196, Hoddesdon, Herts, EN10 7WG, United Kingdom.[1]
British Prime Minister, John Major has been referred to as "the Norman Wisdom of Western democracy".[1]
Norman & Doreen had one son, Michael (born 1945), and Norman & Freda had two children, Nick Wisdom (born 1953) and Jaqui Wisdom (born 1954).[1]
Though Norman lives on the Isle of Man he has choosen to continue to pay Tax at the UK rate, not the Isle of Man rates.[1]
Pictured on a set of six Grenada $1.50 postage stamps issued 3 November 2002. Shown in the role of Norman Pitkin, which made him famous in a series of comedy movies.[1]
Tony Award nominee for Best Actor in a Musical for his Broadway show "Walking Happy", in 1967, the show itself being nominated for Best Musical, losing to "Cabaret".[1]
Norman Wisdom -
The Early Bird - 1965 -
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The Early Bird - 1965 -
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At 14, he ran off to work as a cabin boy on a cargo ship.[1]
He pledged to retire completely from show business by his 90th birthday on February 4, 2005. His final TV acting appearance was in the 2004 Christmas special of Last of the Summer Wine (1973).[1]
His 1950s and 60s movies, where his working-class characters typically eventually overcame the oppressive management, were the only Western movies allowed into Albania by the Communist dictatorship of 'Enver Hoxha', who viewed them as a parable for the workers' struggle against capitalism.[1]
The Albanian people, however, loved his physical comedy and he became the best-known and loved Western artist in the country. Since the fall of Communism, Wisdom has been involved in much work supporting Albanian children's charities.[1]
Born of very humble beginnings to Frederick, a chauffeur, and Maude Wisdom, a dressmaker. His mother left the family (which included a brother) when he was nine.[1]
Left school at 13 and worked a variety of jobs including an errand boy, a coal-miner, a waiter, a pageboy and a cabin-boy before joining the Army.[1]
His favourite film was Trouble in Store.[1]
Semi-retired, lives in the UK's millionaires' hideaway of the Isle of Man.[1]
Played the part of a vicar who gets attacked by a fly in the film 'Expresso' by Martin Nigel Davey and Kevin Powis. Filmed on Location in Bromsgrove, UK. [January 2007][1]
Kirk Andrews, Isle of Man, England [June 2008]
Norman Wisdom Interview
Bob Monkhouse Show Part 3
Bob Monkhouse Show Part 3
BBC
Wednesday, 16 January 2008
The family of legendary showman Sir Norman Wisdom have spoken about their decision to admit him to a care home. [4]
Nick Wisdom said his 92-year-old father, who suffers from vascular dementia, was no longer able to interact with his family as he used to. [4]
The strain of caring for him became too much, the family said, and he is now living in a residential home on the Isle of Man. A BBC Two documentary about Wisdom, Wonderland, is be shown at 2150 GMT. [4]
There was no question of locking him away.
Nick Wisdom
son
Mr Wisdom said his wife, Kim, and his father's former PA had shared caring for Sir Norman in his own Manx home. Mrs Wisdom said: "When I first started to look after him he was relatively OK and it was sustainable.
"As time progressed he was in mental decline and I was 95% of the time looking after him, 5% looking after the family." [4]
Following a fall his family, after advice from a doctor, decided that it would be better to place Sir Norman into residential care. [4]
Responding to question over criticism that his family were stopping his friends from coming to see him while he was in the home, son Nick denied that was the case. [4]
"He had to get into the routine of the home and we were told that that would take four to six weeks and so we said to people, 'hang fire for a few weeks'. There was no question of locking him away," he said. [4]
Kim Wisdom added: "We were acting on professional advice, and that this is normal procedure when a dementia patient goes into a residential home, they have this period before you slowly introduce people back into their lives." [4]
When ask how Sir Norman, he found living in a home Kim Wisdom said: "Intrinsically he has the same characteristics which is to perform.
"He is on mental decline and it's very difficult to have a conversation with him, he is unable to reciprocate." [4]
Nick Wisdom said that his father was physically fine and while a camera crew was filming the family for a documentary about coping with dementia, he acted up for them, even jumping on a rowing machine to make people laugh. [4]
The Norman Wisdom
Clive Anderson Interview
Surreycomet.co.uk
18 Aug 2007
The 92-year-old veteran funnyman's flat off Church Street has been sold and he has moved into a nursing home on the Isle of Man. It is thought the desicion was taken by his family and that the film and television star is suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's disease.[5]
Until recently Sir Norman could regularly be seen driving round Epsom in his Rolls-Royce but now all his cars have been sold as well. He used his Epsom home when visiting or working in London and at one time was registered on the electoral roll in Epsom and Ewell.[5]
Sir Norman, who was knighted in 2000, got an amazing career boost when he became a national hero in Albania.
His 1950s slapstick films, in which Sir Norman played a variety of hapless roles, became a hit with the Balkan country's ruling family, which placed strict controls on what was shown on state television and in cinemas.[5]
In recent years, he spent most of his time at his Isle of Man home, which is also expected to be sold to pay for his care.[5]
Norman Wisdom on Des o conner
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Norman Wisdom
DIES
At the age of 95
5 October 2010
BBC
The London-born star was known for his slapstick film roles in the 1950s and 1960s, famously playing Norman Pitkin against frustrated boss Mr Grimsdale.
Sir Norman became a cult figure in Albania, where his were the only films from the West allowed in the country.[6]
His family said he died at a nursing home on the Isle of Man on Monday evening, having suffered a series of strokes over the past six months.A statement said: "Sir Norman Wisdom has today passed away at Abbotswood Nursing Home on the Isle of Man.[6]
"Over the last six months Norman has sustained a series of strokes causing a general decline in both his physical and mental health.[6]
"He had maintained a degree of independence until a few days ago. However, over the last few days his condition rapidly declined. He was in no pain or distress and peacefully passed over at 1846 on 4 October."
The family asked for time to grieve a "much loved father and grandfather".[6]
Sir Norman, who was knighted in 2000, was renowned for a string of comic roles and Charlie Chaplin described him as his favourite clown.[6]
His later work included the recurring role of Billy Ingleton in the long-running BBC comedy Last of the Summer Wine. [6]
Sir Norman's agent, Johnny Mans, said he was "the greatest".
"His comic timing was absolutely perfect, second to none, and not only a great comic, but also a wonderful, wonderful person."[6]
Maev Kennedy
Tuesday 5 October 2010
Comedian Norman Wisdom, a rival to Charlie Chaplin, dies peacefully in an Isle of Man nursing home .[7]
Wisdom's admirers included Charlie Chaplin – who called him his favourite clown, and said he was the only serious rival to his own genius – Prince Charles, and the entire population of Albania, where for years under the totalitarian regime of Enver Hoxha his were the only western films approved.[7]
His films, usually dialogue-light and slapstick-heavy, were popular all over the world, but he had a cult following in Albania. [7]
It was said that on any day of the year one of his 32 films was showing there in some cinema or television station, and he was greeted as a national hero – under the name of his film character, Norman Pitkin – when the iron curtain fell and he could finally visit.[7]
He knew exactly how much he would be missed: two years ago he had the satisfaction of clarifying a few points when Sky News ran an affectionate obituary online in error. "Sir Norman is alive and well and wondering what all the fuss is about", his statement read.[7]
Norman Wisdom's funeral
Emily Sheridan
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Paul Bentley
5 October 2010
Sir Norman Wisdom, the beloved comic who spent a lifetime playing the fool, dies at 95
Sir Norman's last film appearance was in 2007, when the comedy legend came out of retirement to appear in short film Expresso - doing a comic turn as a vicar being plagued by a fly.[8]
He moved to the Isle of Man in 1980 but kept on touring. A dedicated charity worker, he was knighted in 2000.[8]
Moments after receiving the honour from the Queen for his services to comedy, Sir Norman completed one of his trademark stumbles. The Queen threw her head back and laughed.[8]
Bizarrely, he was a big name in Albania. The diminutive actor became a national institution in the European country by accident, during the brutal communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha.[8]
Sir Norman Wisdom, the beloved comic who spent a lifetime playing the fool, dies at 95
Sir Norman's last film appearance was in 2007, when the comedy legend came out of retirement to appear in short film Expresso - doing a comic turn as a vicar being plagued by a fly.[8]
He moved to the Isle of Man in 1980 but kept on touring. A dedicated charity worker, he was knighted in 2000.[8]
Moments after receiving the honour from the Queen for his services to comedy, Sir Norman completed one of his trademark stumbles. The Queen threw her head back and laughed.[8]
Bizarrely, he was a big name in Albania. The diminutive actor became a national institution in the European country by accident, during the brutal communist dictatorship of Enver Hoxha.[8]
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The legendary French director
Jean-Luc Godard
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Film
Begins with DW Griffith
AND
Ends with Abbas Kiarostami
Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Kiarostami dies in France at 76. [9]
AFP-JIJI
Jul 5, 2016
The Tehran-born filmmaker achieved international acclaim in the 1990s, with legendary French director Jean-Luc Godard once declaring that “film begins with DW Griffith and ends with Abbas Kiarostami.”[9]
There were conflicting reports about his illness, with some media reporting he had suffered from cancer while others said he had an intestinal disease.[9]
Celebrated Iranian Film Director
Abbas Kiarostami died at 76
ISNA reported that he had returned to Iran from his home in Paris to undergo several operations between February and April, before returning to Paris last week for further treatment.[9]
Another of Iran’s renowned directors, Asghar Farhadi, told Britain’s The Guardian newspaper that he was in “total shock.
“He wasn’t just a filmmaker,” Farhadi said, “He was a modern mystic, both in his cinema and his private life.”Kiarostami’s international success enabled many generations of Iranian filmmakers, Farhadi added.
“He definitely paved ways for others and influenced a great deal of people.”[9]
TEHRAN – Acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami has died at the age of 76 in France, Iranian media reported on Monday.[9]
Kiarostami, who won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 for “Taste of Cherry,” left Tehran last week to undergo treatment for intestinal problems in France, the ISNA news agency said, adding that his death had been confirmed by Iran’s House of Cinema.[9]
Messages of condolence poured in through Iranian social media, with many sharing a picture of him holding his Palme d’Or alongside Martin Scorcese.[9]
Just last week, Kiarostami had been invited to join the Academy in Hollywood as part of its efforts to increase the diversity of its Oscar judges.[9]
Born on June 22, 1940, in Tehran, Kiarostami originally studied painting at the University of Tehran before finding work as a graphic designer and director of commercials.[9]
He joined the Centre for the Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults in 1969 as head of the film department, freeing him to make his own films.[9]
Two years later, he released his first work, a short film called “Bread and Alley,” followed by the feature-length “The Traveller” in 1973, which confirmed his position as a pioneer cinema’s “realism” school.[9]
[Exclusive Footage] Funeral held for
acclaimed filmmaker Abbas Kiarostami
Deciding to stay on after the Islamic Revolution of 1979, Kiarostami and his peers faced stringent constraints, including a ban on showing women without head scarves.[9]
But he was still able to forge a certain independence of vision, with his 1987 film “Where is the friend’s home?” winning international acclaim.[9]
That was the first of three films, known as the “Koker” trilogy from the town in which they were set, that established Kiarostami as one of the world’s great directors.[9]
An Abbas Kiarostami Interview:
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His films were known for their modest style, dark realism and sly humor. They were almost always shot in real locations, often featuring nonactors.[9]
His Palme victory in 1997 led to some difficulties in his home country after French actress Catherine Deneuve gave him a kiss while presenting the award — enough to garner the fury of conservatives in Iran.[9]
Kiarostami went on to win the Special Jury Prize at the Venice film festival two years later for “The Wind Will Carry Us.[9]
He traveled the world in his later years, making films such as “Certified Copy” in Italy and “Like Someone in Love” in Japan.
The globe-trotting, he said, was an attempt to tell stories about “universal characters, that can be accessible to everyone.”[9]
Iranian Director Abbas Kiarostami
Abbas Kiarostami died at 76
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Arshin Mal Alan
The Cloth Peddler
1945 film
The Cloth Peddler (Azerbaijani: Arşın Mal Alan) was a full-length Azerbaijani comedy film made in Baku in 1945, based on the Arshin Mal Alan (operetta) by the famous Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyov.[10]
Trend News Agency
21 September 2015
Baku, Azerbaijan
Arshin Mal Alan (The Cloth Peddler), which is one of the most famous Azerbaijani movies, was shown on September 19, 2015 in Hollywood, US, said the message from the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.[11]
Shot in 1945, this was the first-ever screening of the legendary musical comedy film in Hollywood. The screening was presented by the Consulate General of Azerbaijan in Los Angeles.[11]
Arshin Mal Alan in English
The iconic movie, which has already been shown in 136 countries in 86 languages, was re-mastered and colorized in 2013 in Los Angeles at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation of Azerbaijan. Namely, this new version of the film was screened at Hollywood's renowned Montalban Theater - the first fully automated theater in America.[11]
"Arshin Mal Alan" is based on the operetta of the same name by great Azerbaijani composer Uzeyir Hajibeyli. The operetta is regarded as the first operetta in the Muslim world. The screening was dedicated to the 130th anniversary of Uzeyir Hajibeyli, 100th anniversary of the film's main character, legendary singer Rashid Behbudov, and 70th anniversary of the film.[11]
Welcoming the audience, Azerbaijan's Consul General in Los Angeles Nasimi Aghayev informed the attendees about "Arshin Mal Alan".[11]
Cloth Peddler/Arşın Mal Alan
comes to Hollywood
comes to Hollywood
Mentioning the fact that in 2001 Azerbaijan's National Leader Heydar Aliyev advised the film to be restored to its original quality, the consul general invited the audience to watch the said speech.[11]
Then the video of Heydar Aliyev's speech was shown.
Aghayev noted that this advice of the National Leader was fulfilled when the film was colorized and re-mastered in 2013 at the initiative of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation.[11]
The consul general said that this enormously important project gave "Arshin Mal Alan" a new life.[11]
Speaking of the Heydar Aliyev Foundation, the consul general highlighted the various cultural projects implemented by the Foundation under the dynamic leadership of Azerbaijan's First Lady Mehriban Aliyeva, in Azerbaijan and abroad, for the promotion of Azerbaijani music and culture.[11]
Noting the fact that September 18 is Uzeyir Hajibeyli's birthday, Nasimi Aghayev expressed his gratitude to the city of Los Angeles as well as to six other cities in California for proclaiming this date as the "Uzeyir Hajibeyli Memorial Day" in their respective cities. [11]
یک رقصِ زیبا
از فیلمِ آرشین مالالان ، آذربایجان
Speaking of Azerbaijan's legendary singer Rashid Behbudov, Aghayev said that Behbudov's beautiful voice and great acting played the vital role in the success of the movie "Arshin Mal Alan".[11]
Then the daughter of Rashid Behbdov, Rashida Rashid, who visited Los Angeles to attend the screening, was given the floor.
In her remarks, Rashida Rashid shared the memories of her father about the film.
[11]
از فیلمِ آرشین مالالان ، آذربایجان
She thanked the Heydar Aliyev Foundation for this wonderful accomplishment and called it a great contribution to the preservation of Azerbaijan's cultural heritage. [11]
She characterized the screening of "Arshin Mal Alan" in Los Angeles - the center of the global film industry - as an event of historic magnitude.[
Afterwards, the floor was given to the individuals who played a direct role in the colorization and re-mastering of the film: Igor Lopatonok, CEO of Global 3 Pictures; Price Pethel, visual effects specialist, Oscar Award winner in 2002; Jane Hicks, art director for films by many Hollywood companies including Sony Pictures and Walt Disney Studios.[11]
The speakers expressed their immense satisfaction of being part of these projects and stressed the importance of "Arshin Mal Alan" for the world culture.[11]
Then the movie was screened.
Once again, "Arshin Mal Alan" easily won hearts and minds, mesmerizing the audience with its witty plot, amazing music, great singing and flawless acting.[
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Ghadimova
(Azerbaijan):
"Morgh
-e
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Latvian Singer:
To Shoot Clip
For Azeri
Folk Song
Azer News
5 September 2012
Anmari, Latvian representative at the Eurovision-2012 song contest, which was held in Baku, has arrived in Azerbaijan to participate in International Folklore Festival in the southern town of Masalli on September 7-10.[12]
Anmari expressed her satisfaction with arriving in Azerbaijan again.
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The singer also said she included Azerbaijani songs in her repertoire after this year's Eurovision song contest. [12]
Anmari said she was fond of Azerbaijani music, adding that she has sung such songs as "Sari Gelin", "Uzuyumun gashi firuzedendir", "Sen gelmez oldun", and "Gel, ey seher".[12]
"There is no need to speak about my love for your country and culture," Anmari says. "I witnessed the grandiosity of culture, history and people of your country in May. I'm happy to be back in this country again...I visited several regions including Gabala.[12]
Anmary Sari Gelin clip
Anmari will produce the "Sari Gelin" clip in Azerbaijan. The Latvian singer said that she intends to include the other songs in her repertoire as well.[12]
Anmari arrived in Baku on Tuesday. The singer will go to Masalli Thursday to participate in the folklore festival. Bands from Russia, Turkey, Iran, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Latvia will perform at the event.[12]
The Latvian singer has repeatedly sung "Sari Gelin" in programs held during the Eurovision song contest in Baku.[12]
Anmary, Normunds Zušs
- Vienīgā
- Vienīgā
