Official Contest website: newwavecontest.ru
The “New Wave 2025” International Contest of Young Performer of Popular Music will took place from 21 to 26 August in Kazan on the stage near the Ak Bars Arena.
About Contest
From 2002 to 2014, the contest was held annually in Jurmala, Latvia. In 2015 the “New Wave” moved to Russia, where the Krasnodar Krai hosted the event. The contest was staged in the New Wave Hall, which had been specially designed in 2015 for the New Wave event.
The 2025 contest programme featured 13 finalists from 6 countries:
- Teymur Hanifayev (Azerbaijan)
- Suren Poghosyan (Armenia)
- Katrin Murashko (Belarus)
- IRAKLI GADELIA (Georgia)
- Yernazar (Kazakhstan)
- Alex Lim (Kazakhstan)
- “Obereg” Band (Russia)
- GEVORA (Russia)
- SECRET ATELIER (Russia)
- Jummy (Russia)
- Aleksander Filin (Russia)
- Elena Freyman (Russia)
- Masha Fay (Russia)