ABOUT
KRISTS SARŽANTS is a Latvian composer and pianist whose work spans jazz, crossover and film music, as well as a graphic designer behind album artwork for artists such as Santa Šillere, Artūrs Sebris, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen and others. Performing throughout Europe and the United States, he has collaborated with the Latvian Radio Big Band, Kenneth Dahl Knudsen (DK), Arta Jēkabsone (US/LV) and GRAMMY Award-winning artists Sara Caswell (US) and Keita Ogawa (JP/US), among others. Saržants’ quintet recordings were presented at the “jazzahead! 2017” annual fair and festival, as well as included in the compilation albums “Jazz In Latvia 2018” and “Jazz In Latvia 2020” (both presented at “jazzahead!” as well). In 2019 Krists opened the TEDx conference with his quintet in Riga and in 2020 released his debut album “Then and Now”, which was nominated for the Annual Latvian Music Recording Award „Zelta Mikrofons” (“Golden Microphone”) (dubbed "the Latvian Grammy”) in the category “Best Jazz or Funk music album”.
