Two special programs for the end of XX1st Jazz Festival

XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo concert for kids will be held on Sunday at 12.00, and the repertoire of jazz standards selected for the youngest will be performed by Bosnian and Macedonian musicians, trumpeter Trajče Velkov, saxophone player Kiril Kuzmanov, bassist Edvin Hadžić, pianist Filip Dimiškovski and drummer Viktor Filipovski. At 19.00 starts the first of … Continued

Spend your Saturday at XX1st Jazz Fest

And Saturday will, like the previous days at XX1st Jazz Fest 2017, be marked by seven festival programs, of which six will be organized at the Festival Center in Dom policije venue. At 12.00, Italian historian Francesco Martinelli will hold a lecture on Italian opera and jazz, and at 13.15 Slovenian sociologist Ičo Vidmar will … Continued

James Blood Ulmer – another sold out concert on XX1st Jazz Fest!

Another concert was sold out at this year’s XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo. This is a concert by American blues guitarist James Blood Ulmer, who will perform for the first time in Sarajevo, at Dom policije venue at 22.00. This is the third concert within XX1st Jazz Festival program for which the tickets were sold out … Continued

XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo: program for November 3rd

On the fourth day, XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2017 will present seven festival programs. At 12.00, Italian historian Francesco Martinelli will hold a lecture Night of Tunisia on the influence of Islam on jazz, while at 13.30 there will be a workshop of B&H singer Nataša Mirković on universal voice leading. Both programs are open … Continued

U četvrtak na XX1. Jazz Festu…

Treći festivalski dan XX1. Jazz Festa završni je dan specijalnog programa Musick and Magick kojim Jazz Fest prezentira muziku Johna Zorna a na programu je šest nastupa na ukupno četiri koncerta, od kojih će tri biti održana u Domu policije a jedan u Sarajevskom ratnom teatru. U 19.00 nastupa violončelista Erik Friedlander koji će održati … Continued

Mini festival klasične muzike na Jazz Festu!

Nakon jučerašnjeg sjajnog početka XX1. Jazz Festa Sarajevo 2017 koji je u Festivalskom centru u Domu policije publici ponudio sjajnu najavu za naredna dva dana u kojima će biti predstavljen raznovrsni muzički opus Johna Zorna, iznimno značajnog američkog savremenog kompozitora, današnji program čine četiri koncerta. Za ljubitelje klasične muzike, XX1. Jazz Fest je u Domu … Continued

Večeras počinje XX1. Jazz Fest Sarajevo

Večeras u 20.00 na pozornici Doma policije prvi put nakon 12 godina bit će održan koncert u organizaciji Jazz Festa, a kojim će zvanično biti otvoreno 21. izdanje najstarijeg međunarodnog muzičkog festivala u Bosni i Hercegovini Jazz Festa Sarajevo. Ulaznice za koncert John Zorn’s Improv Night rasprodane su prije nekoliko dana, a bit će to … Continued

Special offer for 1st of November!

For classical music lovers, XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo has a special offer for concerts that will take place on 1st of November in the venue Dom policije. This is a mini one-day festival of contemporary music consisting of three concerts of Chamber Music to be held at 7 pm, Music with Rhythm Section at 9 … Continued

Tickets for XX1st Jazz Fest opening night sold out!

Even before the start of the festival, tickets for the first concerts to be held at Dom policije and the Sarajevo War Theater are sold out. Tickets are sold out for opening night of XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo i.e. for John Zorn’s Improv Night concert, that is to be held on October 31 at the … Continued

XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo starts next week!

On Tuesday, 31st of October, the lights will be lit for the 21st time on the stage of the international music festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo that will present 21 concerts as a part of the main festival program during the six festival days. At the Festival Center, at Dom policije to which Jazz Fest Sarajevo … Continued

Dejan Terzić: Prvi put u svom gradu

Američko-britansko-francusko-njemački ansambl kojeg čine Chris Speed, Phil Donkin, Bojan Zulfikarpašić i Dejan Terzić nastupit će na ovogodišnjem Jazz Festu Sarajevo, u nedjelju 5. novembra u Domu policije, a dva dana kasnije u Banjaluci u Narodnom pozorištu Republike Srpske. Terzić je rođeni Banjalučanin i jedan od najuspješnijih jazz muzičara rođenih u Bosni i Hercegovini a banjalučki … Continued

Accompanying programms on jazz, islam, and opera

As part of the Music Meeting educational program, Jazz Fest Sarajevo is organizing interesting programs – lectures, presentations and workshops that will be open to the public. After the last year’s lectures, organized also within the Music Meeting program, intended primarily for the participants of this educational program young musicians from all parts of Bosnia … Continued

Festival’s box office opened at the venue Dom policije

Box office was opened today at noon at Festival’s Center of XX1st International Music Festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2017 in the venue Dom policije and the tickets for all concert of this year’s festival are now available. The box office will be opened every working day from 12.00 to 20.00 and the festival audience will … Continued

Mary Halvorson: First Lady of improvised music

A composer and improviser…light years ahead of her peers, she is the most impressive guitarist of her generation… The future of jazz guitar starts here. These are just some of the quotes about Mary Halvorson – the most esteemed artist/guitarist of the younger generation whose voice on the music scene is unique and outstanding, both … Continued

Online ticket booking – today only

Till midnight today, you can make a ticket reservation for XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo via this link. Jazz Fest Sarajevo will offer 21aperformances for the festival audience in the main program during the six festival days from October 31st to November 5th. The ticket reservation can be made at pre-sale prices, and tickets will be … Continued

James Blood Ulmer: Blues is a feeling you carry inside

Blues guitarist and singer James Blood Ulmer is a veteran of the music scene and an authentic artist. His career lasting more than five decades has been marked by important albums, collaboration with the great artists and the status of a legendary artist he enjoys today. Before the concert in Sarajevo and his first performance … Continued

Discount for pensioners and students

Jazz Fest Sarajevo regularly enables students from all faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina to buy tickets for festival concerts at cheaper prices, but this year, at the request of the visitors of Jazz Fest Sarajevo, the discount will also apply to pensioners. Aware of the economic situation in which both the festival and its audience … Continued

Actor and director Mathieu Amalric at XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo

French artist Mathieu Amalric is a guest of XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2017, where he will present his documentary film John Zorn 2010-2017. Best known to the audience in the memorable role in the movie Grand Budapest Hotel, as well by the extremely noted roles in the movies James Bond Quantum of Solace and Munich … Continued

Nataša Mirković: Radujem se dolasku kući!

Sarajka rođena u Zenici sa stalnom adresom u Beču. Pjevačica koja je skrenula pažnju na svoj čarobni vokal 1994. godine kao članica ansambla Sandy Lopičić Orkestra. Već godinama istražuje i bavi se tradicionalnom muzikom Balkana i Austrije, a svoj aktuelni album snimljen sa vrhunskim francuskim i američkim umjetnicima Michelom Godardom i Jarrodom Cagwinom predstavit će … Continued

Tickets for the first Banja Luka concert of Jazz Fest Sarajevo available

From today, the tickets for the concert of Dejan Terzić’s ensemble Axiom that will perform in Banja Luka on November 7, are available at the National Theater of Republika Srpska. Dejan Terzić, for who this will be the first appearance in his hometown, will play on the last day of XX1st International Music Festival Jazz … Continued