Swedish saxophone player Mats Gustafsson will have a solo concert on XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo on 3rd November in Dom policije. You open new worlds of sound through your exciting and innovative playing. How did you develop your distinctive technique and style? It is a lot of work of course. The amount of time you … Continued
Dear Audience, This festival was born from the desire to celebrate the freedom that we received after the war and the siege. We have perceived “jazz” primarily as an expression of freedom, and then, possibly, as a musical genre. It has always been less important for us how some music is classified or what names … Continued
The traditional club program of Jazz Fest Sarajevo this year will be organized in the course of four days at Jazzbina club at Maršala Tita 38. During the first and second of November, the home band will consist of the Bosnian-Macedonian line-up: trumpeter Trajče Velkov, saxophone player Kiril Kuzmanov, guitarist Dino Šukalo, bassist Edvin Hadžić, … Continued
Mario Batković prvi put na sceni Jazz Festa nastupa 4. novembra u Domu policije. Ovaj umjetnik, rođeni Banjalučanin koji živi i radi u Švicarskoj istražuje mogućnosti harmonike i nastupa na značajnim festivalima i u važnim koncertnim dvoranama širom svijeta. JFS: Koji su muzički utjecaji doprinijeli formiranju vašeg muzičkog izraza? MB: Bilo bi mi jako teško … Continued
Mario Batković will perform for the first time on the scene of the Jazz Fest Sarajevo on November 4 in the venue Dom policije. This artist, born in Banja Luka, who lives and works in Switzerland, explores the possibilities of accordion and performs at important festivals and concert halls around the world. JFS: What music … Continued
Essential Cinema – an exceptional program that is rarely performed on the scene, and which is part of the Musick and Magick program at XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo, will be held at the Sarajevo War Theater (SARTR) on Wednesday, November 1st. This is just one of 11 programs that will be featured on this year’s … Continued
Wonderful versatility and creative energy that are almost too much for the scene, but enough for the dance floor as well – this is how music professionals describe Kompost 3, the young Austrian band the audience of XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo will have the opportunity to meet on November 3rd at Dom policije. The importance … Continued
JACK Quartet je ansambl koji je u proteklih desetak godina postao nezaobilazan u repertoaru najznačajnijih dvorana širom svijeta. Beskompromisne i besprijekorne interpretacije osigurale su im brojne nastupe i popunjen koncertni raspored do maja naredne godine. Britanski Guardian je njihovo muziciranje opisao “izvedbom koja oduzima dah”, Boston Globe ih je proglasio “superherojima nove muzike” dok članovi … Continued
Mario Batković is the accordionist who sets new standards on the international music scene when it comes to new i.e. contemporary music. Born in Banja Luka, and leaving with his family at the beginning of the war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Batković started a career in Switzerland that led him to some of the most … Continued
James Blood Ulmer, a legendary American jazz and blues guitarist, will take the audience of XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo on a journey through time, back in the days of Delta Mississippi, but also forward, to the world of free jazz improvisation and “harmolodic” blues. This American guitarist and vocalist with the amazing baritone, began his … Continued
Solo concert of Erik Friedlander will be featured as part of the Musick and Magick program at this year’s Jazz Fest Sarajevo – the program which brings the diversity of music and genres of John Zorn, one of the most significant contemporary American composers. This cellist, improviser, and composer is a veteran of the New … Continued
Jazz Fest Sarajevo is preparing a special surprise for Banja Luka audience for the XX1st edition of the international music festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo. After this year’s festival and concerts of Dejan Terzić ensemble Axiom and The Chamber Choir of the Academy of Music from East Sarajevo that will be held in the venue Dom … Continued
Za potrebe pripreme i realizacije XX1. izdanja festivala, Jazz Fest traži šest (6) osoba za honorarni angažman na sljedećim poslovima: hospitality, tehnika, prodaja ulaznica. Javite nam se ako želite i volite raditi, pouzdani ste, precizni u izvršavanju zadataka. Potrebno je poznavanje engleskog jezika i komunikativnost. Prednost imaju mlađe osobe. Prethodno radno iskustvo je poželjno, ali … Continued
Za svoje XX1. izdanje, međunarodni muzički festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo je pripremio i pravi mali festival savremene muzike. Iz bogatog i raznolikog opusa Johna Zorna, jednog od najznačajnijih savremenih američkih kompozitora, različite su muzike i žanrovi koje će u programu Musick and Magick XX1. festivala biti predstavljene publici. Saradnja Zorna i Jazz Festa počela je … Continued
Artistic director of the international music festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo Edin Zubčević is the new artistic director of Jazz Festival Ljubljana, the oldest European jazz festival. Zubčević will perform the function of the Ljubljana jazz festival selector in the next two years, namely the 59th and jubilee 60th edition of this festival. The artistic directors … Continued
Dvojica izvrsnih gitarista Julian Lage i Gyan Riley vraćaju se u novembru u Sarajevo, kako bi nakon sjajnog prošlogodišnjeg nastupa u okviru sarajevskog maratona Bagatela Johna Zorna, još jednom očarali publiku Jazz Festa Sarajevo. Lage i Riley će na sarajevskom koncertu izvesti repertoar sa albuma Midsummer Moons objavljenog ove godine za izdavačku kuću Tzadik, repertoar … Continued
Swedish saxophonist, improviser and composer Mats Gustafsson will be performing for the first time for Jazz Fest audience in a solo concert, which will be held on November 3rd at the Dom policije at XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2017. Active on scene since the 1980s, the list of his collaborations is more than impressive and … Continued
From today until October 1st, young musicians interested in jazz, musical improvisation and new music can apply for regional educational program MUSIC MEETING, which will be held from October 31st to November 5th, during XX1st Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2017. Every year, MUSIC MEETING brings together many young musicians from the countries of the former Yugoslavia, … Continued
Today, B&H singer with an Austrian address Nataša Mirković, French multi-instrumentalist Michel Godard, and American drummer and percussionist Jarrod Cagwin, officially released an album En El Amor. The album En El Amor was released for Carpe Diem label from Berlin and it brings traditional Sephardic songs from South East Europe, recorded in the fascinating acoustics … Continued
Tylol Hot i Jazz Fest Sarajevo nastavljaju saradnju započetu prošle godine na XX. izdanju Jazz Festa Sarajevo 2016. I ove godine će Tylol Hot u festivalskoj sedmici, na različitim lokacijama, dodatno zagrijati festivalsku atmosferu besplatnim toplim napicima koje će obezbijediti za posjetioce koncerata XX1. Jazz Festa Sarajevo koji će biti održan od 31. oktobra do … Continued