Continuation of the concert season

After successful concerts marking the start of their 2019 concert season’s new project – Grlom u jagode (Rushing headlong), Jazz Fest continues the season they organize between the two festivals in co-production with the Sarajevo War Theater. The audience will get the chance to also attend the concerts of international and B&H musicians from September … Continued

The EX

After a 40-year career, with a new generation of musicians, the daring and innovative The EX is still bringing freshness into the musical scene. The legendary band which has been, since 1979, resisting classifications, after 2000 concerts and 28 albums, is performing its premiere concert in Sarajevo. The greatest live band of all time. Bad … Continued

Adam Ben Ezra

A brilliant multi-instrumentalist is not just some Internet sensation, but a musician with a successful career who put the double bass in the centre, showing the music and the audience new musical horizons. I can’t wait to see what else he comes up with. TIME Magazine Adam Ben Ezra – double bass, percussions, electronics Adam … Continued

DrummingCellist

Music that breaks boundaries, abandons the average and the usual, does not accept the limits of the cello or the drums. It explores the possibilities of the two instruments with a pure and complete artistic vision.
 Krajnčan performs his own music as impressively as the works of Arvo Pärt. Extraordinary project, which has no equal … Continued

MOPO feat. Jimi Tenor

The guru himself is joining the irresistible trio and the result is dance music which concurrently forces us to think. Tenor has pushed himself far beyond the boundaries of novelty and proved himself a musician of unrivaled spirit and imagination. The Independent Linda Fredriksson – baritone and alto saxophone Eero Tikkanen – double bass, electric … Continued

7 days left to join crowdfunding campaign

There are only 7 days left till the end of the Jazz Fest crowdfunding campaign for funds that are missing for 23rd festival edition that will be held from 7th till 10th of November 2019. The program of the 23rd Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2019 has already been prepared and the realisation of the planned program … Continued

KIO beanies for backers

Brand KIO is participating in the Jazz Fest campaign aimed at collecting the missing funds for the realization of XX3rd Jazz Fest Sarajevo in 2019. KIO provided the Viktor and Dania beanies, and donors/backers can choose, after selecting perk and placing a donation, between three colours i.e. three different colour combinations of beanies that will … Continued

Brojni muzičari Jazz Festa nominirani za Grammy

Među nominiranim za ovogodišnju, 61. dodjelu diskografske nagrade Grammy našli su se i muzičari koji su prethodnih godina nastupali na pozornicama Jazz Festa Sarajevo. Tako je Julian Lage koji je ove godine nastupio u šest različitih ansambala na XX2. Jazz Festu Sarajevo nominiran u kategoriji najboljeg savremenog instrumentalnog albuma za album Modern Lore koji je … Continued

The campaign has started!

The crowdfunding campaign has started, aimed at collecting missing funds for the XX3rd international music festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2019. After 22 years, Jazz Fest Sarajevo needs your help to co-fund the XX3rd international music festival in 2019, to keep its program and production free from compromises and to preserve its independence. You can give … Continued

New York City Jazz Record on XX2 Jazz Fest Sarajevo

XX2 Jazz Fest Sarajevo by Francesco Martinelli (New York City Jazz Record, issue 200, Decembar 2018) For the past few years Sarajevo has been a sort of home away from home for John Zorn. Unlikely as it seems, it has to do with the global circulation of the music and unrestrained vitality of the first … Continued

From December 3 till December 31

The crowdfunding campaing for XX3rd International music festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2019 will start on December 3 and will last till December 31. The XX3rd festival will be held from November 7 till November 10 next year and the goal of the campaign is to collect the funds necessary to organise this 23rd festival. More … Continued

December 3 – crowdfunding campaign for XX3rd Jazz Fest!

On Monday, December 3, Jazz Fest Sarajevo will launch a crowdfunding campaign for the XX3rd International Music Festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2019, which will be held from November 7 to 10, next year. More information coming soon. In the meantime, take a look at the part of Ibrahim Maalouf’s concert held on November 9, 2014 … Continued

Bh. programi za zatvaranje XX2. Jazz Festa

U nedjelju 4. novembra, posljednjeg dana XX2. Jazz Festa Sarajevo, festvalski program počinje u 12.00 kada će biti održan koncert za djecu. Profesionalni bh. muzičari izvest će repertoar jazz standarda prilagođen uzrastu od 3 do 12 godina. Ulaz na koncert je 5 KM a majmlađi dobijaju besplatan sok i čokoladu. U 20.00 ovogodišnji festival će … Continued

Subota na Jazz Festu – 14 festivalskih programa

Danas će na XX2. Jazz Festu Sarajevo biti predstavljeno ukupno 14 festivalskih programa. Subota je posvećena epskom projektu Johna Zorna Masada i knjigama The Book of Angels i The Book Beriah. U 15.00 u Sarajevskom ratnom teatru svjetsku premijeru će imati Angels Quartet a repertoar čuvene knjige The Book of Angels izvodit će još i … Continued

Predavanje i promocija knjige Francesca Martinellija

Italijanski historičar jazza i predavač na univerzitetu u Sieni Francesco Martinelli već nekoliko godina u okviru Jazz Festa Sarajevo sudjeluje u edukativnom dijelu festivalskog programa. Ove godine predstavit će kapitalno djelo pod nazivom Historija evropskog jazza. Martinelli je uredio ovu monografiju okupivši više od 40 autora koji su na preko 750 stranica na jednom mjestu … Continued

Večeras počinje XX2. Jazz Fest Sarajevo

Rasprodat prvi dio subotnjeg maratona *** Večeras će u 20.00 sati na sceni Doma policije solo koncertom Johna Zorna biti otvoren XX2. novembarski praznik muzike. Ovo je treća i posljednja godina projekta John Zorn in Sarajevo, iznimne saradnje sarajevskog festivala i jednog od najplodnijih i najvažnijih savremenih kompozitora. Ove godine Jazz Fest će u okviru … Continued

Mini interview: Mirza Redžepagić pred premijeru na Jazz Festu

Gitarista Mirza Redžepagić predstavit će svoj novi projekat Nairuz na XX2. Jazz Festu Sarajevo, 4. novembra, u okviru programa Dosterrados, posvećenog bh. umjetnicima i njihovim aktuelnim projektima. Program počinje u 20.00 a osim Nairuza nastupit će i trio Barimatango sa Jelenom Milušić, Atilom Aksojem i Edvinom Hadžićem te vokalni ansambl La Korona. Jedan si od … Continued

Mini interview: Branislav Radojković

Regionalni program ovogodišnjeg festivala Late Nite Stage predstavlja beogradske bendove Fish in oil i Naked. Prvi su u petak otvorili Beogradski jazz festival na glavnoj sceni u Domu omladine, a drugi su se upravo vratili sa WOMEX-a, a u Sarajevu će na XX2. Jazz Festu premijerno nastupati u Sarajevu. I jedan i drugi bend dijele … Continued

Otvoren box office XX2. Jazz Festa

Tačno u podne u festivalskom centru XX2. međunarodnog muzičkog festivala Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2018 u Domu policije otvoren je box office i počela je prodaja ulaznica za koncerte ovogodišnjeg festivala. Box office će raditi svakim danom od 12.00 do 23.00. Već drugu godinu zaredom Dom policije je Festivalski centar Jazz Festa u kojem će biti … Continued

Iz Argentine na Jazz Fest

Nagrađivana pjevačica, autorica i producentica Sofia Rei važi za jednog od najstrastvenijih i najinventivnijih vokalista njujorške scene. Njena muzika istražuje različite tradicije južnoameričkog folklora, jazza, flamenca i elektronike. Ova argentinska pjevačica rođena i odrasla u Buenos Airesu, nastupit će 3. novembra na XX2. Jazz Festu Sarajevo u okviru evropske premijere The Book Beriah Marathona, epskog … Continued