When the appearance of American guitarist Marc Ribot at Jazz Fest Sarajevo was negotiated for the first time, Ribot canceled the solo tour six months before the planned concert, to answer the invitation of Tom Waits to record the album Real Gone. Four years later, in 2007 he held a solo concert as agreed at … Continued
Rasprodane su ulaznice za dvostruki koncert koji će biti održan na 20. Jazz Festu Sarajevo 2016, 5. novembra u Gradskoj vijećnici – duet Tijane Vignjević i Belme Alić te duet Miroslava Tadića i Merime Ključo. “Vrlo smo zadovoljni što su upravo dva bosanska koncerta prva rasprodana na 20. jubilarnom izdanju festivala. Riječ je o koncertima … Continued
JFS: Prvi put si nastupio na Jazz Festu prije 15 godina kada si sa Vlatkom Stefanovskim održao dva rasprodana koncerta. Od tada si predstavio na Jazz Festu mnoge svoje projekte koji imaju veze sa tradicionalnom muzikom Balkana. Stalno se vraćaš tom repertoaru. U čemu je njegova privlačnost? Miroslav Tadić: Muzika Balkana je beskrajna, raznolika, inspirativna … Continued
Audiences of the 20th Jazz Fest Sarajevo will be presented with numerous premiere concerts including a project premiere of British composer and pianist Django Bates, designed specially to mark the anniversary of the festival. Bates’ ten member ensemble will present a project carried out in cooperation with Jazz Fest and the jazz department of Bern’s … Continued
Swiss trombonist Samuel Blaser, “a rising star” as he was named by DownBeat magazine, will perform on 03 November at the 20th Jazz Fest in a trio with French guitarist Marc Ducret and Danish drummer Peter Bruun. The trombone is an instrument that we do not hear too often in modern jazz formations, especially in … Continued
The twentieth Jazz Fest Sarajevo will present a number of European and world premieres from 02 to 06 November, one of them will be the concert of the American drummer Mark Nauseef, French cellist Vincent Courtois and British bassist John Greaves. Although they built opulent careers which include numerous musical collaborations, the three world-class artists … Continued
20th Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2016 audience will get the chance on 04 November at Bosanski kulturni centar, to attend the European premieres of John Zorn’s The Bagatelles program, the most ambitious project in the history of the festival. The American composer, saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, producer and conductor will be performing for the first time in Sarajevo … Continued
Today one of the most influential figures of Scandinavian jazz, pianist Bugge Wesseltoft released back in 1996 the album New Conception of Jazz with his eponymous band. This is the album that started it all, the album with which Bugge started to change the perception of jazz while founding his own record label Jazzland Recordings … Continued
Vokalistica Tijana Vignjević i violončelistica Belma Alić predstavit će premijerno na 20. Jazz Festu Sarajevo svoj zajednički projekat. Njihov koncert koji će biti održan 5. novembra u Gradskoj vijećnici izazvao je veliki interes posjetilaca, a u zajedničkom intervjuu govore o projektu u kojem spajaju klasičnu muziku i sevdalinku. JFS: Kako je nastao duet sa Belmom … Continued
On the occasion of the 20th anniversary of Jazz Fest Sarajevo, the festival is offering a special discount on all concert tickets, for students of all faculties in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Tickets with student discount will be available for purchase with a valid student ID, exclusively at the festival box office which opens on 24th … Continued
Two concerts at Bosanski kultuni centar will be held on the occasion of the opening of the 20th international music festival Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2016. The festival will be opened on 2nd of November by the Norwegian pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft who marks 20 years of his project New Conception of Jazz with a new … Continued
From today until 14 October, young musicians interested in jazz and improvised music, can apply for the regional educational program Music Meeting to be held from 2 to 6 November within the 20th Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2016. Music Meeting applications can be submitted at this link. The program is aimed for musicians and music students of … Continued
Taksim Trio, the Turkish ensemble of virtuous musicians is going to introduce their current album at the 20th Jazz Fest Sarajevo and take the audience on a musical adventure made of an inviting combination of their usual repertoire and flamenco. This trio opened the 16th Jazz Fest edition four years ago, introducing themselves for the … Continued
JFS: Dvadeset je godina Jazz Festa i dvadeset je godina od tvog prvog nastupa na Jazz Festu 1997. godine sa Boilers Quartetom, u to vrijeme jednim od najuzbudljivijih jazz sastava u regiji. Boilersi su svirali još jednom na festivalu 2000. godine. Gdje su Boilersi danas? MD: Nevjerojatan je bio osjećaj u to vrijeme posjetiti Sarajevo. … Continued
Today is the last day for applications for a conference organized by the Europe Jazz Network in Wroclaw, Poland from 22 to 25 September. The European Jazz Conference 2016 is being held within the European Capital of Culture 2016 project and co-organized by the Polish National Music Forum and the Jazztopad festival. The program includes … Continued
American composer and multiinstrumentalist John Zorn will premiere five new compositions at this year’s Composer Portraits program at Columbia University. On 20 October the audience at New York’s Miller Theatre will get the chance to attend the world premiere of compositions Zorn wrote this year: The Blue Strategem, Candlemas Eve, Freud, Cagliostro and Obscure Objects of … Continued
Norwegian pianist and composer Bugge Wesseltoft is playing a concert tonight with his ensemble New Conception of Jazz – edition 2016, with whom he will also be opening this year’s 20th Jazz Fest Sarajevo on 02 November at Bosanski kulturni centar. With tonight’s performance at 21.00 at Nasjonal jazzscene Victoria, Wesseltoft continues to mark the … Continued
American pianist and composer Uri Caine has released a new album named Calibrated Thickness with his new trio with drummer Clarence Penn and double bassist Mark Helias. Calibrated Thickness consists of 15 Uri Caine originals. The premiere performance with Penn and Helias is taking place tonight at the Smalls Club in New York and you can … Continued
One of the most known South-Slavic composers, poets and singer-songwriters Arsen Dedić has left us a year ago. Jazz Fest will be paying tribute at the forthcoming festival edition with the project Matija svira Arsena. The album of pianist Matija Dedić, recorded only two weeks after his father’s passing, consists of piano reinterpretations of Arsen’s … Continued
During the 20th Jazz Fest Sarajevo 2016, a pop-up store of the New York based record label Tzadik will be organized. All CD and LP Tzadik releases by John Zorn will be offered for sale. The more than 200 releases will be available in a limited quantity of 3 to 10 copies. In order to … Continued