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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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