With “New”, the Motto of the coming Year, refers to the Genre of the Festival to the constant renewal process in Jazz. To expect a colorful “snapshot” of the current global jazz scene.
With a double concert in the Opera house in Bonn on 17. May 2019 – after the Lisa Wulff Quartet Quasthoff-Quartet occurs with the famous former classical singer Thomas Quasthoff – starts the tenth edition of the Jazzfest in the Federal city of Bonn . 14 days later it is in the Telecom Forum to an end with another double concert: According to the Icelandic fusion band Mezzoforte Monika plays Roscher Bigband.
Always in a two-pack
Double concertos are a trademark of the Jazzfest Bonn: a possibility, the artistic Director Peter Materna, to confront the audience with world stars, as well as with regional and emerging artists and to show the range of Jazz in all its diversity.
Founded Materna the Jazzfest Bonn, 2010. In 2019, the round anniversary with an all-day event will be celebrated on Bonn’s market square – open to the sky, and with free admission. The performing artists have not been announced yet.
For the Rest of the program is fixed since Tuesday: twelve nights 25 artists or formations to make music. The game types range from the very traditional style of the Kyle Eastwood Quintet, the son of Hollywood Star Clint Eastwood (article image), to the experimentation of the seven-man band, Shake Stew from Austria, the sounds of the mesmerizing effect to igneous.
Desire to Experiment
The project “Kyoto mon amour” merges the drummer Eric Schaefer elements of Jazz with those of the Japanese musical high culture. Jazz Standards, the singer Lucia Cadotsch accompanied, by contrast, brings, nevertheless, in a surprising way: minimalist tenor saxophone and double bass.
Also unique is likely to be the result, if the WDR Big Band together with Knower on the 25. May occurs. Knower, an electronic Duo, with his viral Videos and visual Live projects, in the meantime, an international Internet phenomenon. Older jazz lovers are guaranteed to detect a Band, the Forum occurs subsequently, the Telekom Tower of Power. 50 years after its founding in 1968, the ten intermediary of Urban Soul Music to enjoy from the Californian city of Oakland legend status.
Manu Katché, who has played with pop stars Sting and Peter Gabriel, also conveys melodic elements on the drums
An unusual night, the 4 promises. To be may: After the French Star percussionist Manu Katché, one of jazz’s noise big band plays. The performances of this house-band of the Munich-based techno clubs often leads to a Party – something that occurs in the venue of the Bonn Opera rarely.
Private Engagement
From the dream world of the children’s book heroine “Alice in Wonderland” sing Of Cabbages And Kings, a four-part female vocal ensemble, which was formed from the national jazz orchestra. The U.S.-Pianist Jason Moran brings the Sound of the crucible of New York to the Bonn Beethoven house.
The vocal ensemble Of Cabbages and Kings
Unusually for a jazz festival: The Ten-year Celebration of the artistic Director Peter Materna forgives ion ten commissions to different format. So the “New receives” at the Jazz an extra Dimension.
7.000 tickets – 1,000 more than in the previous year – in advance from 1. December available. Also unusual in a city without a strong jazz tradition: The concerts are sold out since the founding of the festival to 100 percent.
14,000 euros, not even a tenth of the total budget of the Bonn Jazzfest, to be contributed by the city of Bonn, the Rest comes from sale of Tickets, sponsorship and donations. As a media partner, Deutsche Welle will offer some concerts as Audio on Demand or for Download.