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Istanbul To Host The International Jazz Day

Source: IKSV Media Relations
February 20, 2013

UNESCO DIRECTOR-GENERAL IRINA BOKOVA AND HERBIE HANCOCK, TOGETHER WITH THE REPUBLIC OF TURKEY, ANNOUNCE THE SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY ON 30thAPRIL, FEATURING AN ALL-STAR CONCERT IN ISTANBUL, THE 2013 GLOBAL HOST CITY UNESCO, the Republic of Turkey, and the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz join together to celebrate jazz as a universal language of freedom. United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Director-General Irina Bokova, UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for Intercultural Dialogue Herbie Hancock, Turkey’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, ...

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