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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest 7th Edition Officially Begins - Applications for 2022 edition are now open
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Valerio Pappi
The seventh edition of the 7 Virtual Jazz Club contest officially begins today. Deadline May 15, 2022 2022 Categories Under 25: soloists and bands aged 25 years or younger. All nationalities welcome, provided the artist is fully independent (i.e. no booking agent, no recording company or publisher); Pros & Amateurs: all other musicians not belonging to the Under 25 category. How to apply To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee (waived for Ukraine musicians) then ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest 2021 Edition: And the winners are...
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Valerio Pappi
Milan, February 13th 2022, during a live streaming event, the judging panel and the 7 Virtual Jazz Club finalists (2021 Edition) joined the award ceremony for the Pros & Amateurs and the Under25 category. Pros & Amateurs’ Category First Place: Israeli harmonica player Ariel Bart for the composition “Colors Palette." Prize: Masterclass (CvA program) offered by Conservatorium van Amsterdam; Live Concert in Jazz Club Ferrara (Italy); recording equipment and advertisement. Second Place: English group led by bassist Misha Mullov-Abbado for ...
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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Finalists Of The 2021 Edition
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Valerio Pappi
The Web Community Prize (direct access to the final) has been awarded to the Russian guitarist Leonid Morozov for the Under 25’s Category which presented the song “Will You Still Be Mine" and to the Ecuadorean drums player Juan Posso for the Pros & Amateurs’ Category which presented the song “Cambio de lugar”. Finalists selected by the judge in alphabetical order Amateurs & Pros’ Category Ariel Bart (Israel) Evgeny Lebedev (Russia) Jazz Station Big Band featuring G. Maret ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest 2021 Edition
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Valerio Pappi
New website, new rules, new judges, new prizes, new sponsors The 7 Virtual Jazz Club is now in its sixth edition. Jazz artists from around the globe will have the chance to enter the most famous online jazz contest and we're accepting submissions until November 15, 2021. Categories Under 25 Musicians of any nationality aged 25 or younger, with no prior experience with a producer or artistic promotion. Pros & Amateurs All the musicians that do not qualify for the ...
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The 7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest 6th Edition Officially Begins - Applications for 2021 edition are now open
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Valerio Pappi
On 15th June, pre-registration ends and the sixth edition of the one and only online jazz contest in the world officially begins with great news: new prizes, new sponsors, new judges, new website and new voting method. Deadline November 15th, 2021 2021 Categories Under 25: soloists and bands of 25 years old or younger, of any nationality, provided that they never had a booking agent, recording company or publisher; Pros&Amateurs: all the musicians not belonging to the Under25 category. How ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club's 6th Edition Contest Open. Register Now!
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Valerio Pappi
The sixth edition of the 7 Virtual Jazz Club’s Contest is about to start. Entries will open on April 15th. Until June 15th soloists and bands will have the chance to enter by paying a reduced entry fee. Categories Under25: Musicians of any nationality aged 25 or younger, with no prior experience with a producer or artistic promotion; Pros&Amateurs: all the musicians not belonging to the Under25 category. New Judges The jury is now made of 32 jurors (with some ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club's Contest 2020 Edition: Winners Announced!
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Valerio Pappi
The 7 Virtual Jazz Club is proud to announce the winners of our 2020 contest edition. Pros & Amateurs’ Category Jury Prize € 1,000 plus a live concert at Jazz Club Ferrara Brazilian vocalist Camila Ronza for “Nilopolitano" Second Prize € 1000 plus advertising British saxophonist Alex Hitchcock for “Points of Contact" Third Prize United States trombonist Aubrey Logan featuring Hagelsag for “Airport Codes" and to Canadian trumpeter Rachel Therrien for “V per Vena.” Under 25 Category Jury ...
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7 Virtual Jazz Club Announces The Winners Of The Web Community Prize And The 5th Edition Finalists
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Valerio Pappi
The Web Community Prizes (direct access to the final) has been awarded to Ada Flocco (Italy), Eytan Schillinger-Hyman (USA) and Daniel Dyonisius (Indonesia). Finalists selected by the international jury (in alphabetical order): Amateurs & Pros’ Category Aki Rissanen Trio (Finland) Alex Hitchcock Quintet (UK) Aubrey Logan with Hagelsag (USA) Brian Eisenberg Jazz Orchestra (USA) Camila Ronza (Brazil) Chuck Israels Trio (USA) Gabriela Martina (Switzerland) Gio Rossi- Lime Virtual Big Band (Italy) Ivo Neame Big Band (UK) James Copus (UK) Marvin ...
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