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Musica – Festival international des musiques d’aujourd’hui

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Strasburgo - 20.09.2008-04.10.2008 Tra le più importanti rassegne musicali europee, a breve distanza da luoghi-simbolo dell'avanguardia come Donaueschingen e Darmstadt, Musica documenta da ventisei edizioni gli esiti della creatività contemporanea. Apertosi da qualche anno alle convergenze con linguaggi “altri," dal rock, al jazz al teatro e alla danza, il festival si caratterizza, a differenza della gran ...

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Festival MiTo Settembre Musica

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Torino-Milano - 01-25.09.2008 Approdata alla seconda edizione, perfezionando la polarizzazione avviata l'anno precedente fra il capoluogo piemontese e quello lombardo, MiTo Settembre Musica offre ampio spazio, nell'ambito di un cartellone decisamente eterogeneo, al repertorio contemporaneo. La parola “repertorio" ben si attaglia alla musica di Olivier Messiaen, il cui valore artistico e la importanza storica sono da ...

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Festival Estival de Musique de Chambre au Pay de Gex

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Pays de Gex - 26.08-07.09.2008 Grazie alla determinazione di Geneviève Teulières Sommer - violoncellista di rango, allieva di André Navarra e insegnante alla londinese Guildhall School of Music - e al generoso contributo di un gruppo di volontari, riuniti nell'associazione “CELLO arte" la verdeggiante quiete della regione francese di Gex, a breve distanza dal confine svizzero ...

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Festival Messiaen au Pays de la Meije

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by AAJ Italy Staff

La Grave - 10-20.07.2008 Per festeggiare il centesimo compleanno di Olivier Messiaen, degnamente celebrato dall'Eglise de la Sainte-Trinité--in cui fu organista titolare per circa sessant'anni - con moltissime iniziative, ha pensato in grande anche Gaëtan Puaud, infaticabile direttore artistico della rassegna che da undici anni si svolge sulle Alpi del Delfinato, non lontano da Grenoble (e ...

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TD Canada Trust 2009 Vancouver International Jazz Festival

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by A. Henkin

TD Canada Trust Vancouver International Jazz FestivalVancouver, CAJune 26th-July 5th Probably one of the few places on the planet not deep in mourning for recently deceased pop star Michael Jackson was Vancouver, on the western coast of Canada, or at least the parts of the city given over to the 24th annual TD ...

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The Philly Pops with Peter Nero: A Concert of Bernstein, Rodgers, and Webber

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by Victor L. Schermer

The Philadelphia Pops with Peter NeroThe Best of Bernstein and the Riches of Rodgers--plus Andrew Lloyd WebberThe Mann CenterPhiladelphia, PA July 22, 2009 Should newer readers question why a concert of this kind is being reviewed on a “hard-core" jazz website, the simplest answer is because of the inseparable historical ...

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Dave Douglas & Brass Ecstasy

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by AAJ Italy Staff

Summertime Casa del Jazz - Roma - 19.07.09 Il 19 luglio il parco della Casa del Jazz ha ospitato Dave Douglas alla testa della Brass Ecstasy, chiaro omaggio alla Brass Fantasy di Lester Bowie nel decennale della scomparsa. Bowie muore l'8 novembre 1999 e con lui si chiude un'esperienza sotto molti versi unica. Trombettista del tutto ...

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Evan Parker Trio at the Vortex in London

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by John Sharpe

Evan Parker Trio The Vortex London, England July 16, 2009 “Support your local heroes!" is an injunction that should be familiar to every jazz fan. And that's what the Vortex Jazz Bar does on a regular basis by giving saxophone master Evan Parker a slot, usually on ...

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Pori Jazz: Finland's Finest Festival

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by Anthony Shaw

44th International Pori Jazz FestivalPori, FinlandJuly 10-18, 2009 Summer festivals have been a feature of the music scene probably since time immemorial--Wolfgang Mozart was very familiar with the concept at least, writing commissions for evening fêtes and soirées. And it has surely always been an inescapable fact that the weather can make or break ...

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Desmond at the Curtis Arboretum: A Great Taste of Philly Jazz on a Summer Evening

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by Victor L. Schermer

Mary Ellen Desmond Curtis Arboretum Philadelphia, PA July 12, 2009 If you want a picture-perfect setting with a “soiree" feeling for a jazz group, the Curtis Arboretum is it. Located in the Philadelphia suburb of Wyncote, PA, it was created by Mary Louise Curtis Bok, in honor of her father ...


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