"EUropean Jazz @ UCLA," a Four-day Festival of Arts and Culture

The first EUropean jazz festival ever presented in the United States will feature a free concert series with 11 musical groups from 10 countries. All-star line-up includes Borna Šercar’s Jazziana Croatica, Emil Viklický Trio, Georg Breinschmid’s Brein’s Café, Janusz Prusinowski Trio, JazzIndeed with Michael Schiefel, Melanie O’Reilly Celtic Jazz Ensemble, Moroni–Panascia–Marcelli, North Atlantic Jazz Alliance with special guest Almer Imamovic, Olli Hirvonen Trio, Orsi and Bálint Sapszon, and Swiss Intercontinental Jazz Factory.

Los Angeles (PRWEB) October 03, 2013

A stellar array of internationally acclaimed artists will participate in the inaugural “EUropean Jazz @ UCLA,” a multidimensional festival presenting Europe’s unique voice in the universal language of jazz. Exploring the European musical experience of America’s indigenous art form, the festival will run from Thursday, Oct. 10, through Sunday, Oct. 13, at Schoenberg Hall on the UCLA campus.

Bringing together some of the biggest names in jazz, “EUropean Jazz @ UCLA” will feature performances by 11 musical groups, an art exhibition, master classes and roundtable discussion. The centerpiece of the festival is a concert series showcasing groundbreaking artists from nine EU member states including Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy and Poland, plus Switzerland.

Evening performances kick off on Thursday, Oct. 10, with Poland’s Janusz Prusinowski Trio and the Czech Republic’s Emil Viklický Trio. The series continues on Friday, Oct. 11 with Borna Šercar’s Jazziana Croatica, Swiss Intercontinental Jazz Factory, and Germany’s North Atlantic Jazz Alliance with special guest Almer Imamovic of Bosnia. On Saturday, Oct. 12, the program includes Finland’s Olli Hirvonen Trio, Melanie O’Reilly Celtic Jazz Ensemble and JazzIndeed with Michael Schiefel. The festival concludes with a matinee on Sunday, Oct. 13, with Hungary’s Orsi and Bálint Sapszon, Georg Breinschmid’s Brein’s Café of Austria, and Italy’s Dado Moroni, Marco Panascia and Andrea Marcelli.

Initiated by Croatia and supported by the EU in partnership with UCLA to advance cultural cooperation, “EUropean Jazz @ UCLA” is a collaboration between 10 European consulates located in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as the European Union Delegation to the USA, and the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, with support by the Joyce S. and Robert U. Nelson Fund, UCLA Center for European and Eurasian Studies, and Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz on the American side. EUropean supporters include the Consulate General of Germany in Los Angeles, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, Croatian by origin Grgich Wine Estates and Kroll Vodka from Poland.

“This event honors the American art of jazz and wants to bring the specific and particular taste of European jazz to the Los Angeles scene,” said Ambassador Rudi Veestraeten, Consul General of Belgium in Los Angeles. “It is a perfect opportunity for Americans and Europeans to get together, enjoy each other’s culture and celebrate the friendship between Europe and the United States.”

JANUSZ PRUSINOWSKI TRIO
POLAND

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