JazzBaltica

JazzBaltica is a jazz festival in Schleswig -Holstein, which takes place since 1991. By 2011, was the central venue Good Salzau in the district of Plön. Since 2012, the festival guest appearances on the grounds of the Evers -Werft in Timmendorfer beach - Niendorf.

History

1991 organized by the Landesmusikrat Schleswig-Holstein in cooperation with the Ministry of Education, Science, Youth and Culture of the Land Schleswig -Holstein, the first JazzBaltica under the heading " Ars Baltica Prologue 1991 ". The initiative to JazzBaltica came from the former Schleswig-Holstein Prime Minister Björn Engholm, which in this project is a possibility of cooperation saw as an avid jazz lover for the launched project he Ars Baltica and the vision of the revival of the Hanseatic tradition in a collaboration the Baltic Sea States. Venue in the first two years was Kiel, where the festival is its beginning with a " bang " adopted - a Concerto for poetry, prose and drums with Günter Grass and Günter " Baby" Sommer. Then it was decided to place the main events in the country Salzau where the festival every year until 2011 took place in the summer. As in some other festivals is also in JazzBaltica space for projects in which musicians play in formations elsewhere does not exist or has been so. A special feature of the festival is the Jazz Baltica ensemble, with varying musicians from the German, Scandinavian and Baltic region each year occurs under changing musical direction. Among the leaders were among jazz musicians and composers such as David Murray, Vince Mendoza, Django Bates, Maria Schneider, Bengt -Arne Wallin, Niels -Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Ole Kock Hansen, Tim Hagans, Conrad Herwig, Lars Danielsson, Wolfgang Haffner, Steven Bernstein and John Enders.

In addition to regular gas- animal border at the festival musicians here are also lesser-known artists a platform. Continuously promotes JazzBaltica young musicians. This ranges from artists of Schleswig-Holstein scene to talented young musicians from Scandinavia, and the Baltic States.

Since 2005 JazzBaltica was provided in each case under a special motto:

  • 2005: "on drums"
  • 2006: " on piano "
  • 2007: "on trumpet "
  • 2008: " on sax "
  • 2009: " big band battle"
  • 2010: "twenty years with friends"
  • 2011: "piano, piano " remembering Esbjörn

The announcement of the Schleswig-Holstein state government, both to highlight the grants to the festival from 2011, as well as the letter of intent to want the mansion Salzau sell, then that would no longer be a venue available, made ​​for excitement and concern for the survival of the festival. The artistic director, Rainer Haarmann, the difference with the 2011 Jazz Baltica from office, it was possible to realize the Jazz Baltica 2011 with a shortened program at the site Salzau last time.

On 1 December 2011 it was announced that the JazzBaltica from 2012 moving to the site of the Evers -Werft in Timmendorfer beach / Niendorf. With Nils Landgren, who owes his international career of Jazz Baltica, 2012 has taken over the artistic direction at the new venue a veteran of this festival.

The ZDF/3sat is at the new venue not continue his television recordings of the concerts of the Jazz Baltica. Media partners are now the NDR, the DLF and arte, on its Web channel Arte Live Web also been selected concerts can be seen.

Structures

The artistic and organizational management of JazzBaltica to 1999 was in the hands of Rainer Haarmann ( Ministry of Culture SH), Nis - Edwin List- Petersen, Arvid Malt tooth ( Landesmusikrat SH ) and Christian Stöhrmann ( TSBW Husum ). Since 2002, the festival is part of the Schleswig- Holstein Music Festival. Artistic Director of the festival was to 2011 Rainer Haarmann. As of 2012, took over Nils Landgren this office.

Award JazzBaltica

The prize awarded JazzBaltica - Since 2008, is given annually to outstanding young jazz musicians - primarily from the North of Germany. It is endowed with 3,000 euros. The prize money is donated by the Investment Bank Schleswig -Holstein.

  • 2013 Frashback, jazz piano trio from Lübeck
  • 2012 Flick stick, the band of the Berlin saxophonist Birgitta Flick and the Hamburg trombonist Lisa Stick
  • 2011 Clara Haber Kamp, jazz pianist with his own trio formation
  • 2010 split equally, to Moritz Baumgaertner Trio and Charlotte Greve, alto saxophone and run by her Lisbeth Quartett
  • 2009 State Youth Jazz Orchestra Schleswig -Holstein
  • 2008 Firomanum ( quartet without bandleader )
David Murray (saxophonist) Maria Schneider (musician) Steven Bernstein (musician) Nils Landgren (musician) Deutschlandfunk
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