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Guitarist and oud player Jussi Reijonen, who rarely performs in Finland, will give concerts between February 24–27 in Espoo, Tampere, Oulu and Rovaniemi. The tour follows Reijonen's Three Seconds | Kolme Toista album, released in October 2022, which has collected top reviews both domestically and around the world.
Saxophonist and woodwind specialist Max Zenger (b. 1988) has been appointed as the new 2nd alto saxophonist of the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra.
Jazz trio PLOP and Juhani Aaltonen celebrate their Emma Award win for the best jazz record of 2022.
The strengths of the festival, held for the third time this year, are a bold and internationally high-level program, the unique maritime milieu of the island of Lonna, and the approachable atmosphere of the compact event. The first of 2023 performers have been announced.
Vantaan Viihdeorkesteri järjestää toisen kerran Markku Johanssonin nimeä kantavan sävellys- ja sovituskilpailun vuonna 2023. Kilpailun palkitut teokset kuullaan osana Vantaan Viihdeorkesterin 75 v. juhlakonserttia, joka järjestetään Helsingin Musiikkitalossa 30.9.2023.
Vuoden yleisötyöteko -tunnustuspalkinto myönnetään kulttuurin ja esittävän taiteen alaan liittyvälle projektille, hankkeelle tai teolle, joka on ollut ajankohtainen vuoden 2022 aikana.
The full program of the 37th April Jazz Festival has been published. New additions to the program include the multiple Grammy nominee The Baylor Project (US), the luminous R&B singer Judith Hill (US), Yumi Ito (CH) and Steve Coleman And Five Elements (US), who inspired an entire jazz generation. The festival will also feature the album releases of Jukka Linkola's The Tentet and Antti Lötjönen Quintet East.
A two-part special concert by guitarist Kurt Rosenwinkel will take place at the Savoy JAZZFest in March. Other performers ath festival include e.g. bassist Dave Holland, pianist Gerald Clayton, singer Samara Joy and vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu. The program of the festival, organized for the fifth time this March, is curated by the new artistic director Kaisa Mäensivu.
Held every other year, the Helsinki International Big Band Composing Contest will be organized again in 2023 by the UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and The Finnish Big Band Association (SBBY). The competition, previously known as the Esko Linnavalli big band composition competition, was reformed two years ago, and the rules have been slightly modified again in this year’s edition.
The focus of the festival, which is organized for the fourth time this year, is the guitar and the world's best guitarists. In addition to Iisalmi the festival also takes place in Kiuruvesi.
