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Time-traveling Quartet Ajaton tours six cities in the turn of September. The tour is co-produced together with the Finnish Jazz Federation. This is the second pilot tour in the Jazz Finland Carbon Neutral Tour Model development project.
Organized for the second time,Åland Sea Jazz invites music lovers to Mariehamn. The event culminates the summer Archipelago Sea Jazz festival series.
In the Rising Star series Timo Lassy, Linda Fredriksson and Raoul Björkenheim also made it to the lists.
Jazz Finland, Sibelius Academy Jazz Music Department at Uniarts Helsinki, UMO Helsinki Jazz Orchestra and the Finnish Musicians’ Union launched a new international jazz residency program in August 2021. Composer, drummer and percussionist John Hollenbeck (b. 1968) visited Helsinki as the first-ever Artist-in-Residence in this program in August 2021. Due to the pandemic, Hollenbeck’s visit was divided into two short periods, and the latter part finally takes place a year later, in August 2022.
Jazz Finland develops the sustainability of their touring concepts. During fall 2022, Jazz Finland studies the emissions of seven differently produced tours, and collects data about their impacts and user experiences. The extensive touring season is opened by the jazz-tango threesome Sole Azul in August 15–21 in Lapland, where they set up a residence in the village of Kaukonen, and commute to concerts by an electric car.
Turku Sea Jazz kickstarts at the Cathedral Park Terrace on Wednesday, July 27 and Thursday is spent on Seili island. Weekend’s concerts on July 29–30 are held in the front of the Forum Marinum Maritime Center by Aura River. The audience gets to enjoy hottest Finnish and international jazz rhythms, a marine atmosphere, and delicious food experiences.
The Archipelago Sea Jazz festival series continues with Korpo Sea Jazz. Korpo Sea Jazz dives deep into contemporary jazz and offers a versatile immersive experience from 20 to 24 July.
The third Iisalmi Jazz Festival brings the world's top guitarists to Savo!
This summer, Vapaat äänet organizes the Finnish debuts of two interesting trios: Innanen - Pasborg - Piromalli (Finland, Denmark, France) and Karja - Renard - Wandinger (Estonia, France, Germany) will both tour at the end of July. The agency also organizes pianist Andy Emler's concert series at the end of August.
Kangasala's second consecutive Harjujazz has an extremely versatile programme of the best of Finnish jazz. The festival's main guest is saxophonist-composer Timo Lassy.
