Distinguished French saxophonist Sylvain Rifflet will play a unique duo concert in Helsinki with trumpet player Verneri Pohjola. Rifflet will tour Latvia and Estonia in late October with his band Troubadours.
Saxophonist, clarinetist, composer and improviser Sylvain Rifflet, one of the most acclaimed French musicians of his generation, will perform on Sunday 25.10. at Helsinki's WHS Theater Union together with Finnish trumpet player Verneri Pohjola. The artists will perform Rifflet's Troubadours repertoire both individually and together in an evening of the jaZZanti concert series. The unique concert is part of Sylvain Rifflet's Troubadours Baltic tour, which presents the saxophonist with his band in eight concerts in Latvia and Estonia.
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Sylvain Rifflet & Verneri Pohjola
Sun 25.10. 19:00 Helsinki, WHS Teatteri Union (jaZZanti series concert, organized by Helsinki Jazz Association)
Sylvain Rifflet - Saxophones, Clarinets, shruti-box
Verneri Pohjola - trumpet, electronics
Tickets: 20 € / couples 15 + 15 € / seniors, unemployed and members of Helsinki Jazz Association 15 € / students 12 €
Tickets in advance from the Helsinki Jazz Association's website.
Note! The concert will be held at a reduced capacity, so there will be fewer seats than normal.
Sylvain Rifflet on Troubadours tour
Sylvain Rifflet - Saxophones, Clarinets, shruti-box
Verneri Pohjola - trumpet / October 21-23
Fred Roudet - trumpet / 27–31 October
Sandrine Marchetti - harmonium
Benjamin Flament - percussion
Latvia
Wed 21.10. Daugavpils, Theater of Union
Thu 22.10. Madona, Cultural Center
Fri 23.10 Cesis, Cesis Concert Hall
(In cooperation with the French Institute of Latvia)
Finland
Sun 25.10. 19:00 pm Helsinki, WHS Teatteri Union / Sylvain Rifflet & Verneri Pohjola
(jaZZanti series concert, organized by Helsinki Jazz Association)
Estonia
Tue 27.10. Pärnu Concert House
Wed 28.10. Tartu, Vanemuise Concert House
Thu 29.10. Võru, Kannel
Fri 30.10. Tallinn Town Hall
Sat 31.10. Jõhvi Concert House
(Presented by Eesti Kontsert, in collaboration with the French Institute in Estonia)
Tour production: JMP (jmp.fr)
Tour posting and management: Vapaat äänet (vapaataanet.fi)
Tour supporters: Bureau Export, Spedidam
In the frame of the French Nordic Jazz Transit, export and exchange program of the AJC - Association Jazzé Croisé