Uzbekistan to host International Jazz Festival

Uzbekistan will host the VI International Jazz Festival on the occasion of the International Jazz Day, declared by UNESCO in 2011. The event will take place from April 30 to May 18, reports “Dunyo” IA correspondent.

According to the UNESCO Office in Tashkent, the event is organized by the Art and Culture Development Foundation of Uzbekistan, the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan and the Tashkent city administration with the support and participation of the embassies of France, Germany, Hungary, India, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland and the United States.

At the festival, about 20 concerts of foreign and national jazz performers will take place at the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, which will become the main venue and celebrate its 85th anniversary, as well as an open-air concert in Ichan-Kala in Khiva, concerts at the Ogakhi Regional Music and Drama Theater in Urgench, the Music and Drama Theater in Bukhara and the Ilkhom Theatre.

Masterclasses and jam sessions will be organized at the Republican Specialized Musical Academic Lyceum named after V. Uspenskiy, the circus college in Tashkent, the State Conservatory of Uzbekistan, the Bonum Faktum gallery and the Maqom bar in Tashkent, as well as the music college in Bukhara.

The participants of the festival are several jazz stars from different countries. Among them are Tim Borner (Germany), Ginetta Vendetta (United States), Igor Butman and representatives of the Russian Jazz Orchestra (Russia), Trio Gregory.