55th Jazz on the Oder Festival

This year’s anniversary edition of the Jazz on the Odra Festival, curated by Leszek Możdżer for the fifth time, offers a diverse programme for jazz enthusiasts, including dozens of concerts by Polish and international artists, album premières, outdoor performances, as well as exhibitions and happenings in urban space.

In April, Wrocław will see the performances of strong female names from the world of music, including Jazzmeia Horn, dubbed the jazz voice of her generation, and Kandace Springs – an outstanding singer and an excellent pianist from Nashville. Polish jazzmen Adam Bałdych and Kuba Więcek will première songs from their new releases, and the artistic director will perform in two projects prepared with the festival in mind – together with American saxophonist Tia Fuller and Swedish double bass player – Lars Danielsson and with the winners of the Grand Prix 2018 – Weezdob Collective, who will be accompanied by an orchestra.

To celebrate the UNESCO Year of Krzysztof Komeda, the programme will also include two concerts with new arrangements of works by this outstanding musician and composer. Tribute to Komeda is a project by Andrzej Jagodziński, who decided to collaborate with two excellent jazz singers: Grażyna Auguścik and Agnieszka Wilczyńska. Sławek Jaskułke Sextet will present Komeda Recomposed – an album that serves as an interpretation and reference to the works of Krzysztof Komeda.

Among the accompanying events, we are going to see the first edition of the Marek Karewicz Photo Contest organised by the International Jazz on the Odra Foundation in cooperation with Jazz Forum and the Wrocław Culture Zone. The jury selected 33 photographs from among the submitted works (three jazz photos taken using any technique), which will be presented at the exhibition in the festival spaces. The renowned Wrocław-based photographer Lech Basel is the curator of the competition.

55^th Santander Jazz on the Oder Festival

26^th-30^th April 2019

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