Munich. With two guests from Scandinavia, the BMW
Welt Jazz Award 2017 kicks off its ninth season. Chris Minh Doky
New Nordic Jazz will showcase at BMW Welt’s double-coned structure on
January 22nd, why in Danish jazz contrabassists tend to be
the leader, while Swedish Lars Danielsson will share the stage on
February 5th for the first time with young musician Grégory
Privat from Martinique. Until the mid of March four more cost-free
matinees will follow. The BMW Welt Jazz Award jury will pick after the
last matinee two ensembles, which will face each other in the finale
at the beginning of May, while the audience is free to decide their
very own favorite’s prize.
Chris Minh Doky, son of a Danish pop singer and
Vietnamese doctor and guitarist, studied piano as a teenager at the
Royal Danish Academy for Music before turning to the bass age 15. He
went to the US, where he became an integral part of the young New
Yorkean Scene of the early 90s. Whether playing alongside the likes of
Larry Goldings, Mike Stern or Randy Brecker or together with his
brother, pianist Niels Lan Doky as part of Doky Brothers, his
renditions always combine East Coast grooves with the lyrical sounds
of Scandinavia. With his current trio New Nordic Jazz, Chris
Minh Doky once again gives a taste of this special mix, proving this
January 22ndat BMW Welt.
Lars Danielsson plays Liberetto feat.
Grégory Privat on February
5thwill produce a more melodic, warmer sound than
most of his colleagues, since he’s coming from cello. Add to this mix
the “Nordic sound” of many Scandinavians with which Danielsson joined
in his own way the modern, open style European jazz that incorporates
both classical and pop music. With his quartet and its members
including David Liebman, Bobo Stenson and Jon Christensen alone he
recorded ten albums. Other than developing projects with his singer
wife Cæcilie Norby, he favoured working with pianists as of late – he
recorded several albums with Polish musician Leszek Mozder and for
“Libretto” I and II, he formed an entirely harmonious duo with
Armenian musician Tigran Hamasyan. Aficionados hold piano player
Grégory Privat in high regard, and it is with him that Danielsson will
perform at BMW Welt for the very first time.
Programme of BMW Welt Jazz
Award 2017
Matinees: 11 am to c.1:30 pm at the double-coned structure of
BMW Welt:
January 22, 2017 Chris Minh Doky New Nordic Jazz
February 5, 2017 Lars Danielsson plays Liberetto feat.
Grégory Privat
February 12, 2017 Henning Sieverts´ Symmethree
February 19, 2017 Rauned Garcia-Fons: Revoir Paris
March 5, 2017 Linda Oh: Sun Pictures
March 12, 2017 Eva Kruse: On the Mo
Admission is free of charge but seating is limited. Tickets are
subject to availability. Doors open at 10.30 am.
Grand finale at the auditorium of BMW Welt at 7 pm
May 6, 2017 Final concert featuring the two by the jury
nominated finalists
Tickets for the grand finale on May 6, 2017, will be available as of
January 22, 2017, at BMW Welt and München Ticket.
As in previous years, the programme will be hosted by Beate Sampson,
jazz expert and editor at the German broadcasting station “BR-KLASSIK”.
Jury
The distinguished panel of expert jurors will be headed by
Oliver Hochkeppel (journalist for music and
cultural affairs at the German daily “Süddeutsche Zeitung”) and will
include the following members:
Roland Spiegel, editor at the music desk and jazz
expert at the German broadcasting station Bayerischer Rundfunk “BR‑KLASSIK“;
Andreas Kolb, editor-in-chief of the magazines
“JazzZeitung” and “neue musikzeitung;
Heike Lies, musicologist, Music and Music Theatre
Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the state capital Munich;
Christiane Böhnke-Geisse, Artistic Director of the
international jazz festival “Bingen swingt”.
This edition of the BMW Welt Jazz Award will once again enjoy the
generous support of BR-KLASSIK, “nmz”, “nmz-online” and
“JazzZeitung.de” as well as resort Schloss Elmau and the Department of
Cultural Affairs of the city of Munich.
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