The Cerkno Jazz Festival 2020 will take place between September 17 and 19 in the parking lot at Stara ETI, in accordance with the strict health measures of the National Institute of Public Health.
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The Jazz Festival Ljubljana 2019 is celebrating a high jubilee! The 60th edition of the festival will be the meeting point of the glorious past and the bright future. The organizers want to build on the foundations of this long tradition and rich past by presenting the current situation both on the global and Slovenian music scene.
Spring 2018. Coast. The girls, musicians by heart and profile, came up with the idea of a big band. The boys, locals from Marezig, came to their aid with a space for rehearsals, first notes and experience. The internationally renowned saxophonist Lovro Ravbar took over the artistic direction of the newly formed big band, and the group of "bandits and bandits" has been creating together for a good half year.
Drummer jazz legend Ratko Divjak made a strong impression on the music scene both in Slovenia and abroad. He has a varied career behind him, which he started in a rock band and then continued in jazz.
Saxophonist Lovro Ravbar certainly belongs to the very top of the Slovenian music scene and does not limit himself to strict stylistic guidelines.
Enoch Jamal "EJ" Strickland is a world-renowned drummer and composer, an artist who can be heard on more than 60 albums over the past ten years.
Igor Lumpert is a Slovenian musician living in New York who boasts a velvety saxophone sound. You will be able to listen to his melodies on November 2 at 9:00 PM in the Jazz Club Ljubljanski grad.
The new project of Ratko Zjača and Stefan Bedetti was created with the release of the album Life on Earth. You can listen to him on October 26 at 21:00 at Jazz Club Ljubljanski grad.
Dramatic actor and famous impersonator Klemen Slakonja will once again try his hand as a singer, and you will be able to hear him on October 19 at 9:00 pm at Jazz Club Ljubljanski grad.
On January 6th, all fans of swing music will be able to listen to one of the most popular orchestras in the world in the Gallus Hall. The Glenn Miller Orchestra, which has already performed more than 5,000 concerts in Europe, is returning to Slovenia next year as part of the Jukebox Saturday Night tour. Tickets are already on sale.
A Love Lane Nocturne, the latest project of the winner of the prestigious composer award (2017 ASCAP Johnny Mandel Prize) and New York-based drummer and composer Žan Tetičkovič/Jean John, represents a contemporary performer's return to the roots and elements of jazz expression.
Postmodern Jukebox, one of the most popular cover artists in the world, will also visit Slovenia in the spring. They will perform in the Tivoli Hall on May 11, 2018.