GO NORTHWARD / OCTOBER 2019
NORTH STOPOFF FOR JAZZ CONNECTIVE IN HELSINKI, FINLAND CURATED BY HELSINKI JAZZ AND VAAPAT ÄÄNET AGENCY FOR CONCERTS, CONFERENCES AND ARTIST RESIDENCIES.
Monday October 28th
WHS Teatteri Union / 19:00
- iT: Another Crying Game (SI)
Irena Tomažin Zagoričnik, vocal, loops - Elodie Pasquier SOLO (FR)
Elodie Pasquier, clarinet, bass clarinet
Tuesday October 29th
Central library Oodi / 11:00 - 12:30
Kallio Library / 14:30 - 17:00
Koko Jazz Club / 19:00
- Joanna Duda TRIO (PL)
Joanna Duda, piano, electronics
Sławek Koryzno, drums
Max Mucha, double bass - Darrifourcq-Pohjola-Tikkanen (FR/FI)
Sylvain Darrifourcq, drums
Verneri Pohjola, trumpet
Eero Tikkanen, double bass
Wednesday October 30th
WHS Teatteri Union / 14:30
Tenho Restobar / 17:00
- Joanna Duda SOLO (PL)
Joanna Duda, keyboards, electronics
WHS Teatteri Union / 19:00
- Elodie Pasquier & Gilles Coronado (FR)
Elodie Pasquier, clarinets
Gilles Coronado, guitar - Insufficient Funs & Mikko Innanen (IE/FI)
Sam Comerford, bass saxophone
Matthew Jacobson, drums
Guest: Mikko Innanen, alto and baritone saxophones
Artistic program curating:
Sakari Puhakka / Helsinki Jazz
Charles Gil / Vapaat äänet
Concerts coproduced by Vapaat äänet and Helsinki Jazz.
Workshops and professional meetings produced by Vapaat äänet.
With the support of the European Union as part of the Creative Europe (Cooperation Project) and the City of Helsinki.
In cooperation with the AJC / French Nordic Jazz Transit
Participants
Bogdan Benigar
Promotor, co-funder of the Druga Godba organisation, director for jazz & world music at Cankarjev Dom (Ljubljana), member of Europe Jazz Network.
Charles Gil
Producer, concert tour manager, promotor, founder of Vapaat äänet.
Dojrana Prokopieva
Musicologist and cultural professional. Since January 2018 she is Head of production of the International Music Festival DRUGA GODBA in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Jan Granlie
Writer, editor in chief for the web magazine salt-peanuts.eu, former editor in chief for the Norwegian jazz magazine Jazznytt, board member of several jazz festivals.
Jan Kobrzinowski
Freelance music journalist, reviwer, translator, musician and rhythm teacher. Since the beginning of 2019 he is Editor in Chief of the German print magazine JAZZTHETIK.
Karolina Juzwa
Karolina Juzwa – coordinator in the Wytwórnia Foundation, manager of the Wytwórnia venue.
Kenneth Killeen
Artistic Director of Improvised Music Company (IMC), Ireland’s leading promoter of jazz & ethnic music and a dedicated resource organisation for Irish jazz musicians.
Nika Vogrič Dežman
Head of PR and promotion of the Druga Godba festival.
Oliver Weindling
Head manager of the Vortex Jazz Club in London, and label manager at babel label, Oliver Weindling is an inspiring figure on the european scene.
Pierre Dugelay
One of the founders of the Periscope, jazz club and creative artistic scene in Lyon, France.
Sakari Puhakka
The president of Helsinki Jazz which runs jaZZanti concert series in Helsinki.
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