The Bansko Jazz Fest 2016 is here. Better than ever before. Kicking off on the 6th August and finishing with Joss Stone headlining on the 13th August. I can’t wait as it is the best week to be in Bansko in the summer. What’s more, if you need a transfer then help support banskoblog.com and buy it here or on Bansko App.
PRE-FESTIVAL PROGRAMME
August 4th, Thursday
COMMUNITY CULTURE CENTRE “N. VAPTZAROV“*
8:00 p.m. (admission with tickets)
Piano concert – Prof. Yovcho Krushev
August 5th, Friday
Grand Hotel Bansko HALL*
8:30 p.m. (admission with tickets)
Concert of Yordanka Hristova – vocal &
Big Band Blagoevgrad, conductor Boris Yanev
(tickets at the hotel reception)
XIХ JAZZ FESTIVAL BANSKO 2016
PROGRAMME
6–13 AUGUST
STAGE “N. VAPTZAROV“ SQUARE
ТHE CONCERTS STARTS AT 19.30 h
6th August – Saturday
1. Big Band Blagoevgrad and soloists, conductor Boris Yanev and special guest Yordanka Hristova –vocal (Bulgaria)
2. Susana Sawoff (Austria) – Susana Sawoff – vocal & piano, Manu Mayr – electric & double bass, Lukas König – drums, percussion
3. The Golden Buddha Jazz Band (P. R. China) – Kong Hong Wei “The Golden Buddha” – piano, Adam Huang – electric bass, Shao Ha Ha – drums, Martin Feng – chinese ruan /guitar, Ding Xiaokui – chinese flute
7th August – Sunday
1. Pankastic! (Hungary) – Panna Pálmai – singer, Vilmos Seres – clarinet, Márk Horváth – acoustic guitar, Dániel Kardos – acoustic guitar, József Csurkulya – dulcimer, Pál Lombos – double bass
2. Rehan Syed Band (Germany) – Rehan Syed – lead guitar, Jonas Hermes – double bass, Thomas Buffy – violin, Alex Bomba – rythm guitar
3. Vassil Petrov –vocal & Stanislav Arabadjiev trio (Bulgaria) – Stanislav Arabadjiev – piano, Dimitar Sirakov – double bass, Nikola Goryalov – drums
8th August – Monday
1.“The Musical In Jazz” – a concert of students from the jazz-pop department of the State Academy of Music (Bulgaria)
2. Goce Stevkovski Septet (Macedonia) – Mihail Josifov – trumpet, Kiril Kuzmanov – alt saxophone, Ivan Ivanov – tenorsaxophone, Sashko Nikolovski – trombon, Damir Imeri – keyboard, Oliver Josifovski – double bass, Goce Stevkovski – drums
3. Dixieband Teteven (Bulgaria) – Dimcho Dimitrov – conductor, vocal and trombone, Marin Yordanov – clarinet, tenor-sax, Stoyan Todorov – clarinet, sax, Todor Bakardjiev – trumpet, Tanja Dimitrova – piano, Pavel Tetevenski – guitar, banjo, vocal, Vladko Vassilev – bass guitar, Borislav Vasilev – drums, Nikolay Stoykov – percussion, Stanislava Dimitrova – SUNNIE – vocal, Stefan Slavejsky – vocal
9th August – Tuesday
1. Naissblue (Serbia) – Marijan Cvetanović – trumpet, Bojan Bojković – piano, Dimitrije Simović – bass, Jovan Cvetković – drums, special guest Zeljko Ljubic – guitar
2. 3-oto (Bulgaria) – Kalin Zhechev – keyboard, Yasen Vasilev – guitar, Venko Poromanski – drums
3. Michal Wroblewski trio (Poland) – Michał Wróblewski – piano, Michał Kapczuk – double bass, Sebastian Kuchczyński – drums
4. Magi Alexieva “MEY” (Bulgaria) with Berthe Trio (France) – Magi Alexieva “MEY” – vocal, Mickael Berthelemy – piano, Thomas Cordogli – bass, Felix Joveniaux – drums
10th August – Wednesday
1. Rumen Alexandrov Ragtime Band (Bulgaria) – Desislava Tileva – vocal, Stoicho Radnev – trumpet, Nevilian Gemijev – clarinet, Rumen Alexandrov – banjo, Georgi Tsenev – piano, Nikolay Enev – tuba
2. Cyrus Chestnut / Buster Williams / Lenny White (USA) – Cyrus Chestnut – piano, Buster Williams – bass, Lenny White – drums
3. Silvia & Band (Portugal / Bulgaria) – Sílvia – vocals (fadist), Tiago Santos – portuguese guitar, João Paulo Correia – classic guitar, Luis Cabral – acustic bass, Ivo Martins – percussion
11th August – Thursday
1. Breakpoint (Bulgaria) – Boris Petrov Parcheto – sax, piano, clarinet, Angel Dimitrov – guitar, tambura, Plamen Dimitrov – accordion, Nikolay Danev – drums, Svetoslav Nedelchev Kozmo – bass guitar
2. Axel Zwingenberger (Germany) & Keito Saito (Japan) – piano
3. Shakatak (UK) – Bill Sharpe – keyboards, Jill Saward – lead vocals / percussion / flute, Roger Odell – drums, George Anderson – bass, Jacqui Hicks – backing vocals / sax / flute, Alan Wormald – gtr / backing vocals
12th August – Friday
1. Christina Kirova Sextet (Bulgaria) – Christina Kirova – vocals, Angel Nikolov – piano, Alexander Vasev – keyboard, Isaak Benbasat – drums, Emilio Varholev –bass, Ivan Jordanov – saxophone
2. Tal Gamlieli trio (Israel) – Tal Gamlieli – double bass, Chai Bar David – piano, Amir Bar Akiva – drums
3. NADA (Italy) – Nada – voice, Luciano Turella – viola/voice/percussions, Fausto Mesolella – guitar
13th August – Saturday
1. Petya Stancheva quintet (Bulgaria)
2. Ralyzzdig’s Band (Japan) – Yuichiro Tokuda – sax & vocal, Naoto Suzuki – guitar, Syunichi Yanagi – piano, Tomoya Ohgaki – bass, Yuto Maseki – drums
3. JOSS STONE & BAND (UK)
The organizers reserve the right to make changes to the program.
Enjoy Bansko Jazz Fest and let;s hope for sunny balmy and dry Jazz evenings.
