The International Jazz Festival in Bansko is one of the biggest summer musical events in Bulgaria and one of the foremost international cultural happenings on the Balkans.
Since its foundation in 1998 the festival has been held every year in August in the small town of Bansko. The concerts are free for the public.
Traditionally, the programme features styles and groups representing almost all jazz trends. During the festival week jazz is also played on various smaller stages in the large resort complexes and restaurants.
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XIX JAZZ FESTIVAL BANSKO 2016
6 – 13 August
PROGRAMME
August 6th, Saturday
Yordanka Hristova & Big Band Blagoevgrad (BULGARIA)
Susana Sawoff (AUSTRIA)
Susana Sawoff – vocal & piano, Manu Mayr – electric & double bass, Lukas König – drums, percussion
The Golden Buddha &Li Gao Yang jazz quartet (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
August 7th, Sunday
Pankastic (HUNGARY)
Panna Pálmai – singer, Vilmos Seres – clarinet, Moniel Kardos – acoustic guitar, József Csurkulya – dulcimer, Pál Lombos – double bass
Rehan Syed Band (GERMANY)
Rehan Syed – lead guitar, Jonas Hermes – double bass, Thomas Buffy – violin, Alex Bomba – rythm guitar
Vassil Petrov & Stanislav Arabadjiev Trio (BULGARIA)
Stanislav Arabadjiev – piano, Dimitar Sirakov – double bass, Nikola Goryalov – drums
August 8th, Monday
“The Musical In Jazz” – a concert
of students from the jazz-pop department of the State Academy of Music (BULGARIA)
Goce Stevkovski Septet (MACEDONIA)
Mihail Josifov – trumpet, Kiril Kuzmanov – alt saxophone, Ivan Ivanov – tenor saxophone, Sashko Nikolovski – trombon, Damir Imeri – keyboard, Oliver Josifovski – double bass, Goce Stevkovski – drums
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
August 9th, Tuesday
Naissblue (SERBIA)
Marijan Cvetanović – trumpet, Bojan Bojković – piano, Dimitrije Simović – bass, Jovan Cvetković – drums, special guest Zeljko Ljubic – guitar
3ОТO (BULGARIA)
Kalin Zhechev – keyboard, Yasen Vasilev – guitar, Venko Poromanski – drums
Michal Wroblewski Trio (POLAND)
Michal Wróblewski – piano, Michal Kapczuk – double bass, Sebastian Kuchczyński – drums
Magi Aleksieva-Mey & Berthe Trio (BULGARIA/FRANCE)
Magi Alexieva-MEY” – vocal, Mickael Berthelemy – piano, Thomas Cordogli – bass, Felix Joveniaux – drums
August 10th, Wednesday
Rumen Alexandrov Ragtime Band (BULGARIA)
Desislava Tileva – vocal, Stoicho Radnev – trumpet, Nevilian Gemijev – clarinet, Rumen Alexandrov – banjo, Georgi Tsenev – piano, Nikolay Enev – tuba
Cyrus Chestnut Trio (USA)
Cyrus Chestnut – piano, Buster Williams – bass, Lenny White – drums
Silvia & Band (PORTUGAL/BULGARIA)
Sílvia – vocals (fadist), Tiago Santos – portuguese guitar, João Paulo Correia – classic guitar, Luis Cabral – acustic bass, Ivo Martins – percussion
August 11th, Thursday
Breakpoint (BULGARIA)
Boris Petrov Parcheto – sax, piano, clarinet, Angel Dimitrov – guitar, tambura, Plamen Dimitrov – accordion, Nikolay Danev – drums, Svetoslav Nedelchev Kozmo – bass guitar
Axel Zwingenberger (GERMANY) & Keito Saito (JAPAN)
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
August 12th, Friday
Kristina Kirova Sextet (BULGARIA)
Christina Kirova – vocals, Angel Nikolov – piano, Alexander Vasev – keyboard, Isaak Benbasat – drums, Emilio Varholev –bass, Ivan Jordanov – saxophone
Tal Gamlieli Trio (ISRAEL)
Tal Gamlieli – double bass, Chai Bar David – piano, Amir Bar Akiva – drums
NADA (ITALY)
Nada – voice, Luciano Turella – viola/voice/percussions, Fausto Mesolella – guitar
August 13th, Saturday
Petya Stancheva Quintet (Bulgaria)
RALYZZDIG’s Band (JAPAN)
Yuichiro Tokuda – sax & vocal, Naoto Suzuki – guitar, Syunichi Yanagi – piano, Tomoya Ohgaki – bass, Yuto Maseki – drums
JOSS STONE & Band (UK)
