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Tsvetelina Mareva`s interview with the double bassist and composer Adam Ben Ezra Photo: Danielle Jadlyn Mr. Ezra, would you tell us more about your creative path? Why have you chosen the double bass? My creative path began when I was very young, when I was 5 I started to play the violin. After a few […]

The Kandinsky Effect Europe CD Release Shows Conceived on Paris’s cosmopolitan jazz scene, forged on the road in America, and informed by international currents in electronic music, The Kandinsky Effect is a jazz power trio for the 21st century. The trans-Atlantic band, based in New York City and Paris, makes its Cuneiform debut with Synesthesia, […]

Sofia Papazova talks with musician and composer Yoni Vidal Video: “Ksido” EOOD About today’s concert you say that you’re coming to Bulgaria for the third time in a year to play for “one of the most incredible audiences” you’ve ever seen. What do you like most about Bulgaria and the Bulgarian fans? They are very […]

Interview by Dessislava Berndt with the singer Léah Kline 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 […]

by Stefan Bonev translated by Jasmina Tacheva edited by Lauren Sophie Kearney Photo: AMagill The quiet sounds of the piano were floating across the empty bar like a fresh sea breeze. The light jazz was raining down on the tables, pouring over the polished glasses hanging above the bar, and would finally hide on the […]

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, […]

Ludmila Yordanova This is a true story. A story indeed. Almost a saga. It has a protagonist – the singer and composer Matt Charles. It also has the circumstances required for the story to happen. The wind, the rain and the sun of Hamburg (the order of appearance varies). There are three different locations where […]

Interview with Tzvetelina Tchendova by Dessislava Berndt Translation by Asya Draganova Tzvetelina, how and why did you decide to deal with jazz? I was 11 years old when my dad, who had been abroad, brought home a record of Gershwin’s “Porgy and Bess”. I think that’s when I fell in love with this kind of […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Celia Baron Because my heart has been beating only for the music I signed up for training in music literature trade in Köln. Meanwhile I have been working for a year in Musikhauses Arthur Knopp in Saarbrucken. At that time I realized that I was going to be a musician. In […]

Vanya Nikolaeva’s interview with Elitsa Todorova Translated from Bulgarian by Velina Vateva Earth and sky meet, and water embraces fire – this is the music of Elitsa Todorova and Stoyan Yankoulov, music that fascinates your senses. You feel as if you are in some other dimension, and the experience is gorgeous! Elitsa, what is the […]