Emiflor Gabriel

VINTERJAZZ: A Musical Feast in Denmark- by: Emiflor T. Gabriel The term Classical is used to cover a broad range of art music that originated in Europe around 500 A.D, including the Medieval Classical Music, Renaissance Music, Baroque Music, Classical Period, Romanticism, and Modern Classical eras. When compared broadly to other traditions of music, Western Classical Music tends to place more emphasis on harmony and less on rhythm, and relies more on fixed performance rather than improvisation. However, the gradual development, its evolutionary lineage, and its history lends cohesiveness to the many individual styles and movements within the genre. https://media3.picsearch.com/is?uLlDx0J9VsxrwIpQl_bQmS77XvfbBYirb3d7Nd1GDeQ&height=226 VINTERJAZZ musical event is held during summertime all over Denmark, specifically in the city of Copenhagen, and is usually kicks off during the first Friday of February and will last until three weeks of the said month. The city of Copenhagen was best known as one of the jazz capitals of Europe since the year 1950s. WHAT MAKES VINTERJAZZ A SPECIAL MUSIC EVENT? Try to figure out how an event becomes more special having this one with more than 600 events, more than 100 venues and 25 participating independent organizers throughout the country of Denmark during the celebration. There is no doubt why the festival deduces the untold number of guests from far and wide. Actually, Vinterjazz has been a must in Denmark's Music Calendar ever since. “Vinterjazz brings attention to jazz. It has the same function as the Copenhagen Jazz Festival in the summer. It creates a curiosity, interest of the media and increased public awareness of a genre that besides a few big names have paradoxically low audience numbers compared to the vast pool of talent it contains. The music thrives as a result of [the festival’s] understanding of how to get the audience and the press to talk. Not just in the summer in Copenhagen, but also across the country in February, during Vinterjazz.” (Thomas Michelsen, Music Editor of Politiken) Vinterjazz is done with national participation and cooperation between the partakers- organizers, audience, and performers, and the big cities and the borders of Denmark whereas a national enthusiasm created and intervening locally to make it special. Like for example when the event offers some of the big stars of the said feast to perform in various cities like Sorø, Silkeborg, Lemvig, and Sønderborg which are organized by local non-profit communities, or when Vinterjazz move into the new concert halls of Musikkens Hus in Aalborg, DR Koncerthuset in Copenhagen or Kulturværftet in Helsingør. “Vinterjazz is a potluck, created by jazz clubs and touring musicians during the festival. The more places are participating outside of Copenhagen, the closer it gets between the Vinterjazz activities, so there is still room for more active players and organizers in the country’s remote areas. Vinterjazz aims to focus on the Danish jazz and in particular, on the dedicated venues, independent organizers and jazz associations around the country, and we do this by kick-starting the season and creating a festival feeling among the audience, venues and musicians, “(Kenneth Hansen, festival director of Vinterjazz and Copenhagen Jazz Festival) http://jazz.dk/en/vinterjazz-2019/frontpage/ RESERVING ITS CLASSICAL BUT A PROGRESSIVE EVENT. Vinterjazz is already announced its 2019 full program of a truly nationwide celebration of jazz and beyond. This year with its 19th edition of the Danish nationwide festival Vinterjazz has more than 150 venues and independent organizers are going to present a total of 600 concerts from Skagen in the north to Flensborg in the south, and from Fanø in the west and Bornholm in the east. All of the concert series, having the key feature of international collaboration, will be taking place locally around the country. Vinterjazz represents an opportunity to hook special projects, as always. With this, 2019 program is featuring Danish-International groups such as Brazilian jazz star Egberto Gismonti with Lars Møller & The Orchestra, drum icon Steve Gadd as part of Blicher Hemmer Gadd, Jakob Bro with Thomas Morgan & Joey Baron, and Nate Wooley with Avantgarde duo Heaven. In the attendance, there are also new breakers of British jazz which will be represented and composed by Dinosaur, Joe Armon-Jones, Yussef Dayes, Go Go Penguin and Fofoulah. Also, in this 50th anniversary year of ECM you will find Craig Taborn, Mats Eilertsen Trio, Arild Andersen alongside Jakob Bro Trio and Egberto Gismonti. Other international acts are John Scofield, Khruangbin and Ghanaian highlife musician Gyedu-Blay Ambolley. The award-winning composer Jakob Buchanan works with Aarhus Jazz Orchestra and the Aningaaq Choir on “Songs to the Green Land”, Maria Faust presents her latest chamber-inspired piece “Machina” and Peter Bruun’s experimental group All Too Human travels with the praised album “Vernacular Avant-Garde “. Updated Facts about Vinterjazz: -It was re-established in 2001 -Having 120 venues now all over Denmark -A total of 600 concerts during the three weeks events -Selected highlights of Vinterjazz 2019: John Scofield solo (US) Egberto Gismonti, Lars Møller & The Orchestra “Mysteries of Amazonas” (BRA/DK) Khruangbin (US) Heaven feat. Nate Wooley (DK/US) Craig Taborn (US) Mats Eilertsen Trio – ECM release (NO) Arild Andersen New Quartet (INT) Jakob Bro/Thomas Morgan/Joey Baron (DK/US) Adam Ben Ezra (ISR) Gyedu-Blay Ambolley (GH) Blicher Hemmer Gadd (DK/US) Alasdair Roberts & Völvur (UK/NO) Teitur (FO) Shining (NO) Ólafur Arnalds (IS) Aleksi Perälä (FIN)+Klara Lewis (SE) Kokoko! (CD) L’Eclair (CH) Banda Black Rio (BRA) Yussef Dayes (UK) Dinosaur (UK) Fofoulah (UK/GM) + Exonyms (DK) GoGo Penguin (UK) Joe Armon-Jones (UK) Aarhus Jazz Orchestra, Jakob Buchanan, Helge Norbakken & Aningaaq Koret “Songs to the Green Land” “Per Carsten gennem fem årtier” feat. BSD+B, Henrik Brendstrup & Palle Mikkelborg Maria Faust (EST) “Machina” All Too Human (DK/FR) Bisse and many others… References: -http://jazz.dk/en/vinterjazz-2019/about-the-festival/about/ -http://jazz.dk/en/vinterjazz-2019/articles/vinterjazz-2019-announces-full-program-of-a-truly-nationwide-celebration-of-jazz-and-beyond/ -https://rateyourmusic.com/genre/Western+Classical+Music/