Jazz along the Rhine – International Scene and New Talents

From 17th to 20th May a group of international visitors were guests in NRW for the themed press trip »Jazz along the Rhine – the International Scene and New Talent«.

The seven guests came from Estonia, Finland, India, Italy, Norway and the USA to learn about Jazzfest Bonn, which views itself as a presentation platform for jazz musicians with regional and national links as well as an institution for the promotion of contemporary creative jazz, and which this year celebrated its tenth anniversary. Alongside concerts there was also an opportunity to talk with the artistic director of the festival, Peter Materna.

In view of the upcoming Beethoven jubilee in 2020, a visit to the exhibition »BTHVN« in the Chamber Music Hall at Beethoven-Haus Bonn was lined up that included a meeting with the organisers of the BTHVN2020 jubilee programme (Ralf Birkner, director of BTHVN2020 and Dr. Monika Hörig, head of Bonn City press office).

The guests also attended the Tangible Music Label Night at domicil, a cult jazz club in Dortmund. Founded in 2017, Cologne-based music label Tangible Music has been publishing chosen productions within the arena of jazz and improvised music that aim to represent Cologne’s young jazz scene. The first Tangible Music Label Night took place in 2019 in Cologne and Dortmund and offered a wide range of presentation opportunities for the regional scene. The visit to domicil included a meeting with Janning Trumann (Founder of Tangible Music), Waldo Riedl (director of domicil) and artists who were participating in the Tangible Music Label Night 2019.

Furthermore, the guests were able to meet the founder and curator of the Winterjazz Festival, saxophonist and composer, Angelika Niescier in Cologne.