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TICKET SALE
Presale of tickets for the shows of the International Concerts and Crossings as well as for the activities of The Classroom began. They can be purchased online or in person at the box office of Teatro Presidente Alvear (Av. Corrientes 1659, from Tue to Sat, noon to 8 PM) and at Tu Entrada (Av. Corrientes 728, from Mon to Sat, noon to 8 PM).
From November 20 to 25, Buenos Aires will enjoy the world’s best jazz with a new edition of the Festival Internacional Buenos Aires Jazz 2013 and, as every year since 2008, its major music program featuring great international artists, who come to Buenos Aires for the first time – another distinctive aspect of the event. The lineup includes Italian musicians Flavio Boltro and Eric Legnini, the American Jonathan Kreisberg, Darmon Meader and Frank Carlberg, and the Dutch Guus Janssen, among others. Also, several generations of the best musicians from the ever-active national scene, such as world-renowned Santa Fe-born pianist Leo Genovese as well as Ernesto Jodos, Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla, Horacio Fumero, Mariano Loiácono, Roxana Amed and the like. Additionally, the Festival will host its own characteristic activities including very special onstage collaborations between outstanding fellow musicians of different nationalities (“Crossings”) and an increasingly stronger educational section (workshops and clinics conducted by the Festival’s greatest guest artists in “The Classroom”). The opening and closing concerts are conceptually in line with a constant search and aesthetic open-mindedness: the Dutch ICP Orchestra will kick off the Festival at Usina del Arte on Wednesday, Nov 20 (see article), and Italian artists Flavio Boltro (trumpet) together with the quartet led by pianist Eric Legnini will play at the closing on Monday, Nov 25 on the same beautiful stage in the neighborhood of La Boca.
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IMAGES FROM THE LAST DAY
Yesterday, Monday, was an atypical holiday in the Recoleta area, one of the most traditional tourist spots of Buenos Aires. Large crowds visited the Centro Cultural when doors were opened early in the mostly gray afternoon. So thousands of people were able to enjoy the rich program of live music events that started at El Aleph with performances by Julián Midón Trío and notable pianist Nicolás Guerschberg, and ended on the Terraza – along with a spring breeze – with an enthusiastically applauded concert featuring the participants of the Ensemble Workshops (photo) held in this edition, the show by the Paula Shocron Trío, and at the very end of the evening, the performance by the trio of guitarist Lito Epumer, bassist Machi and drummer Cristian Judurcha. Playing some classics by Luis Alberto Spinetta, these three legendary musicians, who have been active on the Argentine jazz and rock scene for the last 40 years, closed the wonderful BAJ 2013.
MAGNIFICENT CLOSING AT USINA DEL ARTE
Last night, with a standing ovation from a full house at the Auditorio of the Usina del Arte, Italian trumpeter Flavio Boltro, Belgian pianist Eric Legnini and French musicians Franck Agulhon (drums) and Thomas Bramerie (double bass) gave a brilliant concert at the formal closing of BAJ 2013. In a perfect setting, in terms of comfort and acoustic quality, the quartet delivered a solid performance, thanks to Boltro’s talent, who is regarded as one of the brightest stars in contemporary European jazz. The concert proved that he is one of today’s most influential trumpeters, with an extraordinary technique and mastery of harmony, whether as a soloist or quartet member. This was one of the Festival’s highlights, an unforgettable experience for those who had the privilege to attend.
THE OUTCOME OF A GREAT FESTIVAL
BAJ 2013 attracted 85 thousand people during six full days of excellent live music, what evinces the artistic and conceptual quality of its program as well as confirms the active participation of its audience, composed of locals and thousands of tourists who visited the City over the past long weekend. Held at different places across town including its two outstanding main venues (Centro Cultural Recoleta and Usina del Arte), the legendary Teatro Presidente Alvear and the new stages for the “Crossings” and “The Jam” sections (Thelonious Club, Café Vinilo, La Trastienda), in addition to the free concerts at the Anfiteatro de Parque Centenario and the amazing Brazilian show by Rosa Passos and Banda Mantiqueira on the large stage mounted at Av. del Libertador and Agüero with successful turnout, the Festival offered a lot of good times with performances by renowned international artists and a vast overview of various generations of Argentine musicians, in different formats and with diverse musical visions. Just like a wide palette of colors, it has showcased all available approaches to such lively music as jazz.
NOCHE DE CELEBRACION
Fue una noche extraordinaria en la Ciudad de Buenos Aires, en donde una pequeña multitud disfrutó cada minuto del concierto que ofreció la cantante Rosa Passos junto a sus excelentes músicos, presentando su último disco en homenaje a Djavan y con un delicada selección de clásicos de la música popular de su país. Luego la Banda Mantiquera volvió a deleitar al público como en su anterior visita, a puro virtuosismo y sentimiento. De la mano del saxofonista, clarinetista y arreglador Nailor “Proveta” Azevedo recorrieron los distintos ritmos de la música del Brasil y coronaron una noche mágica. El momento más emotivo llegó cuando Rosa Passos se sumó para interpretar con su voz única "Insensatez", himno de la bossa nova compuesto por Tom Jobin que sonó perfecta para una noche cálidad en la capital cultural de América Latina.
CC RECOLETA SAYS GOODBYE IN A MAGNIFICENT WAY
>With two concerts at Auditorio El Aleph and three on the Terraza of the Centro Cultural Recoleta, the program of free live music at this venue comes to an end today. The lineup at El Aleph will include Julián Midón Trío (at 4.30 PM) and pianist Nicolás Guerschberg (at 4.30 PM). Then at 5.30 PM on the Terraza, there will be a performance by the participants of the Ensemble Workshops conducted by Juan Cruz de Urquiza, Gerónimo Carmona and Mariano Loiácono; Paula Shocron Trío will take the stage at 7 PM; and the closing concert will be at 8 PM, featuring the trio of outstanding Argentine musicians Lito Epumer (guitar), Machi (bass) and Cristian Judurcha (drums), who are very active on the local jazz and rock scenes.