We are happy to announce the Jazz Appreciation Month in Montenegro. From April 1st until April 30th UNESCO International Jazz Day, April 30th, we will celebrate jazz in ways we can. Six Montenegrin towns made it to the map this year: Podgorica, Cetinje, Tivat, Bar, Herceg Novi and Pljevlja.
We prepared over twenty programs for our curious audiences: young students, music lovers and jazz enthusiasts: concert performances of international artists, workshops, lectures, movie screenings, and a photo exhibition.
This year JAM in Montenegro develops the theme: “East Meets Jazz” exploring Eastern influences on jazz music. Turkish vocal ensemble A Capella Bogazici, Backyard Jazz Ensemble from Germany, Serbian Jazz Bre! Band and Tigran Hamasyan Trio are scheduled to tour the country.
The music workshops will be facilitated by a great American performer and educator Vinx D`Jon Parrette, as well as German composers Sfefan Schultze and Peter Ehwald, leaders of the Backyard Jazz Ensemble.
Along with the concerts and workshops, lectures and exhibition, movie cycles in several different cities are well worth attending. Here is the detailed calendar of the events:
PODGORICA
1 April
Photo exhibition
JAZZOGRAPHY
MIRCEA SORIN ALBUTIU (Romania)
KIC “Budo Tomovic“, Entrance Hall – 7:30 p.m.
Concert
A CAPELLA BOGAZICI (Turkey)
KIC “BudoTomovic“, Main Hall – 8p.m.
2 April
Workshop
THE ARTIST WITHIN
Vinx De’Jon Parrette (USA)
KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST Hall – 11 a.m.
3 April
Jazz on Film
ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS (Director: Louis Malle; Music by Miles Davis; 1958)
KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST hall – 8 p.m.
4 April
Lecture
EAST MEETS JAZZ
Virgil Mihaiu (Romania)
KIC “BudoTomovic, American Corner – 1 p.m.
Jazz on Film
RAGTIME (Director: Milos Forman; Music by Randy Newman; 1981)
KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST Hall – 8 p.m.
5 April
Jazz on Film
BLUES BROTHERS (Director: John Landis; Music by various artists: Taj Mahal, Elmore James, James Brown, Otis Redding; 1980)
KIC “BudoTomovic”, DODEST Hall – 8 p.m.
9 April
Jazz Matinee
Jazz Ensembles of Vasa Pavic Art School of Music and Dance, class of Milorad Sule Jovovic
Blues Bar – 12 p.m.
10 April
American Corner Film Program*
feature film with jazz topic
American Corner – 7 p.m.
15 April
Jazz Workshop
BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Germany)
Vasa Pavic Art School for Music and Dance – 2p.m.
Concert
BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE
KIC “BudoTomovic”, main hall – 8p.m.
17. April
Lecture
IF YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO CALL IT, IT`S JAZZ
Dr Rade Amanovic, Faculty of Fine Arts, UDG
American Corner Podgorica – 1p.m.
Concert
JAZZ ECHOES ON CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
Vasa Pavic Art School for Music and Dance, Podgorica – 6:30p.m.
24 April
American Corner Film Program*
jazz documentary
American Corner, Podgorica – 7 p.m.
29 April
Press conference
TIGRAN HAMASYAN TRIO
KIC Budo Tomovic, Multimedia hall – 11p.m.
30 april
UNESCO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
Concert
TIGRAN HAMASYAN TRIO
KIC “BudoTomovic” – 8 p.m.
BAR
2 April
Concert
A CAPELLA BOGAZICI (Turkey)
King`s Nikola Palace – 7 p.m.
TIVAT
13 April
Jazz Workshop
BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE (Germany)
Stefan Schutze, piano and Peter Ehwald, saxophone
Music School – 11 a.m.
Concert
BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro – 8 p.m.
28 April
Concert
TIGRAN HAMASYAN TRIO
Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro – 8 p.m.
30 April
UNESCO INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY
Concert
Jazz Ensembles of Music School, Tivat
Naval Heritage Collection, Porto Montenegro – 7 p.m.
CETINJE
10 April
American Corner Film Program*
feature film with jazz topic
American Reading Room – 7 p.m.
14 April
Jazz Workshop
BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Academy of Music – 2 p.m.
Concert
BACKYARD JAZZ ENSEMBLE
Royal Theater Zetski Dom – 8 p.m.
24 April
American Corner Film Program*
feature film with jazz topic
American Reading Room – 7 p.m.
PLJEVLJA
3 April
American Corner Film Program*
feature film with jazz topic
American Corner – 5 p.m.
17 April
American Corner Film Program*
jazz documentary
American Corner – 5 p.m.
24 April
American Corner Film Program*
feature film with jazz topic
American Corner – 5 p.m.
HERCEG NOVI
25 April
Concert
SERBIAN JAZZ BRE! BAND (Serbia)
Dvorana Park – 8 p.m.
We are grateful to our partners, for helping us make possible the program this year: KIC “Budo Tomovic” Podgorica, US Embassy, Porto Montenegro, Yunus Emre Institut and Turkish Cultural Center of Podgorica, Ministerium fur Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Laudes Nordrhein-Westfalen, American Corner Podgorica, Royal Theatre Zetski Dom Cetinje, Herceg Fest, HAPS, American Corner Pljevlja, American Reading Room Cetinje, Vasa Pavic Art School for Music and Dance, Podgorica, Music School of Tivat, Blues Bar of Podgorica and our numerous media friends and sponsors: Portal Analitika, Café del Montenegro, Pobjeda, Vijesti, dailies, RTV Atlas, NTV Montena and RTCG.
We hope you will be able to find events to inspire you – Welcome, meet jazz in Montenegro!
*More info about the American Corner Film Program available at American Corners and Reading Room Facebook pages or phone: 020 667 065020 667 065