European jazz in ?zmir

The 22nd ?zmir European Jazz Festival held by the ?zmir Foundation for Culture Arts and Education (IKSEV) will be organized between March 5 and 21.

During the festival, jazz audiences in ?zmir will have the chance to listen to the music of acclaimed names in European jazz.

This year the festival will begin with a project titled ?Jazz Meets Classic-Taksim,? to be performed by the world-renowned piano duo, Ufuk ? Bahar Dördüncü featuring the Eric Truffaz Quartet on March 5.

The piece is made of three parts; in each the audience will discover the magic and poetry of Istanbul. Truffaz?s work has different styles, including minimalism, romanticism and modernism inspired by jazz.

The Paola Di Sabatino Trio will be on the stage on March 6. The trio is made up of one of the most popular pianists of the Italian jazz scene, Paola Di Sabatino, alongside Marco Siniscalco and Glauco Di Sabatino. The trio will also conduct the Open Air Jazz Orchestra Workshop of the festival. The workshop will be joined by 23 young musicians on March 7, 8 and 9.

Khalife Schumacher Tristano will take the stage on March 12, a trio featuring Bachar Khalife, Pascal Schumacher and Rancesco Tristano. Their music is so multifaceted that it can be interpreted differently, depending on who is listening. Tristano is known for his Bach interpretations while Schumacher is a master in dealing with freely-explored musical spaces and Khalife, with his roots in the Arabic musical culture as well as the French scene?s rhythmically colorful sound world, stands for the acoustic moments that mirror faraway places.

The Mateusz Smoczy?ski Quintet, including Mateusz Smoczy?ski (violin), Konrad Zemler (guitar), Jan Smoczy?ski (piano), Wojciech Pulcyn (counterbass)...