Jazz Cerkno Festival

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Jazz Cerkno

Trg prekomorskih brigad 1, 5282 Cerkno

http://www.jazzcerkno.si

info@jazzcerkno.si

Phone386 (0) 5 374 5334

Organised byGabrijel Fest, Cerkno

Events abroad

Past Events

• 27 Apr 2017

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  30 Apr 2017

  Germany Bremen

  
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  A national stand presenting Slovene jazz music, organised by SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, in addition to stands organised by Cankarjev dom, Jazz Cerkno Festival, supported by the Slovenian Cultural Centre in Berlin and the Embassy of the Republic of Slovenia Berlin

  at the jazzahead! Festival and Trade Fair

  
  

  
  

• 24 Apr 2014

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  27 Apr 2014

  Germany Bremen

  
  programme

  organiser

  
  

  A national stand presenting Slovene jazz music, organised by SIGIC, Slovene Music Information Centre, in addition to stands organised by Cankarjev dom, Druga godba Ljubljana, and Jazz Cerkno Festival

  at the jazzahead! Festival and Trade Fair

  
  

  
  

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Launched in 1996 Jazz Cerkno Festival is an annual international music festival organised by Gabrijel Fest, Cerkno. Festival events take place every May in the 'old square' of the town of Cerkno next to Pr Gabrijelu ('At Gabriel’s') bar, headquarters of Gabrijel Fest. Pr Gabrijelu also functions as the local social and musical epicentre. The venue has hosted various international high-quality music groups and musicians. Gabrijel Fest, Cerkno also runs series of concerts called the Keltika Festival.

History

Launched in 1996 as festival of domestic music squeezed in a small space of the bar, the festival gradually

Jazz Cerkno mixes acoustic, electric and electro-acoustic sounds, joining pianos and accordions, saxophones and clarinets with electric guitars and synthesizers to create a joyful sound. Traditional and avant-garde jazz can be heard alongside imaginative folk music, ethno/trance, post-rock and rock-in-opposition. Ancient chants as well as ultramodern computer-generated music is also featured. There are concerts, jam sessions, workshops, a magic show and an exhibition of sculptures, as well as displays of photographs taken at previous festivals.

Programme

Artists appearing at Jazz Cerkno since 1996 include Peter Brotzman, Ken Vandermark, Mats Gustafsson, Steven Bernstein and SEX MOB, Fred Frith, Francesco Cusa, Myra Melford, Aki Takase, Paul Lovens, Eugene Chadbourne, Rudi Mahall, Larry Ochs, Mia Masaoka, Werner Ludi, Antonio Marangolo, Ares Tavolazzi, Zlatko Kaučič and Milko Lazar, as well as photographer Žiga Koritnik (cf photos at his website http://www.ljudmila.org/scca/koritnik).

External links

• Jazz Cerkno on Facebook