{"id":9768,"date":"2022-05-11T11:41:29","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T08:41:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/?p=9768"},"modified":"2023-04-03T13:56:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T10:56:57","slug":"athens-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/athensjazz.gr\/en\/athens-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"21 female artists, all-female bands and groups with frontwomen from Europe & around the world in the main line-up of 21st Athens Jazz!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The City of Athens presents:<\/strong>
\n21st <\/sup><\/strong>Athens Jazz<\/strong>
\nWomen in Jazz<\/strong>
\n21+1 female artists, <\/strong>all<\/strong>–<\/strong>female bands <\/strong>and groups with <\/strong>front women <\/strong>from Europe & around the world in the main <\/strong>of<\/strong>–<\/strong>up<\/strong>\u03c4\u03bf\u03c5 21\u03bf\u03c5<\/sup><\/strong>Athens Jazz<\/strong>!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Athens Jazz\u00a0is back\u00a0from May 23 to 29 at the\u00a0Technopolis City of Athens and all around the\u00a0city, with Women in Jazz. The city's longest-running musical institution is changing, evolving, and becoming more enriched. This year, presenting an extraordinary\u00a0line-up,\u00a0its primary goal is to highlight the issue of female representation in music and, particularly jazz, showcasing the music and stories of women. Twenty-one female artists,\u00a0all-female bands and groups with frontwomen from Europe and around the world, will walk onto the main stage of Technopolis. And we, on the other hand, will enjoy live performances by accomplished musicians with international careers, noteworthy achievements, and appearances at the most significant festivals, bringing their new, contemporary, and fresh views.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0festival's first day (May 23) is, as every year, dedicated to\u00a0Greek jazz, so the three winners of this year's competition will perform on stage. Christina Psycha, an exceptional young creator with broad musical studies, will officially declare the opening\u00a0as the festival's new proposal, followed by Lia Hide and her group. This artist stands out artistically on the domestic scene, combining contemporary artistic dark pop with poetic language and jazz manifestations, representing this year the\u00a0Jazz+ category. Finally, the\u00a0Tania Giannouli Trio\u00a0is the headliner of the evening, being the festival's\u00a0official Greek participation. It is led by Tania Giannouli, a musician and artist with a significant international presence and even more notable live performances worldwide that have given her a prominent place in the contemporary music scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Tuesday, May 24,\u00a0the audience will enjoy\u00a0B\u00e1ra Zmekov\u00e1\u00a0from the\u00a0Czech Republic, an artist whose sensitivity and lyricism know no boundaries. Following her,\u00a0Lucia Fumero\u00a0from Barcelona,\u00a0Spain, will present her own unique world as expressed through a folk and jazz route. Finally, this evening's entertainment will conclude with one of Hungary's most famous jazz singers,\u00a0Zita Gereben, an artist of highly expressive voice and many powerful soul and rock hints.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, May 25, the English-born Claire Parsons from Luxembourg will be the first to appear on stage. Through her multinational project \"In Geometry,\" she enriched European jazz with new ideas and sounds. STAV,\u00a0aka\u00a0Stav Achai from\u00a0Israel,\u00a0is next to perform.\u00a0She is one of the prominent names of this year's International Music Showcase Festival, an artist with a rich palette embracing minimalism, African tradition, rock, and jazz. Last but not least is AVEC\u00a0from Austria, who, beyond the simplicity and straightforwardness of her music, holds a special place in her country's pop scene and a solid fan base - not without reason.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Thursday, May 26, the first performers are O. N. E., the only all-female jazz group in\u00a0Poland, four women who draw from the country's rich tradition and never stop excelling at both local and European levels. Next up is the multifarious saxophonist and composer\u00a0Maria Faust from Estonia\u00a0and her free jazz group\u00a0Jazz Catastrophe.\u00a0Maria is one of the country's best known and most promising artists. The last performer for the evening is the one and only\u00a0Lucy Woodward (USA), singer of the legendary\u00a0Snarky Puppy, with great collaborations to her credit, including Rod Stewart, Barbra Streisand, Celine Dion and Pink Martini.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Friday, May 27,\u00a0Kika Sprangers, a saxophonist and composer, one of the most extraordinary talents of Dutch jazz today, with her quintet from the\u00a0Netherlands, will walk onto the stage. Later, the British-born Bahraini Yazz Ahmed, an outstanding trumpeter, composer and producer, will take the stage. She stands out in major festivals and jazz media ratings polls as a distinct creative musician on the contemporary jazz scene in the UK and internationally, imaginatively combining jazz with contemporary electronic landscapes, introducing highly recognizable elements from her mixed cultural heritage.<\/p>\n

Headlining the evening is Simona Molinari, the Italian singer who has made a name for herself by participating for over a decade in festivals such as the famous San Remo or collaborating with legendary names such as Al Jarreau, Gilberto Gil, Peter Cincotti, Andrea Bocelli.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Saturday, May 28, the Athens Jazz festival will host\u00a0Karin Hammar,\u00a0one of the most creative Swedish jazz performers today, with\u00a0Fab 4,\u00a0the group she created back in 2014. She will be succeeded by LIUN & The Science Fiction Band, Germany's official participation. Next, Swiss-born singer Lucia Cadotsch, based in multi-music Berlin, will present urban music that draws on dark rhythms, space jazz imagery, and psychedelic electro-pop approaches, a universe in which past, present and future coexist. Finally, the last artist for the evening needs no special introduction: Alexia Vassiliou from Cyprus.<\/p>\n

After a very successful pop career (also in Greece), she turned to her true musical loves, jazz and improvisational music, while in recent years, she has been living in the USA developing her own multivariate musical art, having many great collaborations to show, such as the one with Chick Corea.<\/p>\n

The last day of Athens Jazz this year will start with\u00a03:rma\u00a0from Slovenia. This particular duo combines poetic folk songwriting with contemporary social empathy, an essential approach to issues of femininity and interpersonal relationships. Next up will be the explosive bassist and emotive performer Ellen Andrea Wang\u00a0from\u00a0Norway, a strong presence in contemporary jazz (plus) in local and global scenes and international collaborations (Sting, Manu Katch\u00e9, Marilyn Mazur). Finally, Ida Nielsen & The Funkbots from Denmark will be the festival's last performers this year. Their vehicle is explosive funk and high energy sound rhythms but also cool vibes together with soul feelings. Nielsen's name, after all, is well known as she was Prince's skillful bassist from 2010 to 2016.<\/p>\n

Furthermore,\u00a0in May,\u00a0from 20 to 29,\u00a0alongside the 21 live shows, Athens Jazz will present a series of new side events,\u00a0creating thus a\u00a0whole festival experience that we have missed so much. Along with the METApolis photography exhibition\u00a0and the\u00a0Meet Market, the main side events of the festival in recent years, there will be\u00a0open-air screenings in collaboration with IN-EDIT Greece, a\u00a0photography exhibition dedicated to the women in jazz, an\u00a0international conference with panels and a vocal masterclass by Lucy Woodward (US)\u00a0and a\u00a0club program\u00a0with\u00a0live shows\u00a0and\u00a0DJ sets in\u00a0Gazarte\u00a0cultural hub.<\/p>\n

*Free admission
\n#AthensJazz2022
\n#WomeninJazz<\/p>\n

Athens Jazz 202 | Line-up<\/strong><\/p>\n

Monday 23.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | Christina Psycha (GR - new music proposal)
\n22.00 | Lia Hide (GR \u2013 Jazz+)
\n23.00 | Tania Giannouli Trio (GR - official participation)
\nTuesday 24.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | B\u00e1ra Zmekov\u00e1 (CZ)
\n22.00 | Lucia Fumero (ES)
\n23.00 | Zita Gereben (HU)
\nWednesday 25.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | Claire Parsons (LU)
\n22.00 | STAV (IL)
\n23.00 | AVEC (AT)
\nThursday 26.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | O.N.E. (PL)
\n22.00 | Maria Faust\u2019s Jazz Catastrophe (EE)
\n23.00 | Lucy Woodward (US) **Makiko Hirabayashi (DK)
\nFriday 27.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | Kika Sprangers Quintet (NL)
\n22.00 | Yazz Ahmed (UK)
\n23.00 | Simona Molinari (IT)
\nSaturday 28.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | Karin Hammar Fab 4 (SE)
\n22.00 | LIUN & The Science Fiction Band (DE)
\n23.00 | Alexia Vassiliou (CY)
\nSunday 29.05 <\/strong>
\n21.00 | 3:rma (SI)
\n22.00 | Ellen Andrea Wang (NO)
\n23.00 | Ida Nielsen & The Funkbots (DK)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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