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EUROPE JAZZ NETWORK NEWS
The EJN GA 2012 Bari, Italy - 27.-30.09.2012
THANK YOU to the over 100 participants
at this years EJN’s 25th anniversary GA
our host Puglia Sounds, EJN members, guests, media and session speakers,
Martel Ollerenshaw the EJN GA report writer, Fiona Goh EJN research project,
EJN HYMN - Wim, Battista, Giancarlo, Italian Instabile Orchestra and all the EJN
members and composers involved
The NEXT EJN GA 2013 will be in Trondheim, Norway
our hosts Trondheim Jazz Festival and the Midtnorsk Jazzsenter
12.-15. September 2013
More GA information, links and pictures on our websites:
http://www.europejazz.net/news-pagenew-3709.html
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Europe-Jazz-Network/162913097130736
https://twitter.com/europejazznet
http://www.pugliasounds.it/
http://www.facebook.com/PugliaSounds
You can find the EJN GA group and new board pictures here:
http://www.europejazz.net/Documents/GA_Bari/EJN_GROUP_PIC.JPG http://www.europejazz.net/Documents/GA_Bari/NEWBOARD3.jpg
Puglia Sounds has a GA photo gallery here:
http://www.pugliasounds.it/it/109/
photogallery:_25esima_assemblea_generale_europe_jazz_network_in_puglia/434/
More photos to be published
EUROPE JAZZ NETWORK NEWS
The new EJN Board of Directors (from the left):
Bogdan Benigar - Cankarjev dom - Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Slovenia
Wim Wabbes - Vooruit Kunstencentrum, Belgium
Annamaija Saarela - President - Raahe Jazz On the Beach, Finland
Antoine Bos - Treasurer - AFIJMA, France
Lennart Strömbäck - Umea Jazz Festival, Sweden
Ros Rigby - Vice-President - The Sage Gateshead, UK
Oliver Belopeta - Secretary - Skopje Jazz Festival, Macedonia
Nadin Deventer - jazzwerkruhr/jazzplayseurope, Germany
Piotr Turkiewicz - Jazztopad Festival Wroclaw Philharmonic, Poland
20/FIFTH
The EJN 25TH annIversary magazine
Europe Jazz Network (EJN) is an association of European producers and
presenters who specialise in contemporary jazz and improvised musics.
25 YEARS IN SUPPORTING THE IDENTITY AND DIVERSITY OF JAZZ IN EUROPE
Roger Spence (Assembly-Edinburgh), Enzo Costa (Itinerari Jazz a
Trento),Antonio De Rosa (Mister Jazz-Ravenna), Francesco Martinelli (CRIMPisa), Andrea Oggiano (Sassari), Riccardo Sgualdini (Jazz in Sardegna), Nicola
Tessitore (Verona Jazz), Sabina Sacchi (Rai Audiobox-Roma), Marco Travagli
(Ellington Club-Genova), Pierre Losio – Christian Steulet (Amr-Genève), J.F.
Rohrbasser (Festival de la Bâtie- Genève), Susanna Tanner (Praesidiamabteilung
der Stadt-Zurich), Jean-Marc Montera – Michèle Philibert (GRIM-Marseille),
Henk Heuvelmans (Gaudeamus-Amsterdam), Lorenzo Pallini (CAM-Firenze), Pius
Knusel – Markus Baumer (Moods-Zurich), Christine Favart (Théâtre ChâteletParis), Charles Gil (ARFI-Lyon), Paolo Radoni (Lundis d’Hortense-Bruxelles),
Rob Leurentrop (DeSingel-Antwerp), Kees van Boven (Marathon-Groningen),
Basilio Sulis (Associazione Punta Giara-Sant’Anna Arresi), Fabio Ravaglia
(Combo Jazz-Imola), Vincenzo Staiano (ACJ-Roccella Jonica), Franco Caroni
(Siena Jazz), Llorens Amettler (Associació de Músics de Jazz i Música Moderna
de Catalunya-Barcellona), Helge Hinteregger (MICA Music Information Center
Austria), Jean-Pierre Bissot (Gaume Jazz Festival), Katrien van Remortel
(Flanders Music Centre), Davy van Robays (Jazz en Muziek - Gent Jazz Festival),
Wim Wabbes (Vooruit Kunstencentrum), Liliana Graziani (Wallonie - Bruxelles
Musiques), Elvis Stanic (Liburnia Jazz), Rudy Linka (Bohemia Jazz Fest), Signe
Lopdrup (Copenhagen Jazz Festival), Lennart Ginman (Copenhagen Jazzhouse),
Lars Winther (JazzDanmark), Lars Thorborg (Thorborg booking), Jaak Sooäär
(Eesti Jazzliit - Estonian Jazz Union), Anne Erm (Jazzkaar Festivals), Matti
Lappalainen (April Jazz Espoo), Maati Rehor (Finnish Jazz Federation), Annamaija
Saarela (Rajatsi ry - Raahe Jazz on the Beach Festival), Minnakaisa Kuivalainen
and Kuhna, Juhamatti Kuivalainen (Tampere Jazz Happening), Eeva Pirkkala
(UMO Jazz Orchestra), Antoine Bos (AFIJMA), Lucie Buathier (Association Paris
Jazz Club), Xavier Lemettre (Banlieues Bleues), Jacques Panisset (Les Detours de
Babel), Rainer Kern (Enjoy Jazz), Sybille Kornitschky (jazzahead!), Christiane
Böhnke (Jazzclub Unterfahrt), Reiner Michalke ( Stadtgarten Concert Hall
& Studio 672), Tamás Bognár ( Budapest Music Center), Jozsef Gedeon (Gyula
Castle Jazz Festival), Viktor Bori (Hungarian Jazz Federation), Jeno Hartyandi
(Mediawave International Film and Music Festival), Gerry Godley (Improvised
Music Company), Edie Rush (Red Sea Jazz Festival RSJF), Pompeo Benincasa
(Associazione Catania Jazz), Giampiero Rubei (Casa del Jazz), Roberto Bottini
(Clusone Jazz Promotion), Filippo Bianchi, Sandra Constantini (Jazz Network),
Antonio Princigalli (Puglia sounds), Giambattista Tofoni (Tam Tutta Un’ Altra
Musica), Māris Briežkalns (Rigas Ritmi Festival), Indre Jucaite (Kaunas Jazz
Club), Antanas Gustys (Vilnius Jazz Festival), Oliver Belopeta (Skopje Jazz
Festival), Tor Dalaker Lund (Kongsberg Jazzfestival), Helleik Kvinnesland
(Maijazz), Bjørn Willadsen (MNJ), Jan Ole Otnaes (Molde International Jazz
Festival), Linda Skipnes Strand (Nasjonal jazzscene), Jon Skjerdal (Nattjazz
Festival), Tore Flesjø (Norsk Jazzforum), Nina Hurum (Rikskonsertene), Ernst
Wiggo Sandbakk (Trondheim Jazzfestival), Vestnorsk Jazzsenter, Trude
Storheim (Vossa Jazz), Piotr Turkiewicz (Jazztopad festival), Fernando Sousa
(Fundacao Casa da Musica), Marius Giura (Garana Jazz Festival), H.J. Konstantin
Schmidt (Sibiu Jazz Festival Foundation), Bogdan Benigar (Cankarjev dom - Jazz
Festival Ljubljana), Sergio Merino (Arco y Flecha), Lena Åberg Frisk (Fasching),
Jan Lundin (Jazzforeningen Nefertiti), Terese Larsson (Svensk Jazz), Lennart
Strömbäck (Umeå Jazz Festival), Urs Röllin (Schaffhauser Jazz Festival),
Christophe Rosset (Stanser Musiktage), Huub van Riel (Bimhuis - Stichting
Jazz), Frank Bolder (LantarenVenster), Sophie Blussé (Music Center The
Netherlands), Michelle Kuypers (North Sea Jazz Festival), Mehmet Ulug (Akbank
Jazz Festival - Pozitif), Joanna MacGregor (Bath Festivals), Tony DudleyEvans (Cheltenham Jazz Festival), Graham Mckenzie (hcmf), Chris Hodgkins
(Jazz Services Ltd.), Nod Knowles, Cathie Rae)(Scottish Jazz Federation),
John Cumming (Serious Events / London Jazz Festival), Ros Rigby (The Sage
Gateshead), Oliver Weindling (The Vortex Jazz Club), Kevin Appleby (Turner Sims)
In 2012 EJN celebrates its 25th anniversary - it all started with the world wide
web... more here.
The EJN 25th anniversary magazine here.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary year Europe Jazz Network proudly presents
The first ever EJN Award 2012 - for Adventurous Programming - Awarded to
12 Points - Innovative Irish jazz festival.
More here.
Press release here:
EJN Award 2012 - for adventurous programming
The 2012 EJN Award recipient - 12Points: www.12points.ie
Strength in numbers. A study of Europe Jazz Network
The EJN Research project was lead by Fiona Goh and in collaboration with
Rhythm Changes. The extensive members survey was replied to by 84% of the
EJN membership. With these research results there are comprehensive statistics
on the impact and reach of European jazz.
More here.
The EJN research advocacy document here
The EJN research full report here
EJN’S NEWEST MEMBER
Jazz & The City Salzburg - Austria http://www.salzburgjazz.com
A non-profit organization with several events in the old town of Salzburg.
10.-14.10.2012 The Jazz and The City festival was founded in 2000, as a club
festival with free entry and has since grown to 100 concerts in 5 days with both
international acts and national local artists.
The EJN membership now includes 86 organisations (Festivals, clubs and concert
venues, independent promoters, national organisations) in 27 countries.
FEEDBACK
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We are interested in your FEEDBACK
If you have any comments, suggestions or ideas - regarding EJN, its members,
GA or activities - please let us know.
Please send your thoughts, ideas, FEEDBACK TO [email protected]
THE EJN HYMN - Europe Jazz Night
This artistic project idea came from Wim Wabbes and the arrangement was done by
Giancarlo Schiaffini. The "Europe Jazz Network 25th Hymn" was performed at the
EJN GA by the Italian Instabile Orchestra: http://www.italianinstabileorchestra.com
The concert was recorded so all the composers are able to see it soon.
You can find the EJN HYMN Presentation here.
EJM, Europe Jazz Media
EJM
At the EJN GA in Bari EJN met EJM in a session lead by Jon Newey, Jazzwise, who
presented the new jazz media network: EJM, Europe Jazz Media; its members, aims
and activity plans.
As a collaborative effort the jazz media database has been developed and updated
and will be published on the EJN website with media publications links.
EJN MEMBERS EVENTS
2nd edition of the Dutch Jazz & World Meeting
and last as organised by the EJN member MCN,
5.-6. October 2012 Amsterdam, http://www.djwm.nl
2nd edition of this 2-day b2b Jazz & World music conference
200 international delegates: promoters, programmers, festival directors,
managers and journalists.
2.10.-10.11. 14th Enjoy Jazz http://www.enjoyjazz.de
Cultural Manager Exchange project
Enjoy Jazz presents: European exchange for young cultural managers
in the music branch
Fri 12/10/12 – Sun 14/10/12 - Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen
Every day from 10.00 am to 5.00 pm, Enjoy Jazz concerts in the evenings.
This event will offer professional development training and networking
opportunities for directors, managers and students.
http://www.enjoyjazz.de/content/programme/cultural_manager_exchange/eng.html
The SECOND edition of Medimex,
Mediterranean Music Expo in Bari, Italy 29.11.- 2.12.2012
http://www.pugliasounds.it/medimex/
http://www.pugliasounds.it
Medimex is the only music market fair in Italy devoted to the record
market, to the segment of live music shows and festivals, as well as to the
professionals of the music system, to music firms, agencies, cultural
institutions, media and national and international artists.
BELGIAN JAZZ MEETING 2013! SEPTEMBER 6-8, LIEGE
Friday 6, Saturday 7 and Sunday 8 September 2013, Belgian jazz is looking
forward to meeting you in Liege, for the 2nd edition of the Belgian Jazz Meeting.
12 jazz groups that have been hand-picked by a jury of professionals and that
have made their mark on the Belgian scene - both Flemish and French-speaking - playing showcases of 30 minutes; A networking project for jazz professionals
from outside and inside Belgium; and more: http://www.belgianjazzmeeting.be
OTHER EVENTS
European Audiences: 2020 and beyond
The European Commission is holding a conference on 16-17 October in Brussels
which will provide inspirational examples of audience development by cultural
organisations and foster European exchange of practice on audience
development strategies. There will also be a session on Creative Europe.
More and draft programme here:
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/news/20120711-audiences_en.htm
Lear more about the new Creative Europe programme here:
http://ec.europa.eu/culture/creative-europe/index_en.htm
European Music Council with The European Music School Union, EMU
Seminar on Music Education and EMC’s annual General Assembly
18-20 October 2012, Budapest, Hungary,
http://www.musicschoolunion.eu/index.php?id=budapest
Seminar - From Seoul via Bonn to Budapest – Development Goals for
European Music Education : Access, Quality and Social Challenges
CAE, Culture Action Europe
9-10 November, Brussels, CAE 20th GA and their bi-annual conference.
www.cultureactioneurope.org/
http://www.cultureactioneuropeconference.eu/
An international conference gathering operators, activists and
campaigners as well as leading figures of the European institutions. To
work together and initiate a Europe-wide movement for culture as a
necessary element of any strategy for sustainable societies.
Womex - World Music Expo
17-21 October, Thessaloniki, Greece - WOMEX 12 www.womex.com
For the second year EJN will have a ‘World & Jazz’ session: Jazz & World
Networking Meeting at Womex, this year it is lead by Gerry Godley together
with a number of EJN members present at Womex.
Francesco Martinelli will also host a conference: A Night in Tunisia or Jazz
as World Music - Oriental music influences on jazz origins and development
EJN INFO
Feedback
If you have any comments, ideas please send them to: [email protected]
The EJN website
More information on EJN, its members, jazz news and databases on our
website: http://www.europejazz.net
EJN FACEBOOK
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Europe-Jazz-Network/162913097130736
EJN TWITTER
@europejazznet
https://twitter.com/europejazznet
CONTACT THE EJN STAFF
[email protected] (both staff members) or
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SKYPE: europejazznetwork – EJN (Anki)
Mobile: +358 50 5052011 (Anki) EJN EUROPE JAZZ NETWORK staff
Mail: [email protected] Battista Tofoni / Network Manager www.europejazz.net
Anki Heikkinen / Network Manager