28th JAZZ & WINE OF PEACE FESTIVAL

PREVIEW 

8.30 pm

Kulturni Dom Gorizia, Via I. Brass 20, Gorizia
Zerorchestra “THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA”

Soundtrack composed by

Andrej Goričar: conductor and piano 

ZERORCHESTRA

Francesco Bearzatti: tenor sax - Didier Ortolan: clarinets - Nevio Zaninotto: saxophones - Romano Todesco: double bass - Luigi Vitale: vibraphone and percussion

ACCADEMIA MUSICALE NAONIS

Lucia Clonfero: violin - Davide Bertoni: violin - Igor Dario: viola - Alan Dario: cello

 

The Phantom of the Opera (1925), based on Gaston Leroux’s novel and starring the legendary Lon Chaney, is widely regarded as one of the masterpieces of silent cinema. Featuring obsessive love, blackmail and unforgettable scenes such as the unmasking of the deformed face, the film will be screened with a live score by Zerorchestra and Accademia Musicale Naonis, composed by Andrej Goričar.

 

Proceeds will be donated to the association Amici del Cuore di Trieste

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11.00 am

Cantina Jermann di Ruttars, Località Trussio 11, Dolegna del Collio (Gorizia) 
NAÏSSAM JALAL “Quest of the Invisible”

Naïssam Jalal: flute, voice, ney, compositions - Claude Tchamitchian: double bass

As an artist who perfectly synthesises the dialogue between cultures and languages, French-Syrian flutist and singer Naïssam Jalal reveals in each of her projects a personal and vibrant musical universe that, in both substance and form, gives full meaning to the word freedom. In a duo with double bassist Claude Tchamitchian, she opens the long festival weekend with a ritual that promises to be intimate and unforgettable.

 

Beatrice Arrigoni: voice - Michele Bonifati: electronics, slide guitar, voice 

Through the texts of the english writer Michael Rosen - from the whole book he dedicated to the theme of migration: On the move - Michele Bonifati e Beatrice Arrigoni give voice and sound - between jazz and experimental folk - to those emotionally laden words, so current in an historical moment in which migrations became incessant and tragic. Those poems reminds us that we are a migratory species, and that humanity, carrying all our stories, memories and roots, will always be “on the move”.

 

Ana Čop: voice - Thilo Seevers: piano - Jaka Arh: sound processing, electronics

In a delicate balance between the real and the unreal, constantly exploring a dialogue between contrasting musical elements and influences, the Lilamors project combines the poetry of song, the more lyrical possibilities of the piano and the more adventurous nuances of electronics. Between lucid dreaming and the most immediate emotions, the invitation is to let yourself be submerged by the magic of sounds that keep renewing themselves with every breath.

 

Sara longo: voice, effects - Alvise Seggi: cello, double bass, electronics 

Progetto della  cantante italo-francese Sara Longo e del contrabbassista Alvise Seggi, “Mystery Tour” è dedicato alla musica dei Beatles, rivisitati con una personale e delicata cifra stilistica. L’essenzialità che caratterizza il duo permette ai due musicisti di muoversi

con rodato interplay, tra ipnotici bordoni di violoncello e sapiente uso dell’effettistica, sfociando a tratti su territori musicali che richiamano il primo blues del Mississippi. Non solo Beatles, però, ma anche brani originali e incursioni nella musica contemporanea con

tributi a Carla Bley, Mercedes Sosa e Count Basie.

 

William Parker: doson ngoni, shakuhachi, bass duduk, Serbian flute in F#, Ney flute - Cooper-Moore: ashimba, hoe-handle harp - Hamid Drake: frame drum, drums

This is music for sunrise and sunset. Daily music. Healing, centering, mantra, heart music.

This is how, in a few precise words, William Parker defines this project, an exciting collective quest for balance, an antidote against the horror of conflict and destruction, an unmissable geometry of humanity, together with two other extraordinary improvisers such as Cooper-Moore and Hamid Drake.

 

With over 450 concerts to its credit in more than a decade of activity, the Funkasin Street Band is one of the most engaging acts on the Triveneto scene. Three percussionists and eleven wind players reinterpret different genres with original arrangements, mixing the traditional sounds of brass and drums with the pulsating rhythms of funk, jazz, disco and rock. 

It is in the streets of the city that Funkasin's travelling show comes to life, a mix of music, choreography and energy in motion, flowing until it involves the most important element of each of their performances: the audience of all ages. This will also happen in Cormons, for a joyous start to the Festival!

 

A visual narrative spanning decades of jazz and improvisation, capturing the intensity of a music in perpetual transformation. A revelatory encounter with the Die Like a Dog quartet at the Konfrontationen festival in 1994 marked a decisive turning point: from that moment, the gaze became a devoted chronicle of Peter Brötzmann’s art, opening new possibilities for listening to and understanding contemporary improvisation. Over the years, concerts, journeys, and encounters have shaped a valuable archive, a living memory of a profound connection with a radical and indispensable artist. Enriched by contributions from musicians and poets, the exhibition is not merely a retrospective, but a profound and transformative tribute to Brötzmann’s enduring legacy and the visionary force of his art.

 

James Brandon Lewis: tenor sax - Aruán Ortiz: piano - Brad Jones: bass - Chad Taylor: drums

In just a few years, with a unique sound and projects that are always full of emotional intensity, James Brandon Lewis has established himself as one of the most inspired voices in African-American music today. In this exquisite quartet with Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones and Chad Taylor, the great black tradition is renewed with contagious spirituality.

 

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11:00 am

Valentina Fin: voice - Marcello Abate: guitar - Federico Pierantoni: trombone

In “Cohors” project, Valentina Fin brings together Renaissance and Baroque pieces and improvisational practice in a virtuoso confrontation between jazz and the musical tradition of European Renaissance courts. The intertwining of apparently different genres, but linked by the improvisational component, is enhanced by an adventurous approach that not only reworks composers such as Monteverdi, Purcell, Gesualdo and Sances, but also creates a true musical journey by alternating written and improvised parts with moments of conduction.

 

Federico Calcagno: clarinets

One of the most established clarinetists and composers in the young European scene (he divides his time between Italy and the Netherlands), Federico Calcagno is an artist capable of exploring form and improvisation with unpredictable imagination. In a solo that is also a dialogue with wines from the Polje winery, he promises an exciting journey into the nuances of wood and sound.

 

Simona Severini: voice, guitar - Daniele Richiede: violin, viola - Giulio Corini: double bass

Simona Severini's “Fedra” project explores the threshold between jazz, early music and songwriting, with a repertoire spanning 600 years of music history. They reinterpret arias and madrigals by Monteverdi, Purcell and Orlando Di Lasso with a contemporary approach that passes through jazz and improvisation. The dialogue between past and present is articulated in a set list consisting of Renaissance pieces and contemporary songs from Purcell to Nick Drake.

 

Chris Abrahams: piano - Lloyd Swanton: double bass - Tony Buck: drums

Now a legendary band (writer Geoff Dyer called them “the greatest trio on Earth”), projecting the classical jazz piano, double bass and drums format into a hypnotic, hyper-uranic dimension, the Australians The Necks elude definitions to position themselves in a space/time between avant-garde, minimalism, jazz, ambient, at that point of intersection where the enchantment of listening converges.

 

Nubya Garcia: sax - Lyle Barton: piano, keyboards - Max Luthert: double bass - Sam Jones: drums

London-based Nubya Garcia is widely recognised as one of the most innovative and acclaimed voices on the contemporary jazz scene. Thanks to an engaging mix that draws on classical, R&B, dub, latin and broken beat influences, she has created a personal and boundless sound. Listening to albums such as Source (2020) and Odyssey (2024), one senses a broader creativity that stems from exploration and independent study, from a desire to try her hand at all disciplines, ignoring arbitrary categorisations that do not suit her.

 

Incurable vinyl addict, from post punk chosen as an adolescent soundtrack he soon moves towards the black universe, starting with 7″ R&B, exotica, latin and reaching funk, soul, afrobeat and jazz in all its nuances and incarnations.

He is part of the Jazz:Re:Found Selectors crew and has played in various festivals and clubs in Italy – among others, Jazz:Re:Found, Liguria Transatlantica, Fano Jazz, Gaeta Jazz, Apolide, Biko, Santeria Toscana, Bunker – and at Spiritland in London. She has also hosted radio shows for Soho Radio, Worldwide FM, Radio Raheem, Radio Banda Larga, Fritto FM and is currently co-hosting a program on Love Will Save the Day.FM.

 

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11:00 am

Tania Giannouli: piano - Jean Paul Estiévenart: trumpet - Kyriakos Tapakis: oud

Greek pianist Tania Giannouli's trio, completed by the original combination of oud and trumpet, immerses the listener in an idiosyncratic musical blend, blurring the boundaries between East and West, contemporary, world and jazz. Acclaimed as one of the most musically fascinating figures on the European scene, Giannouli manages to make minimalism and romanticism, detail and passion collide in a time and space that is both familiar and exotic.

 

Natalia Abbascià: violin, voice

In Ruvo di Puglia, Natalia’s hometown, picche cause means few things. These key words guide the Apulian artist in a musical research aimed at rediscovering the essential. Between original compositions and arrangements where folk, jazz and classical dialogue leave room for improvisation, Natalia intertwines her singing with the subtle harmonics of the violin, creating a delicate and vibrant sound universe. Picche cause is a synthesis of innovation and tradition; a tribute to the ability to make do with authenticity and vitality.

 

Final Performance of the Workshop in collaboration with the Conservatorio Giuseppe Tartini of Trieste

Giovanni Nevyjel: trumpet - Dan Kinzelman: sax, clarinet, concept - Jakob Lebanon: trombone - Alice Smeraldo: guitar - Samuele Gandin: piano - Giacomo Ieraci: bass- Fabricio Bertrami: drums

Brulicare is the title of a collective exploration of invented territories and imaginary spaces with an unusual ensemble, conceived by Dan Kinzelman for the improvisers of the Tartini Conservatory in Trieste.  Teeming undergrowth, glacial caves, flying crystal shards, soft velvet curtains, clouds of dust raised by the warm breath of brass instruments. Trumpets, trombones, saxophones, prepared piano, electric guitar, bass and drums echo in polyrhythmic tessellations, vibrating orbits, impossible geometries.

 

Followed by presentation of the podcast 

On 7 July 1995, a group of Bosnian youths who had played in Sarajevo's basements during the war found themselves performing on stage at San Siro alongside Vasco Rossi, through a series of coincidences.

Sikter is a podcast that tells the story of these youths, which is somewhat representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina during those years.

 

Anaïs Drago: violin, electronics - Federico Calcagno: clarinets - Max Trabucco: drums

Mixing jazz, folk and experimentation, “Relevé” trio (recently selected for the European Jazz Conference showcases) is among the most adventurous projects on the Italian scene. Exploring unprecedented timbral interweavings, improving the acoustic and electronic nature of the instruments through collective writing that enhances improvisation and interplay, their concert is a continuous evocation of movement, dance, instinct. That it is led by an unconventional and technically extraordinary musician like Anaïs Drago - winner of the prestigious Seifert Competition - is certainly no coincidence.

 

Silvia Bolognesi: double bass

It is no surprise that Silvia Bolognesi, double bass player and composer, has established herself over the years as one of the most original improvisers on the international scene, playing with the Art Ensemble of Chicago and many other masters of the black music scene. She is one of the most exciting performers of contemporary music. Humanity, imagination, a sense of roots and the unknown sounds to be explored together are an integral part of her solo performance, which she will dedicate on this occasion to Mauro Bardusco.

 

Otis Sandsjö: sax - Dan Nicholls: synths - Petter Eldh: electric bass, moog – Jamie Peet: drums

The Swedish Berlin-based saxophonist Otis Sandsjö, initiator and mastermind behind the band Y-OTIS, brings with him the sound of his own distinctive genre-crossing, forward-thinking liquid jazz.

Y-OTIS' musical expression is described as a sound mosaic, a fusion of fragments from hip hop, electronica and jazz. With choppy hip hop-inspired rhythms, atmospheric sound collages and melodic sax riffs, a funky musical universe is created that hits a playful nerve. Irresistible.

 

Tommaso Colliva: production - Enrico Gabrielli: keyboards, piano, sax, percussion - Massimo Martellotta: guitar, synth - Fabio Rondanini: drums – Roberto Dragonetti: bass

With ‘Exploration’, Calibro 35 dive into the world of cinematic jazz-funk, with reinterpretations of classics by Roy Ayers, Herbie Hancock, Bob James and Piero Umiliani, as well as original compositions. A tribute to the powerful visual fascination of the black sound universe, but also to the ability of some tunes to mark alternative stories in the collective imagination, between television theme songs and noir temptations. One of the most overwhelming projects by the band from Milan!

 

Described as ‘one of the best Italian DJs around’ by music journalist Damir Ivic, Andrea Passenger has the power to transform his diggin' into a DJ set that is a true journey into the multifaceted universe of black music. He is part of the DJ crew at Jazz:Re:Found Festival, and his style and taste have led him to play alongside clubbing luminaries such as Nicky Siano, Theo Parrish and Gilles Peterson, as well as collaborating with jazz musicians such as Gianluca Petrella.

 

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11:00 pm

Louise Knobil: bass, voice - Chloé Marsigny: bass clarinet, effects - Vincent Andreae: drums 

KNOBIL is a sparkling post-bop jazz project created by Louise Knobil, double bassist, singer and composer from Lausanne, Switzerland. Influenced by Esperanza Spalding, Charles Mingus and Boris Vian, Knobil uses double bass and vocals to share her musical diary between ‘polyamory, insomnia and recipes with pesto’. In a trio with bass clarinet and drums, she is proving to be one of the most original and engaging groups on the European scene.

 

Luca Zennaro: guitar - Michelangelo Scandroglio: double bass

Tolmači, meaning interpreters in Slovene, is a collaboration between Bruxelles based sax player and composer Andrej Thompson with Slovene drummer Žiga Ipavec and has been in constant development since 2016. Andrej met Žiga in a small village in Slovenia and their project has since been slowly evolving and is intrinsically intertwined with their artistic development. It is primarily a vehicle for exploring free improvisation but with the inclusion of some composed melodies thus focusing on playful interaction and conversation.

 

Andrej Thompson: sax - Žiga Ipavec: drums

Two of the most interesting promises of Italian jazz for a sound that ranges between jazz, folk and contemporary genres. The duo was born on the terraces of Chioggia and breathes in the streets of Florence, where, thanks to the absence of a rhythmic instrument and a common musical identity, the two musicians create new sound horizons. Both composers, the two musicians create a repertoire characterised by original pieces written specifically for this ensemble and a reinterpretation of some popular music pieces, managing to create a meeting place halfway between dreaming of the past and imagining the future.

 

Rosa Brunello: electric and double bass - Yazz Ahmed: trumpet - Tamar Osborn: baritone sax, flute - Enrico Terragnoli: guitars - Marco Frattini: drums

An established bassist and composer on the international scene (she is currently a member of DeeDee Bridgewater's band), Rosa Brunello encourages listeners to embrace a more conscious and sustainable approach to exploration with her project “Senseless Acts Of Lov”’, enhanced by the presence of two outstanding musicians from the English scene, Yazz Ahmed and Tamar Osborn. Between dancing melodies and spiritual connections, a journey that captures the essence.

 

Maria Chiara Argirò: voice, synth, sampler, effects - Jake Burgess: guitar, voice, synth - Riccardo Chiaberta: drums, electronics, bass synth

Born in Rome but grown in the London scene, Maria Chiara Argirò moves with originality between jazz, electronic music and experimental songwriting. Although she works in fields where production is central, her live performances are entirely played and always different, a flexibility that makes the experience exciting and direct. Between energy and refinement, a language that sets no limits and speaks to the mind and body with the same immediacy.

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