53rd VOLL-DAMM JAZZ FESTIVAL OF BARCELONA

RICHARD BONA, CIMAFUNK, JOSÉ JAMES, ANDREA MOTIS, SÍLVIA PÉREZ CRUZ AND MADELEINE PEYROUX, AMONG THE NEW NAMES ANNOUNCED OF THE 53rd VOLL-DAMM JAZZ FESTIVAL OF BARCELONA!

The flamenco series De Cajón! incorporates Antonio Carmona, Rafael Riqueni, the own production Una Nit amb Solera and Miguel Poveda, special guest of the show 'Viviré' by Tomatito

La Locomotora Negra will offer its last concert at the Palau de la Música and at the festival, which Marco Mezquida will close in March 2022 with the presentation of his new album.

The festival collaborates for the first time with the KBr center of the Mapfre Foundation in an exceptional exhibition dedicated to the photographer Lee Friedlander.

Maria Serrat, general director of the Conservatori del Liceu, will receive the festival's Gold Medal to celebrate 10 years of intense collaboration.

Richard Bona and Alfredo Rodríguez lead a powerful sextet on the birthday of the Cameroonian bassist, the impressive Cuban vocalist Cimafunk, the long-awaited return of José James, the premiere in Barcelona of Andrea Motis's show 'Guitar Storm', the celebration of the 10 years of the album 'En la Imaginacion' signed by Silvia Pérez Cruz and Javier Colina Trio, and another record memory, the recovery of 'Careless love' by Madeleine Peyroux, are some of the novelties of the 53rd Voll-Damm Jazz Festival of Barcelona, which begins on October 20 and will exceptionally end on March 10, 2022.

Two other important names at the festival are La Locomotora Negra, now with his last concert within the festival and at the Palau de la Música, and Marco Mezquida, who will present his latest album - still untitled - in front of the his trio.

They are all names that are added to those already announced before the summer, such as Maria del Mar Bonet, Kenny Garrett, Mary Halvorson, Vijay Iyer, María José Llergo, Cécile McLorin Salvando, Maria Schneider and Chucho Valdés.

De Cajón! , the festival's flamenco series, incorporates names such as Miguel Poveda, guest of the Tomatito concert -'Viviré'-, the solo guitarist Rafael Riqueni, Antonio Carmona in a premiere show and a production of the festival itself, Una Nit amb Solera with three great guitarists: Pepe Fernández, Jerónimo Maya and Rycardo Moreno. Names that are added to the already announced Estrella Morente, Dorantes and Chano Domínguez-Diego Amador.

For yet another year, the Conservatori del Liceu continues to be the epicenter of jazz in Barcelona with a series of concerts and master classes that are unique in the world. Melissa Aldana, The Ted Nash Trio (capital musician of Wynton Marsalis' Jazz At Lincoln Center Orchestra), Jakob Bro, Jeff Ballard, Marc Miralta, Chris Potter, Ambrose Akinmusire, Bill McHenry, Michael League and Kenny Garrett will perform and teach master classes at the Conservatori, where artists such as Maria Schneider, Tomatito and Chucho Valdés will also attend classes. Precisely to celebrate 10 years of collaboration with the oldest music school in Catalonia, the Gold Medal of the festival this year will go to the Conservatori del Liceu, represented by its general director, María Serrat.

Finally, the festival collaborates for the first time with the KBr center of the Mapfre Foundation, which proposes a wonderful exhibition dedicated to the photographer Lee Friedlander, author of portraits of iconic figures in jazz history such as John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Aretha Franklin and Sarah Vaughan.