BMW Welt Jazz Award 2018 in March.

Munich. In its tenth year, BMW Welt Jazz Award’s
theme is “Jazz moves”. The third and fourth cost-free matinee of the
competition will welcome PUERTA SUR – Tangomoods to perform on March
18 and Andi Kissenbeck’s CLUB BOOGALOO on March 25. These concerts
again take place at BMW Welt’s double-coned structure. After the last
two matinees in April, the BMW Welt Jazz Award jury will pick two
ensembles, which will face each other in the finale on June 9, while
the audience is free to decide their very own favorite’s prize.

 

A range of songs by the competing bands can be found via Spotify and
the “BMW Welt Jazz Award” playlist: spoti.fi/2EvfUj7

 

Zurich-based trio PUERTA SUR with bassist Daniel Schläppi, violinist
Andreas Engler and Argentinian singer Marcela Arroyo uses tango as an
inspiration for their world music. The trio combines European roots,
such as found in Arroyo’s voice schooled in traditional Portuguese
Fado and Engler’s classical sounds and add the fascinating
instrumental improvisations and New Tango arrangements by Schläppi to
create their unique sound. “Tangomoods” – understated, reduced to its
essence and filled with suspense, this musical concept will once again
delight the audience at BMW Welt on March 18.

 

Born in Bonn and teaching at Munich’s conservatory, pianist Andreas
Kissenbeck is one of Europe’s leading Hammond organ players. His band
named Andi Kissenbeck’s CLUB BOOGALOO has recorded
three albums by now and takes a new look at the musical tradition of
Spanish Harlem, a version of hard bop featuring Latin influences. He
is accompanied by guitarist and singer Thorsten Goods, drummer Tobias
Backhaus and saxophonist Karel Ruzicka. On March 25,
the audience at BMW Welt’s double-coned structure will be experiencing
the band’s multi-faceted program with its take on exploits in funk
music by Jimmy Smith, torrential after-beats of Joey DeFrancesco and
“Boogaloo” as it was interpreted by Lee Morgan.

 


BMW Welt Jazz Award 2018 dates

 

Matinees: 11 am to c.1:30 pm at the double-coned structure of
BMW Welt:

February 18, 2018         LBT

Febuary 25, 2018        Jukka Eskola Soul Trio

March 18, 2018           PUERTA SUR – Tangomoods. Arroyo/Schläppi/Engler

March 25, 2018           Andi Kissenbeck’s CLUB BOOGALOO

April 8, 2018                Beady Belle

April 22, 2018              BartolomeyBittmann progressive strings Vienna

 

Admission is free of charge but seating is limited. Tickets are
subject to availability. Doors open at 10.30 am.

 

Grand finale at the auditorium of BMW Welt
at 7 pm:

June 9, 2018                   Final concert featuring the two
nominated finalists

 

Tickets for the grand finale on June 9, 2018, will be available as of
February 18, 2018, at BMW Welt and München Ticket.

 

As in previous years, the programme will be hosted by Beate Sampson,
jazz expert and editor at the German broadcasting station BR-KLASSIK.

 


Jury

 

The distinguished panel of expert jurors will be headed by
Oliver Hochkeppel (journalist for music and
cultural affairs at the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung) and will
include the following members:

Roland Spiegel, editor at the music desk and jazz
expert at the German broadcasting station Bayerischer Rundfunk BR‑KLASSIK;

Andreas Kolb, editor-in-chief of the magazines
JazzZeitung and neue musikzeitung;

Heike Lies, musicologist, Music and Music Theatre
Division of the Department of Cultural Affairs of the state capital Munich;

Christiane Böhnke-Geisse, Artistic Director of the
international jazz festival Bingen swingt.

 

For further questions please contact:

Dr Thomas Girst
BMW Group Corporate and Governmental
Affairs
Cultural Engagement
Telephone: +49-89-382-247 53

Leonie Laskowski

BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs

Cultural Engagement

Telephone: +49-89-382-45382

 

Micaela Sandstede

BMW Group Corporate and Intergovernmental Affairs

Spokesperson BMW Welt

Telephone: +49-89-382-61611

 

www.press.bmwgroup.com

Email: presse@bmw.de

 

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and engaged in over 100 cultural cooperations worldwide. The company
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modern art, classical music and jazz as well as architecture and
design. In 1972, three large-scale paintings were created by the
artist Gerhard Richter specifically for the foyer of the BMW Group’s
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Koons, Daniel Barenboim, Jonas Kaufmann and architect Zaha Hadid have
co-operated with BMW. In 2016 and 2017, female artist Cao Fei from
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Munich and London, the company also partners with leading museums and
art fairs as well as orchestras and opera houses around the world. The
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activities – as this initiative is as essential for producing
groundbreaking artistic work as it is for major innovations in a
successful business.

 

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