Munich. This year, the BMW Welt Jazz Award is
celebrating its 10th anniversary. Under a yearly changing theme, six
free Sunday matinees will take place at BMW Welt’s double-coned
structure between February and April 2018. Afterwards, the expert jury
will nominate two ensembles to perform at the finale concert on June
9, 2018. The audience will also have a chance to vote for their very
own favourite. For the kick-off, two ensembles will compete in
February: The German ensemble LBT on February 18, and the Finish Jukka
Eskola Soul Trio on February 25. This year’s theme will be “Jazz moves”.
Together with bassist Maximilian Hirning and drummer Sebastian
Wolfgruber, pianist Leo Betzl regularly performs as the rhythmic group
known as LBT. They started their trio three years
ago, while studying at the University of Music and Theatre Munich.
Since then LBT has produced music that surprises its audiences with
drama and excitement alike. The trio likes to experiment and as such
has won various awards including Steinway’s young talent award, Kurt
Maas Jazz Award and Hansjörg Henzler Jazz Award. With their new
programme featuring a combination of techno and jazz, the trio is
asking for a dance at the BMW Welt on February 18.
Over the past ten years, trumpeter Jukka Eskola demonstrated his
versatility by joining renowned ensembles playing various kinds of
music including dancefloor with Five Corners Quintet, expressionist
jazz with the big band of Mikko Innanen and entertaining parodies of
jazz with Jimi Tenor. Together with organist Mikko Helevä and drummer
Teppo Mäkynen, the Jukka Eskola Soul Trio returns to
the essence of jazz. Following its own rules and using a humorous
approach, the trio will perform moving soul jazz as heard by Blue Note
and Prestige in the 1960s and 70s, on February 25 at
BMW Welt’s double-coned structure.
Programme of BMW Welt Jazz
Award 2018
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
Email: presse@bmw.de
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For almost 50 years now, the BMW Group has initiated
and engaged in over 100 cultural cooperations worldwide. The company
places the main focus of its long-term commitment on contemporary and
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
Munich headquarters. Since then, artists such as Andy Warhol, Jeff
Koons, Daniel Barenboim, Jonas Kaufmann and architect Zaha Hadid have
co-operated with BMW. In 2016 and 2017, female artist Cao Fei from
China and American John Baldessari created the next two vehicles for
the BMW Art Car Collection. Besides co-initiatives, such as BMW Tate
Live, the BMW Art Journey and the “Opera for All” concerts in Berlin,
Munich and London, the company also partners with leading museums and
art fairs as well as orchestras and opera houses around the world. The
BMW Group takes absolute creative freedom in all its cultural
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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