BAJF 2010 features international stars, local emerging artists and Argentines who found success abroad.
As the weather heats up in Buenos Aires, the city’s cultural calendar appears to be following the same trajectory. The 2010 Buenos Aires Jazz Festival, organized by the City of Buenos Aires, has taken over cultural centers and theaters throughout the city. The annual event features some of the world’s top jazz talent as well as local emerging artists.
Musicians from Argentina, the U.S., Chile, Italy, France, Spain and Brazil are converging in Buenos Aires for concerts, workshops and films during the six-day event. Concerts throughout the city feature avant-garde performances as well as more traditional fare allowing musicians from opposite ends of the world to collaborate.
In the “Repatriated” portion of the festival, BA welcomes back talented Argentine expats whose work abroad has helped Argentine jazz gain international respect. Featured “repats” include trumpet player Diego Urcola, pianists Sergio Gruz and Federico Lechner, and drummer Guillermo Nojechowicz.
Realizing the importance of creating an educational space where the festival’s musicians can share their expertise with young and emerging artists, the JazzFest’s organizers have placed great importance on El Aula (The Classroom) section of the event. Open classes, master classes, clinics and workshops in singing, bass and drums are being offered throughout the festival.
Following the formal concerts, there will be an opportunity for the featured musicians and the public to come together for a relaxed jam session. As Minister of Culture Hernan Lombardi said of the festival, “Six days of jazz in Buenos Aires will bring an ideal combination of great music to a city that breathes culture.”
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