Description
There is no other cultural event within the Czech Republic that would present top quality jazz music to the domestic Czech audience on such a scale as the Bohemia JazzFest International Music Festival. The Bohemia JazzFest is held annually and it is well known in the Czech Republic. In 2015 this festival will take place for the 10th time and it will be organized in cooperation with partners from Iceland and Norway. The main objective of Bohemia JazzFest is to present music to everybody and to offer to general public an opportunity to listen to the best musicians from all over the world free of charge. All that is to be achieved within the 2015 Bohemia JazzFest International Music Festival in cooperation between the beneficiary and the Donor partners - Norwegian jazz band Hakon Kornstad Ensemble “Tenor Battle" and Icelandic jazz band Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio. The partnership project initializes the dialogue between artists, cultural administrators and general public, contributes to raising interest in contemporary Czech, Icelandic and Norwegian art and supports cultural diversity and civic coherence.
Summary of project results
The project Bohemia JazzFest was aimed at the presentation of the music to everybody and to offer to general public an opportunity to listen to the best musicians from all over the world free of charge. There is no other cultural event within the Czech Republic that would present top quality jazz music to the domestic Czech audience on such a scale as the Bohemia JazzFest International Music Festival. The Bohemia JazzFest International Music Festival took place for the 10th time in several czech cities during June 2015 in cooperation between the Czech corporation Bohemia JazzFest, o.p.s., Norwegian jazz band Hakon Kornstad Ensemble “Tenor Battle" and Icelandic jazz band Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio. The festival contributed to cultural dialogue between countries and promoted cultural diversity and expressions of minorities since the attendees were not limited neither by the price of a ticket, nor by space. All visitors were culturally enriched with jazz music from different countries and they were offered a quality program under the open sky in the beautiful squares of cities, which were completely packed with people.
Summary of bilateral results
The project had 2 different partners from donor countries.The Sunna Gunnlaugs Trio which is Icelandic group consisting of three members - Sunna Gunnlaugs, Thorgrimur Jonsson and Scott McLemore and The Norwegian group Håkon Kornstad Ensemble "Tenor Battle" consisting of five members - Håkon Kornstad, Sigbjørn Apeland, Lars Henrik Johansen, Per Zanussi and Øyvind Skarbu. The final beneficiary and partners met at joint sessions and they talked about the program of the festival to reach the widest possible range of listeners including selecting performing artists and negotiating finances. Based on Partnership agreements partners Håkon Kornstad Ensemble "Tenor Battle" and the Sunnah Gunnlaugs Trio performed in several czech cities at International Music Festival Bohemia JazzFest 2015 that took place during June 2015. They both played hit songs from the past and new songs. The Bohemia JazzFest, in cooperation with Hakon Kornstad also organized workshop at the Norwegian Embassy in Prague, with Håkon Kornstad: Jazz vs. opera. At this workshop Kornstad through live music and entertaining discussion shared with the participants his personal story of how he discovered his voice and changed musical direction and become a beginner again at a time when he was already well-known and successful jazz artist.