Dushanbe International Ethno Jazz Festival
Lineup
- Feride Girgin
Ruslan VolkovUzbekistanPopular singer from Uzbekistan. She works in the direction of ethnic and modern jazz. Feride Girgin – vocal, Ruslan Volkov – piano. - Nepesov TrioTurkmenistanTrio, led by composer, conductor, and pianist Rovshen Nepesov, is a distinguished figure in the arts scene of Turkmenistan. Rovshen Nepesov – piano, Ashir Veliyev – double bass, Aram Bezikyan – drums.
- Homenkov BandKazakhstanViktor Khomenkov, composer and arranger, often uses oriental ethnic music in his compositions. Vyacheslav Tikhonov – double bass, Ediljaik Turlibek – saxophone, Viktor Khomenkov – piano.
- Jazz MaqomFrance, GermanyMusical project whose creations explore the links between Jazz, the French language, and the different geographies of Maqâms music. Andréa Romani – ney player and jazz flautist, Claudio Puntin – clarinet, Apostolos Sidéris – bass, Alexis Bajot-Nercessian – piano, Sirojiddin Dzhuraev – dutor, Sato, Khaidarov Zoirov – Tanbur, Shavkatjon Okilov – gidzhak, kamonsh, Khoshimov Naim - doira
- Gulshan BandTajikistanEgamberdiev Shakhzod - Guitar, Kalandarov Daler - bass guitar, Palvanov Emomali - drums, Karimov Shahboz – saxophone, Nematov Bakhovaddin – piano, Mezrafzuni Mahmadullo – percussion.
- Khalil Brothers TrioTajikistanThe Khalil brothers trio performs original music while also synthesizing Tajik folk music with modern jazz. Jafar Khalilov – bass guitar, Timur Nurlabekov – percussion, Jasur Khalilov – composer, pianist, and trio leader.
- NazeerTajikistanNazeer is an ethno jazz-rock band that emerged relatively recently in Dushanbe. The basis of their music is folk rhythms, interwoven with the study of natural phenomena. Firuz Khasanov – bass guitar, Shukhrat Nigmatov – percussion, Lee Pavel – guitar.
- DadjTajikistanDadjsh is a project jazz collective founded in 2010. The idea of the band is to try themselves in new, namely in ethno-jazz and get new musical experience. Daler Kalandarov – composer and band leader, bass guitar, Umarov Churabek – keyboards, Karimov Shahboz – saxophone, Khalikov Timur – drums, Egamberdiev Shakhzod – guitar.
- AvestoTajikistanOver the years, the band 'Avesto' has received numerous awards and international prizes, and the musicians share their art on concert stages around the world, participating in major international festivals. Takhmina Ramazanova - vocal, Jasur Khalilov - piano, Jafar Khalilov - bass guitar, Saido Amonov - saxophone, Umed Khalilov - drums, Timur Nurulobekov - percussion.
- Graduates of the Jazz Academy
TajikistanThe debut music group is the result of an educational programme of the Jazz Academy within the framework of the festival. Tabrez Khalilov - piano, Faridun Bokiev - saxophone, Kurbon Khalilov - drums, Firuz Hasanov - bass guitar, Bekhzod Khomidov - ruba, guitar.
Dushanbe International Ethno Jazz Festival
Dushanbe International Ethno Jazz Festival
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29 – 30 of April | Sooroosh Hall
The Dushanbe International Ethno Jazz Festival has been held every two years since 2009.
The Swiss Cooperation Office, as the main initiator and donor, together with its partners Bactria Cultural Center and the Tajik National Conservatory, have successfully held jazz festivals for several years (2009, ‘10, ‘12, ‘14, '17 and ‘19). The festival brings together jazz composers and musicians from different parts of the world (Central Asia, Europe, America, etc.) to hold concerts, round tables, master classes and art laboratories that contribute to the outbreak of a new wave of interest in ethno-jazz music in the Republic of Tajikistan.
One of the main objectives of this festival is to encourage musical experimentation and the development of genres based on traditional Tajik music. Musical experiments combining various styles are particularly successful. Local musicians, like their foreign counterparts, are given a unique opportunity to create an incomparable musical composition based on traditional Tajik music genres such as Makom and Falak.
Such experiments should encourage the trend of development and preservation of traditional genres of Tajik music, contribute to the development of new forms of improvisational music, and encourage:
- Further development of various forms of jazz music based on the cultural heritage, traditions and innovations of traditional Tajik culture
- Increased interest in jazz and ethno-jazz music among the population of Tajikistan
- Regional and international cooperation based on musical creativity
One of the main achievements of the Festival is the creation of new musical groups that play a unique mix of ethno-jazz. These are such groups as Daj (Dushanbe) and Payvand (Khujand). These groups are a vivid illustration of the potential impact of the Jazz Festival on the development of the entire music industry in the Republic of Tajikistan.
The initiator and main donor of the Dushanbe Ethno Jazz Festival is The Swiss Government. Muattara Bashirova - National Programme Manager for SDC Central Asia Art and Culture Programme. The Artistic Curator of the festival is Jasur Khalilov, and the Technical Director of the festival is Jafar Khalilov. The organizer of the festival is the Bactria Cultural Center, represented by Dina Miller, Amal Khanum Gadzhieva, Makhvash Shoeva, Masud Vohidov, and others.
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Email: bactria.jazz@acted.org
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Tel: 987 600 405
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Bactria Cultural Centre
12a Mirzo Tursunzoda street,
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, 734000
