The Izmir European Jazz Festival, (Turkish: Izmir Avrupa Caz Festivali) is a cultural event held in the first half of every March in Izmir, Turkey. It offers a selection of jazz music performances with the participations of renowned artists and music groups from Europe and Turkey. The festival was first held in 1994 and is organized by the Izmir Foundation for Culture, Arts and Education. It is co-sponsored by the consulates of some European countries in Izmir and Istanbul. Izmir Jazz Festival is a member of the Union of European Festivals. Shows the Location of the Province Ä°zmir Izmir from space, June 1996 Izmir (Turkish spelling Ä°zmir, contraction of its former name Smyrna), the second-largest port (after Ä°stanbul) and the third most populous city (2,409,000 in 2000) of Turkey, is located on the Aegean Sea near the Gulf... Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ...
From its beginning, the festival hosted artists and groups like Anna Maria Castelli Quartet, Jean-Francois Giansily, Oli Bott, Karlheinz Miklin Trio, Lighea Trio.
The Istanbul International Jazz Festival, formerly Istanbul Festival, (Turkish: Uluslararası İstanbul Caz Festivali) is a cultural event held every July in Istanbul, Turkey. ...
Izmir, the ancient Smyrne, is an Egean town, to us music fanatics especially relevant for having given birth to the Rebetiko style.
The EuropeanJazzFestival opened there with a Play Bach concert that combined the talents of French pianist Jacques Loussier and his trio with the classical duo of twins Guher and Suher Pekinel.
The Pekinel are not jazz players, nor they want to be, as they pursue their brilliant classical career, but they are searching for something new, a different synthesis, and this is a very healthy attitude.
The Izmir International Festival beginning in mid-June and continues to mid-July, has been organised since 1987.
The IzmirEuropeanJazzFestival is among the numerous events organized every year by İKSEV (The İzmir Foundation for Culture, Arts and Education) since 1994.
The festival aims to bring together masters and lovers of jazz in attempt of generating feelings of love, friendship and peace.
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