22th Akbank Jazz Festival

22th Akbank Jazz Festival

Akbank Jazz Festival,which is one of the longest running festivals of Turkey, brought worldwide renowned jazz artists together with music lovers. During the festival, which covered the city with different colors of jazz for three weeks between the 3rd and 21st of October 2012, 63 concerts were performed in 10 cities with the participation of 300 artists. The festival was full of workshops, panels, competitions, jazz brunches, Jazz at the Campus and Jazz at the High Schools Workshops in addition to the rich concert program.

The festival hosted worldwide renowned jazz artists in our country in its 22nd year, as it does every year, and it provided young musicians with the opportunity to showcase their performances and share the same stage with the masters of jazz. The 22nd Akbank Jazz Festival took place in 38 different venues including Lütfi Kırdar International Congress and Exhibition Center, Akbank Sanat, Babylon, Nardis, The Seed and Caddebostan Culture Center.

Notes from the 22nd Akbank Jazz Festival

The 22nd Akbank Jazz Festival started with the opening concerts of The Three Ladies of Bluesin Babylon and the Snow Owl Quartet in Akbank Sanat on the 3rd of October 2012, Wednesday.

Some of the most prominent names in the Festival were Anthony Braxton, who is musician, composer, philosopher and teacher, Greek pianist and composer Eleni Karaindrou,who is one of the most important film and theater music composers of our day; Ibrahim Maalouf, who added a new dimension to the jazz trumpet; Rudresh Mahanthappa, who is widely appreciated for his peculiar tone; Gregory Porter, who defined as "the next biggest male jazz vocal" by music critics;German jazz pianist Jens Thomas, who adapted songs of the rock group AC/DC to jazz and Norwegian writer, composer and pianist Ketil Bjørnstad.

Swedish trombone virtuoso and vocalist; Nils Landgren, German pianist Michael Wollny ,who received the ECHO Jazz Award, Johan Norberg, who is most respectable guitarists of the Scandinavian music scene; Swedish musician Lars Danielsson, who redrew the limits of his instrument contrabass; German drummer Wolfgang Haffner, who has contributed to more than 250 albums; Cæcilie Norby, who is jazz diva of Denmark; Céline Bonacina, who is one of the important names of baritone saxophone and Finnish trumpet player Verneri Pohjola, shared the same stage for The ACT Jubilee Nightconcert, which was another special project of the Festival.

The Akbank Jazz Festival, which brings together musicians from different parts of the world, also hosted masters of jazz and young talents from Turkey during the festival.Such as Erkan Oğur Anatolian Blues, Baki Duyarlar’s “Time of Spring”, Önder Focan & Meltem Ege Group-Songbook, Islak Köpek & Serra Yılmaz, Barıştık mı and Yakaza Ensemble.

Stars and Young Talents of the Turkish Jazz came together at JAmZZ

“JAmZZ Akbank Jazz Festival Young Talents Competition”, which was organized for the second time this year, within the context of; 22nd Akbank Jazz Festival, drew great interest from all over Turkey, again. 12 candidates, who were in the finals of the competition, took the stage before the final night on the 14th of October 2012. As a result of the jury, Olgun Acar (drums) - The Best Performance, Gürtuğ Gök (alto saxophone) - The Best Improvisation and Melisa Kıral (vocal) - The Best Interpretation were rewarded as the winners. In addition to these categories, the jury granted the honorable mention award to Paşa Çelik (electro guitar), Sanat Deliorman (vocal) and Fulya Akça (vocal) for their successful performance. Winners of the competition took the stage in the Jam Session, organized at Babylon with a star group of Aydın Esen, Cengiz Baysal, İmer Demirer, Ayşe Gencer and Volkan Hürsever on 15th of October 2012, Monday. These young talents, who ranked as the top three in the competition will also attend the workshops, which will be held at Venice Jazz Festival and they will receive education from the instructors of the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music Academy in New York in subjects such as musical theory, ear training and rhythm.

Jazz at the Campus met the Students in the Universities

Jazz at the Campus, which was organized for the fourth time this year, as a part of the Akbank Jazz Festival, carried the excitement and thrill of jazz to university students at 14 universities in 9 different cities in addition to Istanbul on 8th and 18th of October. At the Jazz at the Campus concerts, Elif Çağlar, Çağrı Sertel, Barana and Ceylan Ertem met together with the university students.

22th Akbank Jazz Festival

22th Akbank Jazz Festival

3 October - 21 October 2012

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18 SEP MON
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19 SEP TUE
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20 SEP WED
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21 SEP THU
1

18:30

Conversation Akbank 41st Contemporary Artists Prize Exhibition Exhibition Talks: "Spinoza'ya Saygı"

Akbank Sanat

22 SEP FRI
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23 SEP SAT
1

20:30

Concert Mercan Dede Live DJ Set with Secret Tribe

Müze Gazhane

24 SEP SUN
3

11:00

Concert Yarkın Duo (Nağme Yarkın & Baturay Yarkın)

Sakıp Sabancı Müzesi

14:00

Conversation fugamundi x Mert Pekduraner Jazz Listening Club

Bant Mag. Havuz / Bina

19:00

Workshop Jazz-hop Junction: Beatmaking Workshop with Da Poet

Kolektif House Moda

25 SEP MON
1

21:00

Concert Al Di Meola

AKM Theatre Hall

26 SEP TUE
2

19:00

Concert Kâmil Özler Trio & Yasemin Özler

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Concert Sub-Rehavi

Yeldeğirmeni Arts Center

27 SEP WED
4

19:00

Concert Yumi Ito

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Concert Neşet Ruacan, Cem Tuncer, Yarkın Tuncer

Yeldeğirmeni Arts Center

20:30

Concert Mert Pekduraner

Çevre Tiyatrosu / Semaver Kumpanya

22:00

Concert KAM x Yasemin Mori

Bova

28 SEP THU
1

21:00

Concert All Night Jazz: BOSQ, Zeynep Erbay, Recep Şencan

Frankhan

29 SEP FRI
2

20:30

Concert Terence Blanchard featuring the E-Collective with Turtle Island Quartet

Zorlu PSM, Turkcell Platinum Stage

22:00

Concert Ayyuka

Babylon

30 SEP SAT
6

11:00

Workshop Wild Child Orchestra

Akbank Sanat

16:00

Conversation Turkey Jazz Network: Understanding the Venue through Music

Yeldeğirmeni Arts Center

19:00

Concert Hend

North Studio

20:00

Conversation Continents of Jazz

Outro Record Store

22:00

Concert Gabi Hartmann

Babylon

22:00

Concert LoftCaz Record Selection

Outro Record Store

01 OCT SUN
2

18:30

Concert İdil Naz Dönmez & Rüzgar Yıldırım

Alan Kadıköy Amphitheater

20:30

Concert Ozan Musluoğlu Quartet ft. Kerem Görsev

Alan Kadıköy

02 OCT MON
1

20:30

Concert Lakecia Benjamin “Phoenix”

Ses Tiyatrosu

03 OCT TUE
3

19:00

Concert Wayne Shorter Tribute Night

Akbank Sanat

20:00

Concert Şevket Akıncı, Mehmet Korkmaz, İlhami Tunç Gençer

Arter

20:30

Concert Sissoko / Segal / Parisien / Peirani “Les Egarés”

Cemal Reşit Rey Concert Hall

04 OCT WED
4

18:30

Concert Onur Çalışkan

CoBAC Workspace Terrace Garden

19:00

Concert Zoe Rahman Trio "Colour of Sound"

Akbank Sanat

21:30

Concert Immanuel Wilkins Trio

Babylon

21:30

Concert Tribute to Ella & Louis

Nardis Jazz Club

05 OCT THU
2

19:00

Concert Bulut Gülen “Bosphorus Train”

Akbank Sanat

21:30

Concert Hidden Orchestra

Babylon

06 OCT FRI
2

20:30

Concert Ladies and New Standards

Zorlu PSM, Turkcell Platinum Stage

22:00

Concert Mehmet Uluğ Tribute Night: İlhan Erşahin & Friends

Babylon

07 OCT SAT
4

11:00

Workshop Wild Child Orchestra

Akbank Sanat

15:00

Conversation Afro-Cuban Jazz: Past and Present

Akbank Sanat

20:30

Concert Tord Gustavsen Trio

Zorlu PSM, Turkcell Platinum Stage

22:00

Concert Erik Truffaz "Rollin’ & Clap!"

Babylon

08 OCT SUN
3

11:30

Concert Cazlı Brunch

Serenita, SES Eşitlik ve Dayanışma Derneği Lokali

16:00

Concert Alara Tütüncü Duo

MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire Kültür ve Sanat Merkezi

19:00

Concert Seçil Akmirza & Alp Ersönmez Band

Bizim Tepe

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