JazzBaltica

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JazzBaltica is a jazz festival in Schleswig-Holstein that has been taking place since 1991. It was founded with the aim of promoting cultural cooperation between the countries bordering the Baltic Sea by bringing together musicians and especially young talents in changing line-ups. Until 2011 this was the central event location Gut Salzau in the Plön district . Since 2012 the festival has been a guest on the grounds of the Evers shipyard in Timmendorfer Strand - Niendorf . From 2018 JazzBaltica will take place in the new spa gardens of Timmendorfer Strand.

Location Gut Salzau, 2006

history

In 1991, the Schleswig-Holstein State Music Council, in cooperation with the Schleswig-Holstein State Ministry for Education, Science, Youth and Culture, organized the first JazzBaltica under the heading “Ars Baltica Prolog 1991”. The initiative for JazzBaltica came from the then Prime Minister of Schleswig-Holstein, Björn Engholm , an enthusiastic jazz lover, with the aim of promoting cultural cooperation between the countries bordering the Baltic Sea.

The venue for the first two years was Kiel , where the festival began - a concert for poetry , prose and drums with Günter Grass and Günter “Baby” Sommer .

Until 1999, the artistic and organizational management of JazzBaltica was in the hands of Rainer Haarmann (Ministry of Culture SH), Nis-Edwin List-Petersen , Arvid Maltzahn (State Music Councilor SH) and Christian Stöhrmann (TSBW Husum). The festival has been part of the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival since 2002 . Until 2011, the artistic director of the festival was Rainer Haarmann.

In 2011, the central events were relocated to the Landeskulturzentrum Salzau, where the festival took place every summer until 2011. The JazzBaltica concept includes initiating one-off projects, bringing musicians together - even in changing line-ups - and promoting young talent.

A special feature of the festival is that JazzBaltica takes place every year under changing musical direction with changing musicians from the German, Scandinavian and Baltic regions. The directors included jazz musicians and composers such as David Murray , Vince Mendoza , Django Bates , Maria Schneider , Bengt-Arne Wallin , Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen & Ole Kock Hansen , Tim Hagans , Conrad Herwig , Lars Danielsson , Wolfgang Haffner , Steven Bernstein and Johannes Enders .

In addition to musicians who regularly appear at the festival, there is also a platform for lesser-known artists. This ranges from artists from the Schleswig-Holstein scene to talented young musicians from Scandinavia and the Baltic states.

Evers shipyard, Niendorfer Hafen, 2013
Timmendorfer Strand venue, 2018

From 2005 to 2012 JazzBaltica was given a special motto:

  • 2005: "on drums"
  • 2006: "on piano"
  • 2007: "on trumpet"
  • 2008: "on sax"
  • 2009: "big band battle"
  • 2010: "twenty years with friends"
  • 2011: “piano, piano” remembering esbjörn
  • 2012: "new places, familiar faces"

With the announcement by the Schleswig-Holstein state government to cancel the subsidies for the festival from 2011, as well as the declaration of intent to sell the Salzau mansion, JazzBaltica was carried out for the last time in 2011 with a shortened program at the Salzau location under the artistic direction of Rainer Haarmann, who left office with the 2011 JazzBaltica.

From 2012 JazzBaltica found a new venue on the grounds of the Evers shipyard in Timmendorfer Strand / Niendorf under the artistic direction of Nils Landgren , who owes his international career to JazzBaltica.

JazzBaltica has been taking place in the New Kurpark of Timmendorfer Strand for the first time since 2018 .

The television recordings of the JazzBaltica concerts, originally made by ZDF / 3sat , are now broadcast by NDR , DLF and arte . Selected concerts can also be seen on arte Live Web .

IB.SH-JazzAward

Since 2008, the IB.SH-JazzAward (formerly “JazzBaltica Sponsorship Prize”) has been given annually to outstanding young jazz musicians - primarily from northern Germany . The prize money, endowed with 3000 euros, was donated by the Schleswig-Holstein Investment Bank .

Award winners

literature

Web links

Commons : JazzBaltica  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

References and comments

  1. ↑ JazzBaltica 2015: Talk with Rainer Haarmann and Björn Engholm , on YouTube, September 7, 2015, accessed on May 9, 2019.
  2. ↑ Every year the JazzBaltica Festival impressively emphasizes why it is unique in the European festival landscape: 100% jazz, a Baltic background, many premieres and in-house productions - and above all a big festival. In: Jazzpodium
  3. ↑ "the gem among the jazz festivals" Jazz thing 1997
  4. ↑ Werner Burkhardt: an unmistakable identity and a large audience. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung
  5. ↑ Web presence ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (accessed on December 1, 2011)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.jazzbaltica.de
  6. ↑ Nils Landgren becomes director of Jazz Baltica. In: The world. December 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ JazzBaltica takes place for the first time in 1991 , accessed on May 8, 2019.
  8. ^ Social engagement - Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein
  9. ↑ IB.SH Jazz Award for Keno Harriehausen. In: Kiel News. June 19, 2020, accessed June 21, 2020 .
  10. ↑ The IB.SH JazzAward 2019 goes to Vincent Niessen
  11. ↑ IB.SH-JazzAward 2018 goes to David Grabowski , May 24, 2018, accessed on May 8, 2019.
  12. ↑ IB.SH-JazzAward 2017 to Anna-Lena Schnabel , May 12, 2017, accessed on May 8, 2019.
  13. ↑ Jazz Baltica Sponsorship Award 2013
  14. ↑ Congratulations »Flickstick«! ( Memento from September 6, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  15. ^ Dagmar Leischow: Clara Haberkamp Trio: Sponsorship award finances studio recordings. In: Schleswig-Holsteinische Zeitung. June 29, 2011.
  16. ↑ JazzBaltica sponsorship award goes to the Clara Haberkamp Trio. In: new music newspaper.
  17. ^ Opening session Moritz Baumgärtner Trio ( Memento from June 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
  18. ↑ JazzBaltica sponsorship award goes to Charlotte Greve ( Memento of the original from June 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.themenportal.de
  19. ↑ Jazzzeitung 3/2008: short but important: JazzBaltica sponsorship award goes to Firomanum