Over 100 concerts in two months! This summer, Krakow will be a stage for m.in. Marcus Miller, Jan Garbarek and Trilok Gurtu, Michel Camilo, Markus Stockhausen, Roby Lakatos, or the iconic Yellowjackets line-up. There will also be performances by the leading Polish jazz with Włodzimierz Nahorny, Krzesimir Dębski, Michał Urbaniak, Leszek Możdżer, Marek Napiórkowski and Dorota Miśkiewicz at the forefront.
See you at concerts from July 2 to September 2, 2023.
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The program inaugurates New Orleans Sunday on the Main Market Square and Szczepański Square, the beloved Solo Piano Week series in the Golden Hall of the Philharmonic, as well as new products m.in. outdoor concerts in the Secret Garden and on the Podgórski Market Square. The culmination of the festival will be the premiere cycle of Krakow Spiritual Music Days.
This year’s stage will also be created by: Krakow Philharmonic, ICE Kraków, Radio Kraków, MSiTJ “Manggha”, Krakow Opera, Piwnica pod Baranami, Harris Piano Jazz Bar, Globus Music Club, Alchemia Club, Potocki Palace, Rudno Castle and Stradom House and Radisson Blu hotels.
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Grazyna Auguścik & Jarek Bester – “The Light”
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New Orleans Sunday
The festival inaugurates a grand outdoor event – New Orleans Sunday. It is a great celebration of traditional jazz, where a joyful and spontaneous audience gathers to play with lively sounds straight from New Orleans.
From noon, in the gardens of clubs and cafes on the Main Market Square, jazz can be heard by bands such as the Old Metropolitan Band, Boba Jazz Band or Hot Swing. At 5:00 p.m., the dancing New Orleans Parade starts from the Town Hall, which heads towards Szczepański Square. The parade will be attended by musicians, dancers and several thousand fans of traditional jazz. The event ends with a concert on the stage at Szczepański Square.
Selection of club concerts
This is where it all began… 28 years ago, Piwnica pod Baranami was filled with jazz for good in July. Several years later, Harris Piano Jazz Bar joined the regular program of the festival. Since then, the events held in these two adjacent venues have become the core of the festival.
From 2022, the festival clubs with regular concerts have also been joined by the Globus Music Club in Podgórze. This July, Globus invites you on Thursday, Friday, Saturday and selected Sundays.
Solo Piano Week
Solo Piano Week is the time to participate in solo piano concerts!
Created in 2012, the Solo Piano Weekend series has been expanded to the weekly Solo Piano Week series. The events take place at the Krakow Philharmonic in the Golden Hall. Vladislav “Adzik” Sendecki, Dominik Wania, Adam Makowicz, Bobo Stenson, Piotr Wyleżoł, and Alan Broadbent have already played m.in their recitals as part of the series.
Krakow Spiritual Music Days
At the beginning of the cycle, musical catharsis will guarantee us ecstatic sounds of Jan Garbarek’s saxophone.
The next day, Grażyna Auguścik and Jarek Bester will introduce us to the mood of reflection, who in the mystical interior of the Gothic church will present their own interpretations of folk melodies by Oskar Kolberg and Marian songs.
On September 1, in the 84. anniversary of the outbreak of World War II together with Markus Stockhausen, Olga Pasiecznik, Dominik Wania, Leszek Możdżer and the Krakow Philharmonic Choir will sound the project “The Bell for Peace”.
The last day of the cycle will be devoted to Jarek Śmietana, a great guitarist and unquestionable musical authority in the world of Polish jazz, who died 10 years ago. Radio Krakow will feature friends and long-time members of Jarek’s bands.
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Where can I buy tickets?
Tickets are available for sale at the ticketmaster.pl and at the festival office at Karmelicka 52/1 in Krakow (here 10% discount).
Ticket prices start from PLN 27.00.
For years, we have been accompanied by...
The event is co-financed by the City of Krakow and the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage.
The festival is also supported by: the Consulate General of the United States of America in Krakow, the Cervantes Institute in Krakow, the Italian Cultural Institute in Krakow, the Consulate General of the Republic of Germany in Krakow. And also: Polish Radio Second Program, TVP3 Kraków, Mezzo TV, Jazz Forum, Ruch Muzyczny, PWM, Tygodnik Powszechny, New York City Jazz Record, NDR Magazine, London Jazz.
