The Baku Jazz Festival scheduled for September has been canceled as a sign of respect for the memory of martyrs and rescheduled for November, Report informs referring to the Ministry of Culture.
The festival starts on November 15 and will last until November 20. The updated program will feature well-known foreign performers, world jazz stars, including the Grammy Award winner Gregoire Maret.
On November 15, Gregoire Maret will perform with Azerbaijani musicians at the festival. Azerbaijan in this project will be represented by a young pianist Elbey Mammadzadeh.
Brazilian diva Heloisa Lourenco will perform with a program on November 16, and then the festival days will continue with concerts by the virtuoso Dutch pianist Mike Del Ferro, the Israeli band Yogev Shetrit, the group of the German experimental jazz vocalist Michael Schiefel.
The festival will also host the second round of the I am Jazzman competition, the winners will be awarded and the final concert will take place.
The exhibition Dancing Jazz is scheduled to open November 17 at QGallery.