To close the Rentrée Grands Formats on a high note, Grands Formats will celebrate its 20th anniversary in Paris on December 15 and 16 with a series of activities and jazz concerts of French and European large ensembles:
Friday 15 December 2023
General Assembly of the Grands Formats federation* from 9.30am to 12.30pm at Médiathèque Musicale de Paris (MMP)Friday 15 December 2023
Think Big! Jam Session from 5 to 6.30pm led by the Jazz Station Big Band (BE) and guests musicians from Clasijazz Big Band (ES) and the Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra (IT) at the Conservatoire de Paris
Concert from 8.30pm to 10p.m: Jazz Station Big Band (BE) invites the Clasijazz Big Band with conductor Daahoud Salim and trumpeter Julian Sanchez, and the Tower Jazz Composers Orchestra with conductor Piero Bittolo Bon and tenor saxophonist Filippo Orefice at Médiathèque Musicale de Paris (MMP)
Saturday 16 December 2023 at Maison de la Radio et de la Musique (Radio France)
Panel from 3.30pm to 6.30pm: Territorial, national and European circulation of independent jazz and improvised music artistic teams with Fleurine Verloop-Mehldau singer and president of BiMpro (NL), Ade Monterreal singer and international project and distribution manager for Clasijazz Big Band (ES), Steve Mead director of Manchester Jazz Festival, Julien Desprez musician with the COAX collective. Moderation : Isabelle Lazzarini consultant inspector for creation, artistic education and cultural action at the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.
Concert from 7pm to 10pm at Studio 104 (Maison de la Radio et de la Musique):
- Workers, une musique populaire by Kami Octet, a large ensemble led by Pascal Charrier.
- Zeitgeist by Laurent Cugny Tentet, a large ensemble led by Laurent Cugny.
Grands Formats also organises an anniversary cocktail on 16 December at the Maison de la Radio et de la Musique prior to the concerts, to which its French and European partners and members are invited. See you there!
Find attached a video teaser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlVaSen_U3U
Full programme: https://www.grandsformats.com/rentree-grands-formats-2023
Full programme: https://www.grandsformats.com/rentree-grands-formats-2023