We recently announced the winner of the very first EJN Zenith Award for emerging artists in collaboration with the 12 Points Festival. Trio Heinz Herbert from Zurich, Switzerland, were unanimously selected by an ad hoc EJN Jury from the 12 bands participating at the 2019 edition of the 12 Points Festival, held at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam last September. The band is now available for tour dates in 2020. Full details below.
The Zenith Award
So much of the work we do across the network revolves around artists, and, in particular emerging talents. Each year, The Zenith Award aims to celebrate one European band which is deserving of wider recognition and acclaim.
The Jury who selected the first Zenith Award winner was composed of Pierre Dugelay (Le Périscope, France), Annamaija Saarela (G Livelab Tampere, Finland), Trude Storheim (Vossa Jazz, Norway), Wim Wabbes (Handelsbeurs, Belgium), Edin Zubcevic (JazzFest Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina) and Kenneth Killeen (Improvised Music Company, Ireland).
More info is available here: https://www.europejazz.net/press-release/trio-heinz-herbert-switzerland-awarded-first-ejn-zenith-award-emerging-artists
What the critics say about Trio Heinz Herbert:
“Extraordinary finesse and profundity” - Debra Richard, Jazzwise
“Impossible to categorize” - Henning Bolte, All About Jazz
You can watch the full concert of Trio Heinz Herbert at 12 Points, together with all the other 12 Points bands of 2019, on Bimhuis TV: https://youtu.be/V38TbetpLCc
We encourage you to listen to this band or ask colleagues who have seen them live about them. And we also encourage you to book them at your festival/venue in 2020, if you have the possibility to do so. We want to give to the winners of the first Zenith Award as many international opportunities as possible and increase their visibility across the network’s clubs and festivals. We also wish to set a high standard for future yearly award winners. You will also be able to watch Trio Heinz Herbert live as one of the showcases of the next European Jazz Conference 2020 in Sofia!
The Zenith Tour 2020
We are happy to announce that Trio Heinz Herbert are available during the following periods in 2020 and are also available by request at other times (subject to availability):
Tour Period #1: September 17th to 26th, 2020
Tour Period #2: November 1st to 14th 2020
We have the support of Swiss agencies to cover most travel expenses for the band. Trio Heinz Herbert’s tour dates will be managed by the Unstable Network. If you are interested in booking the band please email info (AT) unstablenetwork.net with Trio Heinz Herbert in the subject line.
About the Unstable Network
The Unstable Network (UN) is an independent touring network of European promoters who are also EJN members, curating the “Europeans Now” series. They will organize the touring concerts of Trio Heinz Hebert throughout 2020. For booking enquiries and available dates, please contact UN office at info (AT) unstablenetwork.net or, alternatively, check existing confirmed dates at https://unstablenetwork.net/europeans-now/
