Please block 25 and 26 June in your agendas: the first ever edition of inJazz takes over the 'jazz wide web'! Holland’s biggest jazz showcase and network event uses an online tool for the conference - and you can still register. The festival will be broadcast live from the inJazz studio’s at LantarenVenster and BIMHUIS with an amazing line-up of Dutch musicians. Sign up for the conference and/or tune in on the festival livestream: www.injazz.nl.
Online jazz conference
Over 200 international jazz professionals have registered for the conference on 25 and 26 June so far. And it’s still possible to join on those days: simply register for free via www.injazz.nl and make sure to complete your profile with a photo and bio – let’s get that networking train rolling! Once registered, you can sign up for short panels and presentations by international speakers and broaden your network and knowledge. Who’s in already? To name a few organisations: Europe Jazz Network, Jazz Promotion Network, TivoliVredenburg, Jazzism Magazine, Jazzflits, JazzFM, Winter Jazzfest NYC, Manchester Jazz Festival, Cairo Jazz Festival, ART-SPOT.BE, Jazzlab, North Sea Jazz Festival and of course lots and lots of great musicians and managements. As usual, the conference ends with an exciting final: the announcement of the Buma Boy Edgar Prize winner. Who will win the prestigious prize this year?
Festival livestream
A scintillating series of showcases! Promising Dutch jazz acts, but also more seasoned groups, will hit the stages at night on 25 and 26 June. Broadcast live from the inJazz studios at LantarenVenster and BIMHUIS – brought to wherever you are. Enjoy live music (and some pre-recordings) by musicians with talent and ambition as tall as the city’s skyscrapers. Rotterdam ambassador and presenter Jet Sol will walk you through the programme. Tune in during those nights, on the homepage of www.injazz.nl from 8:25 pm (CEST) on and enjoy performances by SMANDEM., SIMIO, Blue Sands, Xavi Torres – Kind Of Beethoven, Eran Har Even / World Citizen, Jan Geijtenbeek trio feat. Thomas Pol and Niek de Bruijn, Mundus Quartet, Youngwoo Lee Quartet, Maripepa Contreras Quintet, Marta Arpini - Forest Light, John Frost, CANVAS, Franz von Chossy Trio, Fuensanta Méndez, Bonsai Panda, Kika Sprangers Quintet and Redbourg Group. More info and timetables: www.injazz.nl.
Pre-recorded & on demand European festival acts
InJazz presents an Europe inJazz 2020 festival line-up as well. Pre-recorded and on demand via www.injazz.nl on both nights. With performances from Tobias Preisig (CH), NABOU (BE), Karen Willems (BE), Johanna Summer (DE), Joanna Duda (PL), Susana Santos Silva Impermanence (PT) and the project ‘Piece By Piece’ (IE). All showcases are recommended by the following and well-known organizations and partners of inJazz: Match & Fuse (CH), Leuven Jazz with support of VI.BE (BE), XJAZZ (DE), Katowice JazzArt with support of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute (PL), Porta-Jazz Festival (PT) and Improvised Music Company (IE).
