The European Jazz Conference 2016 will see some incredible keynote speakers in the days of Friday 23 and Saturday 24 September 2016 at the National Forum of Music in Wroclaw, Poland.
Danilo Perez, internationally renowned Panamanian musician and UNESCO Artist for Peace will talk about his experience as a musician in Panama and New York, and the way his artistic work is connected to the development of local communities in Panama...
Georgina Born, FBA OBE, Professor of Music and Anthropology at Oxford University, will talk about the relation of music with public spaces versus institutionalised spaces as well as present her latest research on different forms of listening around the world.
Ben Ratliff, long-time New York Times pop and jazz critic, author and New York University’s professor, will talk about his latest book: "Every Song Ever - 20 ways to listen in an age of musical plenty"
The full programme of the Conference, with all the moderators and sessions, is available at: http://www.europejazz.net/sites/default/files/EJC2016_programme.pdf
For more information please check: http://www.europejazz.net/project/european-jazz-conference