Seifert Jazz Days: Jazz Without Borders
The third edition of Seifert Jazz Days offers three evenings of musical courage and artistic freedom – a tribute to the spirit of Zbigniew Seifert, a violinist who wasn’t afraid to cross boundaries.
On September 26, the festival opens at Hevre club in Kraków’s Kazimierz district with the duo Deux Lynx, created by drummer Miłosz Berdzik and guitarist/producer Adam Jędrysik. This is future-facing music, infused with a hip-hop pulse and cinematic storytelling. A beat-driven poetry of improvisation with an organic nerve. It sounds like a soundtrack to a dream, where logic gives way to intuition.
The next night, the stage at Hevre will be taken over by ńoko – a Tricity-based collective that shatters jazz conventions, reaching into psychedelic electronics and trance-like intensity. This is not a concert – it’s a journey through darkness, light, and shadow.
For the grand finale of Seifert Jazz Days, we move to the Kraków Philharmonic Hall. On Sunday, September 28, the extraordinary project Reijseger & Seifert – Synergy Spirit will be performed, featuring Ernst Reijseger – the brilliant Dutch cellist known for his unforgettable soundtracks for Werner Herzog’s films. He will be joined by pianist Harmen Fraanje, the Polish Radio Choir, and conductor Wolfgang Kläsener. This evening will be like a film without images – only music guiding you through the sacred and the grotesque, through tenderness and chaos, into the unknown.
Jazz Juniors – Where the Future of Jazz Begins
The second weekend of Kraków Jazz Week is dedicated to the 39th edition of the Jazz Juniors Festival and Competition. For decades, this event has been a launchpad for the most promising jazz musicians, and it begins on October 2 with an evening of live competition auditions. At the Tadeusz Kantor Art Documentation Centre – CRICOTEKA, six bands will perform for an international jury led by acclaimed Norwegian trumpeter and jazz visionary Nils Petter Molvær.
In the following days (October 3–5), the Jazz Juniors Festival will feature performances by artists such as the vocal-vibraphone duo Kateryna Kravchenko & Arthur Clees, the Norwegian trio Nothing Personal, Piotr Damasiewicz (trumpet) & Dominik Wania (piano), percussionist Erland Dahlen, and the Kasia Pietrzko Trio.
The spectacular final concert, featuring Nils Petter Molvær – now the Festival’s artistic director and artist-in-residence – will take place on October 5 at the Kraków Philharmonic. The Norwegian trumpeter will be joined by Iranian virtuoso Soheil Shayesteh (kamancheh, electronics) and the Sinfonietta Cracovia orchestra, conducted by Paulina Porszke.
Kraków Jazz Week is a festival that continues to grow in importance year after year, securing its place as a key event in the jazz calendar.
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