Bansko, 08-13 August 2006


Under the snow-capped peak of Mount Vihren, the ski resort of Bansko extends its holiday season into the summer with the help of its well established jazz festival. The objectives at Bansko are to give aspiring Bulgarian musicians a stage alongside German, American and other foreign artists, and to lay out a festival that welcomes, as they say, "the free people".
The first festival was held in 1998 and Bansko has been winning new friends each year ever since. The format includes events on the main stage in the middle of town and informal jazz cafe sessions and jamming at local hotels and venues

This year, the opening ceremony of the festival would start with a Salsa Night, featuring various Bulgarian performers.
During the next five days, the festival would feature the big band of Belgrade’s radio, a gypsy trio, Polish performers and the most popular Cuban vocal quartet Sexto Sentido.

PROGRAMME

8 August, TUESDAY

Big Band of Bulgarian National Radio conducted by Yanko Miladinov and guest vocal Denise Jannah - Bulgaria-Holland

Duet Nina Nikolina and Kalin Veliov, Bulgaria - Nina Nikolina (vocal), Kalin Veliov (vocal, congas), Misho Yosiffov (trumpet), Dani Totev (akordeon), Martin Doykin (double bass), Stefan Kojuharov (timbales, drums)

Raul Paz, France-Cuba – Raul Paz (vocal, guitar), Julio Rakotonanahary (bass), Nicolas Dacunha (drums), Alvaro Bello (guitars), Pierre Acourt (keyboard), Franklin Lozada (pianist), Marco Agoudentse (trumpet)

9 August, WEDNESDAY

Big Band of Belgrade National Radio and Television conducted by Ivan Ilich and special guest Urosh Perich (piano, vocal), Serbia

Shibil Benev (guitar), Peter Momchev (alt sax), Martin Doykin (bass), Dimitar Dimitrov (drums) - Bulgaria

Jo Bohnsack (vocal-piano), Germany and Bob Seeley (piano), USA

Hazari, Serbia - Dragomir Milenkovich (gutar), Teuta Aslani (vocal), Slobodan Jeftich (violin), Goran Petrovich (drums), Slavisa Pavlovich (bas)

10 August, THURSDAY

Dimitris Pantelias Group, Greece – Dimitris Pantelias (tenor & alto sax), Vangelis Paraskevaidis (vibraphone), Stelios Paraskevas (guitar), Petros Klampanis (bass), Sotiris Douvas (drums)

Angel Zaberski Quartet, Bulgaria – Angel Zaberski (piano), Michael Yosifov (trumpet), Dimitar Shanov (bass), Dimitar Semov (drums) and guest Charles Papasoff (saxophone), Canada

Duet Mania, Bulgaria – Julia and Daniela Tashevi (vocal), Dimitar Karamfilov (bass), Ivelin Atanasov (piano), Kiril Tashkov (guitar), Stoyan Koprinkov (drums)

11 August, FRIDAY

Karolina Styla Quartet, Poland - Karolina Styla (vocal), Dominik Wania (piano), Maciej Adamczak (bass), Lukasz Zyta (drums)

Tolga Trio, Holland - Jowan Zoutendijk (guitar) Tolga During (guitar), Pablo Millas (bass)

Camelia Todorova, Bulgaria – Camelia Todorova (vocal), Milen Kokosharov (piano), Kalin Veliov (percussion) Vesselin Vesselinov – Eko, (bass) and vocal trio “Camelettes”

Teodosii Spasov, Bulgaria (caval), Vlatko Stefanovski, Macedonia (guitar), Miroslav Tadich, Serbia (guitar)

12 August SATURDAY

Big Band Swing Kids, Germany

Sydney Ellis and her Midnight Preachers, USA - Sydney Ellis (vocals), Alvin Nicholson (piano), Wendell Carroll (drums), Tony Reeves (bass)

Sexto Sentido vocal quartet, Cuba – Arlety Valdes Cana, Yudelkis Lafuente Acca, Melvis Santa Estevaz Guzman and Eliene Castello Borrero

Bulgara, Bulgaria – Kostadin Genchev (kaval), Dimitar Hristov (tamboura), Darinka Tsekova (gadulka), Petio Kostadinov (gayda), Chavdar Asenov (bass, guitar), Stoyan Pavlov (percussion), Kiril Dobrev (drums, programming)

13 August SUNDAY

Lotos Quintet, Germany – Julia Fibelcorn (vocal), Arne Shtraube (piano), Maltе Shiller (saxophone), Jacob Draier (bass), Frideman Bartele (drums)

Hot Four Creole Jazzband, Germany - Horst Aussenhof (clarinet, bass-sax), Joachim Lusch(cornet), Bernhard Sperrfechter (banjo,guitar), Jens Hunstein (alto-sax)

Plamen Petrov trio, Bulgaria - Plamen Petrov (guitar), Rosen Tasev (basguitar), Rumen Boiadjiev Jr. (drums)

Antoni Donchev (piano), Martin Doykin (bass), Dimitar Dimitrov (drums) and special guest Varvara Pankova (vocal), Bulgaria

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