Amman Jazz Festival 2020 – 9th Edition All Local:
A Showcase of Homegrown Sounds in the Time of COVID- 19
Shahennews
Celebrating 9 years of Jazz from around the world, this year’s Amman Jazz Festival is going local and online from the 5th to the 10th of November, with a special homegrown line-up that encourages creation in Jordan. Concerts of both Amman Jazz Festival, and its parallel event Musiqa 3al Daraj, will be streamed from the heart of Amman and shared with the whole world digitally for free.
Amman Jazz Festival (AJF) is the only major event dedicated to Jazz in Jordan, which has succeeded in gathering local and international professionals, attracting a wide audience over the years and expanding globally, while creating opportunities for sustainable cultural exchanges. The Festival is known to celebrate diversity, cultural fusion, creativity, unity, and dialogue, by featuring international, regional and local Jazz musicians.
This year’s special 9th Edition presents exclusively Jordanian musicians to an international audience online, switching the cultural exchange around with an approach that is novel to the acclaimed Festival. AJF is creating a persistent digital stage in the times of Covid 19, serving the Jordanian independent music scene to connect beyond borders, initiate new projects and productions, to start new musical conversation, and to introduce fresh sounds.
“What we are aspiring for is to re-think the new now, the new tomorrow, and come up with alternative solutions in these challenging times, rooted in our mission to move the industry forward by supporting the local independent music scene, through providing the opportunities needed for the musicians to flourish”, Lama Hazboun – Founder of Amman Jazz Festival.
Additionally, the Festival is hosting the second edition of “Musiqa 3al Daraj” realized by Orange Red and the Goethe-Institut Jordan; a special concert series which has proven popular since last year, bringing Jordanian indie music to the public staircases of Amman, away from classical locations and closer to the hearts of people. Abiding by safety measurements, this second edition will be realized on different staircases of the MMAG Foundation in old Amman, where concerts will be filmed to be streamed online to an international audience; in collaboration with the Greater Amman Municipality and supported by the European Union and EUNIC.
“Together with our partners, the Goethe-Institut Jordan seeks to make music accessible to people from all walks of life, and to endorse Jordanian artists from various musical backgrounds. Opening public spaces for art and culture has been a focus of our work for the past years. I am excited to see the second edition of “Musiqa 3al Daraj” come to life under these strange circumstances we are all facing this year.”, Laura Hartz – Director of the Goethe-Institut Jordan.
Amman Jazz Festival is produced by OrangeRed, Funded by the European Union, The European Union National Institutes for Culture (EUNIC), and Institut Francais. In partnership with Goethe-Institut; Strategic Partners: The Greater Amman Municipality, MMAG Foundation. Official Radio: Bliss 104.3, Hala FM. Official TV: Roya TV.
Information:
Amman Jazz Festival
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Instagram: @ammanjazzfestival
YouTube: YouTube.com/AmmanJazz
Goethe-Institut
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Amman Jazz Festival Objectives:
- To become a major Jazz destination in the Middle East, by sustaining an annual highly recognized festival on the map of Jazz music festivals internationally.
- Contribute to the development and sustainability of the independent music sector through promoting and supporting Jordan’s musicians and talents.
- Promote cross-cultural cooperation and encourage the diversity of cultural expressions, while emphasizing the importance of cultural identity.
- To enhance cultural music awareness by providing quality performances, programs, and educational opportunities in music, with a main focus on Jazz and all its genres.
- Enrich the audiences’ experiences by providing the opportunity to be exposed to fresh and high quality forms of music with very affordable prices.
