From 18 to 20 October, Pisa will host the Italian Jazz Conference, a three-day event dedicated to jazz, with a focus on training and professional growth for the sector. An unmissable appointment for music lovers and operators!
A three-day itinerary dedicated to topics of interest and particularly sensitive to the entire music scene, such as the historical and social importance of Italian jazz festivals and cultural welfare. An opportunity, the one offered by the initiative, to continue to keep the spotlight on a specific sector of live entertainment in Italy, that of jazz music and jazz festivals in particular. For the 2024 edition, specifically on 19 October, is planned in the spaces of the Republican Arsenals, a conference dedicated to the importance taken over the years by jazz festivals in the reference territories, and not only to the presence of more than 60 Italian musical promoters, with the aim of stimulating discussion and reflection, starting from the experience of the first Circolo Pisa Jazz, born in Pisa exactly 50 years ago, to design growth and development strategies for the entire sector.
PROGRAMME
Friday 18 October at the Auditorium of Palazzo Blu from 2 p.m. - meeting reserved for I-Jazz members;
Saturday 19 October presso Arsenali Repubblicani - Conference "I festival jazz, from 50 years of Pisa Jazz to 2024: history, evolution, social impact" coordinated by Francesco Martinelli (free admission)
- 10:45 a.m. institutional greetings
- 11 a.m."The 50 years of Pisa Jazz", keynote speech by Francesco Martinelli;
- 11:30 a.m. -1:00 p.m.Jazz festivals: history, evolution, social impact", with interventions by Enzo Gentile, Marilisa Perolla, Lorenzo Santoro;
- 2-4 p.m. Workshop "Cultural welfare: case histories and contemporary projects", curated by Carlo Andorlini (free admission);
- 4:15 p.m. - 6 p.m. jazz lesson, by Stefano Zenni (free admission);
- 6:30 p.m. Concert: "Nubes" Alessandro Lanzoni and Francesco Dillon, curated by Toscana Produzione Musica (T.B.C.)
- 9:30 p.m. concert Nico Gori "Around Clarinet", curated by Toscana Music Production at Circolo Ex Wide (Via Franceschi 13)
Sunday 20 October - ACTIVITY BY RESERVATION
- 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Auditorium di Palazzo Blu - concert lesson. Cycle dedicated to the protagonists of 50 years of jazz in Pisa: Art Ensemble of Chicago curated by Francesco Martinelli;
- from 10 a.m. to noon guided tour of the historic center of Pisa by City Grand Tour. Start visit in front of the mural by Keith Haring, end in Piazza del Duomo: a story of the city through anecdotes and curiosities. Walk through Piazza Chiara Gambacorti, Piazza Garibaldi, Borgo Stretto and the alleys of the district of Santa Maria. A look at how the city has changed between antiquity, Middle Ages, Medici era (Piazza dei Cavalieri) and modernity with its university area. Final with introduction to the monuments of Piazza Duomo.
For information: segreteria@i-jazz.it
The event is organized by I-Jazz Italian Jazz Festivals Network with the sponsorship of the City of Pisa, Palazzo Blu, Toscana Produzione Musica and Pisa Jazz.
