5 official dates from 29 January to 13 March for a festival in its seventh edition will bepresented this year by Jasmine Thomas, a young Italian-American singer, with a degree in "Theatre Arts at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and that according to the commissioner for equal opportunities in the Province of Lucca, GabriellaPedreschi, "is to be considered as a unit at the European level, a manifestation of the original, which every year puts you in an innovative and stands out for its high quality,making Lucca a cultural center of international level ".

The creation of the festival sees the committed Lucca Jazz Club in collaboration with the Association UCAI - Catholic Union of Italian artists, in addition to the institutions, the Municipality of the Province of Lucca, who organize the women's jazz festival thanks to the support of the Fondazione Banca del Monte di Lucca, the Banca del Monte di Lucca, Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Lucca and the Tuscan Region of Tuscany in the Festival.

 

Many items of appreciation for the work over the years in setting up this event and thesatisfaction is also evident from the words of organizers, as well as discussed the Councillor Gabriella Pedreschi, use words of praise for the meaning that the event hasachieved:

• The cultureofthe City of Lucca, Letizia Bandoni:"Whatwe're announcing today is no longer a program of concerts in a low season, but a genuine cultural project on the one hand demanding that contributes to the preservation of the jazz tradition of our city,and the other has opened the doors tonew musical realities of Lucca, with an eye on young and upcoming bands.
• The President of the Circolo Lucca Jazz, Vittorio Barsotti:"The importance of this project liesin having built a bridge between there a lity of Lucca and the international scene, allowing one hand to respect and promote jazz in Lucca and on the other create this his 'de-provincialization'. "

At the festival's artistic director, Patrizia Landi, the word to illustrate this issue: "the fiveevenings of the festival will be open to all 15 minutes of music played by bands fromfive local schools to bring jazz to young people. 19, 26, February 27, 5 and March 13the 'shoulder groups' are in fact proposed by the Istituto Musicale Luigi Boccherini, toaddress the state arts high school musical, school Symphony, the Institute of ModernMusic Jam Music Centre and Area 23. Each school will select the participants in-house, such as this must be a female figure, which will perform a repertoire of jazz standards. "As for the Lucca Jazz Donna Prize for emerging bands, the public will vote for the preferred formation. This is another novelty of this edition, which sees the publiccharacter of the two evenings dedicated to the Prize. In the first, February 25, willperform in fact the five groups that passed the first selection phase, the jury led by VitoThomas, John Thomas, Henry Tadini, Gianpaolo Mazzoli and Patrizia Landi, the top two finishers will vie for the evening the first prize (the publication in 200 copies of the draft submitted) the following night, Feb. 26. On both evenings the winners will bedecreed by the audience and panel of experts. "

 

Concerts and events scheduled
 

Saturday, January 29, 2011 to 17 in the Church of Santa Giulia (the historical center of Lucca) "Waiting Lucca Jazz Donna"

Veronica Quartet rand: rand Veronica Page, Simone Martelli guitar, electric bassLampronti Julius Isaac, Mark Soldaini battery. Concert in collaboration with the Association UCAI - Catholic Union of Italian Artists.

Free admission

 
 

Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 21.15 at the Palazzo Ducale "The emotions of the piano from the East to Europe"

Free admission

 
 

Monday, February 21, 2011 to 21.30 in the complex of San Micheletto "Bird"by ClintEastwood (U.S. 1988, 161 min.) Projection with Forest Whitaker in collaboration with the Circolo del Cinema di Lucca

Admission with ID

 


Friday 25 and Saturday, February 26, 2011 at 21.15 at the Teatro di San Girolamo Award Lucca Jazz Donna 2011

Admission tickets

 

Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 21.15 at the Teatro di San Girolamo "Sisters of Italy"

Admission tickets

 


Saturday, March 5, 2011 at 21.15 at the Teatro di San Girolamo "Jazz World"

Admission tickets

 
 

Sunday, March 13, 2011 at 21.15 at the Teatro di San Girolamo "See you at LuccaJazz Donna 2012"

Admission tickets

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