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Hetty Kate: All about Jazz (AUS/CZ)
The charismatic and technically gifted singer living in Paris has released nine albums and graced club and festival stages from New Zealand to New York. A true frontwoman and entertainer on stage, her natural musicality and vocal clarity ensure her voice is instantly recognisable. Hetty’s approach honors jazz composers by sticking to both the melody and the lyrics, and if she does use improvisation, it’s always in a way that never takes anything away from the song’s story.
Ivan Mládek a Banjo Band (CZ)
Czech music group led by Ivan Mládek, who founded it in the late 1960s. The band was always large and richly instrumented, with various string and percussion instruments, including exotic ones. Genre-wise, it straddles the borders of country, tramp, jazz (or Dixieland), brass and pseudo-folk music. He plays his own songs, mostly from Mládek’s workshop.
Peter Lipa & Gast: Lash & Grey (SK)
The most important personality of the Slovak jazz scene, Peter Lipa, will this time team up with Lash & Gray (real names Kristína Mihaľová and Jakub Šedivý), a Slovak musical jazz-soul duo. The music of this Bratislava group creates an intimate and warm universe reminiscent of Norah Jones, Etta James or Billie Holiday. With jazz and soul influences, but timeless charm. For the album Sleepin’ With The Lights On (2020), they won the best debut at the Radio_Head Awards and the best Slovak album at the Anděl Awards.
PHILOSOPHICAL CONCERT: IVO KAHÁNEK
A piano recital by Ivo Kahánek combined with a reflection by Marek Orko Vácha. Ivo Kahánek is preparing a program corresponding to the dramaturgy of this year’s festival. Marek Orko Vácha will accompany the concert with his words on the theme of all-embracing love.
Ivo Kahánek is a graduate of the Janáček Conservatory in Ostrava and the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. He also completed a study internship at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London and master classes under the leadership of Karl-Heinz Kämmerling, Christian Zacharias, Alicia de Larroch, Imogen Cooper, Peter Frankl and other personalities.
