Program

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.

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.

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.