Jazzon: composition award

Grand Award for the Best Slovene Jazz Composition

 

 

 

The grand award for the best Slovene jazz composition Jazzon represents a promising attempt to restore jazz composing in the temporarily degraded space between the “serious” and “popular” music.

Each year it comprises of the competition, the preselection on the basis of the musical scores, the concert finals, performed by young and promising Slovene jazz ensembles and finally - the publishing of the music on a CD.

The intention of the award is the promotion and establishment of creative jazz composition in Slovenia.

Jazzon 2008
Final concert, Wednesday, August, 13th 2008. Janez Trdina Cultural Centre.
Preselection Jury: Janez Gregorc, Lojze Krajnčan, Jure Pukl and Andy Middleton selected 7 final compositions that were performed on concert:

1.      Klemen Smolej: OPENING mp3
2.      Klemen Kotar: ADAMOV LONEC mp3
3.      Tjasa Fabjancic: BOBI'S POPEK mp3
4.      Bernard Presern: LET'S GO OUT mp3
5.      Tjasa Perigoj: SONG FOR BULI mp3 – 1st JURY AWARD 
6.      Jani Moder: ECHOES mp3
7.      Robert Jukic: ALTER SCHWEDE mp3 – 2nd JURY AWARD and AUDIENCE           AWARD

*mp3 recordings are demo versions. CD Jazzon 2008 will be available in November 2008.

Finals jury: Adam Nussbaum, Lojze Krajnčan, Janez Gregorc, Ratko Zjaca, Joris Teepe, Simone Zanchini in Andy Middleton.
 
Compositions were performed by GASPER BERTONCELJ »JAZZON« SEXTET
Featuring:
Lenart Krecic – sx, fl, Marko Djordjevic – tr, Kristijan Krajncan – vc, Kristjan Randalu - p, Nikola Matosic - b, Gasper Bertoncelj - dr.