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13th International Istanbul Jazz Festival
13th International Istanbul Jazz Festival
ISTANBUL - The 13th International Istanbul Jazz Festival will be held between July 4th and 16th. The festival, organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture & Arts (IKSV), will be opened at the Esma Sultan Yalisi (Mansion) on July 3rd. U.S. jazz vocalist Steve Tyrell will give a concert in the opening ceremony.
More than 30 bands and 200 local and foreign musicians will take stage in this year's festival.
This year, the Jazz Festival will especially be remembered with it's exceptional jazz concerts: legendary pianist Ahmad Jamal who is 76 years old but still full of life, the famous French jazz group Orchestre National de Jazz who will play jazz versions of famous Led Zeppelin songs.
But these are not the only highlights of the Festival. One of our most important guests this year will be the world famous musician and Tropicalia star of Brazil, Gilberto Gil, who is also Brazil's current minister of culture!
Other acts of the festival include Funk Off, Quartet Muartet, Trio Exklusiv, Los Locos del Barrio, Raul Midon, and Robert Glasper.
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