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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.
G.F.HÄNDEL: GIULIO CESARE IN EGITTO – PREMIERE
Opera in authentic musical interpretation on historical instruments. With extraordinary international soloist cast! A story that has inspired many authors before and after Handel in various art forms. Handel’s version is one of those extraordinarily successful ones, still alive today, continuing to inspire composers and musicians, and fascinating audiences and listeners to present day.
