Now expanded to two nights!
When: Wednesday, November 3
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
Time: 6:30 -10:30 PM
The Goethe-Institut Chicago, the Friends of Goethe, various European consulates and cultural institutes, the Chicago Cultural Center, and Umbrella Music proudly present the fourth annual European Jazz Meets Chicago. Musicians from Germany, the Netherlands, Austria, Switzerland, Sweden, Lithuania, Poland, Spain, France and Italy will meet with Chicago’s own for an extraordinary evening of improvised jazz.
This event is free and open to the public.
European Jazz Meets Chicago is the inaugural event of this year’s Umbrella Festival of Jazz and Improvisation.
6:30 PM : FRANCE – XAVIER CHARLES (CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER)
7:15 PM : ITALY – EDOARDO MARRAFFA AND ALBERTO BRAIDA (PRESTON BRADLEY HALL)
8:00 PM : AUSTRIA – CHRISTOF KURZMANN (CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER)
8:45 PM : SPAIN – AGUSTÍ FERNÁNDEZ (PRESTON BRADLEY HALL)
9:30 PM : NETHERLANDS – JOOST BUIS (CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER)
When: Thursday, November 4
Where: Chicago Cultural Center, 78 E. Washington St.
Time: 6:30 -10:30 p.m.
6:30 PM : LITHUANIA – ARKADIJUS GOTESMANAS TRIO (CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER)
7:15 PM : SWITZERLAND – CHICAGO LUZERN EXCHANGE (RANDOLPH CAFÉ)
8:00 PM : POLAND : WACLAW ZIMPEL QUARTET (CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER)
8:45 PM : GERMANY – THE LONG RUN DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE (RANDOLPH CAFÉ)
9:30 PM : SWEDEN - FREDRIK LJUNGKVIST SEXTET (CLAUDIA CASSIDY THEATER)
See full line-up at: http://www.goethe.de/ins/us/chi/kue/mus/en6393843v.htm
This event is a co-presentation of the following organizations:
Goethe-Institut Chicago + Friends of Goethe + Consulate General of Sweden in Chicago + Austrian Consulate General Chicago + Consulate General of the Republic of Lithuania in Chicago + Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands + Consulate General of Switzerland + Pro Helvetia + Swiss Benevolent Society + Istituto Italiano di Cultura Chicago + Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Chicago + Instituto Cervantes of Chicago + Consulat général de France à Chicago + Chicago Sister Cities International + the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs + Umbrella Music
