European Jazz Conference 2023 brochure

Co-organised

When thinking about this year's theme, we realised that it should resonate with the host city and its long history of exchanges, sharing of knowledge and mixing of cultures. The title, ILLUMINATIONS, refers to the general theme of education and, for us, creative music education.

For the European Jazz Conference 2023, after Tallinn and Sofia, we will travel to the shores of the Mediterranean, to the beautiful port city of Marseille, France We will literally be on a cliff where the sea meets the city, at the entrance to its old port, in the 19th century Palais du Pharo. We hope the sunshine and sea breeze will lift our spirits and ignite our minds for the conference sessions.

We want to discuss how music education can have a positive impact on society and how we, music professionals, can contribute to this process. We know that music education can be a powerful tool for engaging marginalised communities, but we are also aware that many of our structures are not as inclusive as we would like them to be. What is the future of formal music education? What is the role of non-formal education and talent development programmes in supporting the next generation of artists? How can we ensure that young 'off-stage' roles are given the skills and space they need to flourish? How do we remove the barriers that prevent diverse audiences from participating in our events? How do we reconcile this with the need to act in a more environmentally sustainable way?

Together, we will shine a light on these questions at the Conference. You are invited to illuminate this journey with us. See you from 14 to 17 September 2023 in Marseille!

Thursday, 14 September 2023

FOR EJN MEMBERS ONLY

Palais du Pharo

12:00 - 19:30

Registration desk is open for EJN members

___________________Auditorium lobby, entrance on the right side of the building

15:30 - 15:45

15:45 - 17:15

17:15 - 17:45

Opening and welcome of EJN members__La Major, 2nd floor

Presentation of EJN activities La Major, 2nd floor

Coffee break with group discussions about the EJN activities

__________________Auditorium lobby and rooms number 36, 50, 76, ground floor

18:00 - 20:00 FORMAL EJN GENERAL ASSEMBLY____La Major, 2nd floor

22:45 - 23:30

23:30 - 01:00

SHOWCASE: Orchid Big Band____________________Auditorium

Afterparty and DJs_______________________Espace Vieux Port

Friday, 15 September 2023

OPEN TO ALL

09:30 - 16:30

Palais du Pharo

Registration desk is open

_________________Auditorium lobby, entrance on the right side of the building

10:30 - 11:00

Official opening & welcome speeches_________Auditorium

11:00 - 11:45__Opening concert: Poetic Ways__________________Auditorium

12:00 - 12:45

KEYNOTE SPEECH: Nicole Mitchell (artist & educator, US): A Musical Village of Interdependence: Creative music as a platform for collaboration and problem solving________________________________Auditorium

Creative music is the exploration of unlimited possibilities in sound, but with its roots in jazz and improvisation, it is also a music grounded in community building. Its practice offers us a platform where openness allows for the coexistence of contrasting identities and ideas. Its practice offers us a place of play where we can create alternative worlds and new models for society. Creative music is a place of consciousness where we reach for optimism and can glimpse freedom. It is our vehicle for the future, a musical village of interdependence.

—Nicole Mitchell Gantt

13:00 - 14:00 Lunch_____________________________________Espace Vieux Port

14:30 - 15:00

15:00 - 17:00

SHOWCASE: Naïssam Jalal & Claude Tchamitchian_West Hall

Six parallel DISCUSSION GROUPS on the Conference theme:

#1 - Non-academic education & talent development programmes: is there a recipe for success? Room 120, ground floor

Outside of formal education settings, grassroots and non-academic organisations are creating successful models and programmes that offer a holistic approach to artist development: creative, professional and personal. How can we provide the right conditions to enable these non-academic pathways to an artistic and professional career to thrive, thereby ensuring a bright, cutting-edge and diverse future artist base?

Ella Ronen (Constellation artist, IL / CH)

Esther Weickel (NICA artist development

MODERATOR: Julia Payne (The Hub, UK)

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#2 - The future of music education: how should it be addressed?

________________________________________________________Room 50, ground floor

How does music education relate to our ever changing society and musical practices? As our societies are becoming more diverse, enriched by different cultures, is there an opportunity for music education to diversify its approach? Is there a way to make it more creative, cross-genre, inclusive and welcoming to a diverse group of young artists? Do our conservatories need to be conservative, or is there a more ambitious approach to embracing the challenges society and musical practices offer them?

Linda Bloemhard (Codarts, Association Européenne des Conservatoires, NL)

Fabrizio Cassol (artist, BE)

MODERATOR: Matti Nives (We Jazz, FI)

#3 - Succession & the next-generation of ‘off-stage’ roles: passing on the torch or blinded by the light? Room 76, ground floor

How can we create welcoming entry points for people from diverse backgrounds to enter the ‘off-stage’ music workforce (artistic directors, producers, communicators, talent developers, festival assistants)? How can we provide the best environment for lighting up future career paths in jazz and creative music? What role can collectives play, with their collaborative strength-in-numbers approach? What can we learn from ‘maverick freelancers’ who shape their career working on multiple projects and in lots of different contexts?

Judyth Babin (Manag'Art agency, FR)

Jan Ole Otnæs (EJN honorary member, NO)

MODERATOR: Sophie Blussé (Music Meeting, NL)

#4 - How do we transform our approaches to engage new and diverse audiences? Room 50bis, ground floor

Everyone in our festivals, clubs and concert halls should be embracing a proactive approach towards engaging communities who live in the places where we work. How can we actively and meaningfully involve them in our events and programming? What is the best way to invite diverse audiences to discover new music? When we present our music, are we creating invisible barriers that prevent some groups from discovering it? What are the most effective and inclusive approaches to diversifying our audiences?

Kamilya Jubran (artist, PS)

Xavier Lemettre (Banlieues Bleues, FR)

Piotr Turkiewicz (National Forum of Music/Jazztopad, Pierre Boulez Saal, PL)

MODERATOR: Kevin Le Gendre (journalist, UK)

#5 - How can we work towards more sustainable touring circuits in Europe?

Vaulted Gallery 3, ground floor

We want our music to thrive and develop internationally and artists to share their work across borders. To achieve this, while at the same time decreasing our carbon footprint, we need to work together to improve the way artists are touring. Sustainable touring is a solution to maintaining a flourishing international scene, while working towards a greener music ecosystem. How can we encourage programmers to work together to help artists organise sustainable tours? What are the benefits of cooperation and what are the economic and social implications of this way of touring? And what examples are there of good practice for sustainable touring in Europe?

Garance Amieux (Periscope / Better Live, FR)

Kjetil Mulelid (Constellation artist, NO)

Rosa Galbany (Taller de Músics / Jazz I Am, ES)

MODERATOR: Gwendolenn Sharp (The Green Room, FR)

#6 - Towards a fair practice charter for the creative music sector?

Room 36, ground floor

At our European Jazz Conference in Sofia in 2022, we started a collaborative process towards creating a common ‘values charter’ for our ecosystem where promoters, musicians, bookers, managers, labels, work towards a more sustainable relationship, according to the values we all cherish. In Marseille, we will continue the discussions and will identify some concrete steps for the development and the adoption of this potential new ‘manifesto’. The pandemic has highlighted the precarious nature of income for performing musicians, and for other roles in our sector. How can we help them to be better protected and the beneficiaries of fairer practices?

MODERATOR: Davide Grosso (International Music Council, IT)

17:00 - 17:30

17:30 - 18:30

18:30 - 19:00

19:00 - 21:00

21:30 - 22:00

22:30 - 23:00

23:30 - 00:00

SHOWCASE: Enzo Carniel & House of Echo____Auditorium

Free time / Networking

SHOWCASE: Papanosh___________________________West Hall

Dinner_____________________________________Espace Vieux Port

SHOWCASE: Sarāb______________________________Auditorium

FRINGE: Fur Foyer, Théâtre La Criée

FRINGE: Ludivine Issambourg Antiloops Foyer, Théâtre La Criée

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Palais du Pharo

09:30 - 13:00 Registration desk is open

________________Auditorium lobby, entrance on the right side of the building

10:30 - 11:30 PANEL DEBATE: Everything is illuminated - How can we make music education more inclusive and, in doing so, contribute to a more inclusive society?

We are all teachers, and we are all students too. Through our actions, including the music we create and promote, we illuminate others and are illuminated by them in return. Education has an emancipatory role, it helps us to become more resilient and aware. Music has that same power, creating and experiencing music can be an empowering act. It seems only natural then that music education, especially for less represented communities, can make a positive change. Every new music project is a chance to learn something, to create some bridges and explore some uncharted territories. With our societies becoming more rich and diverse, and more in need of inclusion and fair representation, what can we learn from music projects that cross borders and connect different cultures? How can the formal education sector of conservatories and music schools learn from and contribute to these?

Kamilya Jubran (artist, PS)

Fabrizio Cassol (artist, BE)

Raphaël Imbert (artist & Director of Marseille Conservatory, FR)

Moderator: Anna Umbima (writer & broadcaster, UK)

11:45 - 12:30

12:30 - 12:45

13:00 - 14:00

14:30 - 15:00

ZENITH AWARD 2023 concert: Nout___________West Hall

Group photo____________________________________Auditorium

Lunch_____________________________________Espace Vieux Port

SHOWCASE: Yessaï Karapetian Quintet________Auditorium

Wrap-up by Francesco Martinelli (Siena Jazz Archive, IT) & presentation of the European Jazz Conference destination for 2024

15:00 - 16:30

16:30 - 17:00

SHOWCASE: Louise Jallu_________________________West Hall

17:00 - 18:30 Free time / Networking

18:30 - 19:00 ___

SHOWCASE: Marion Rampal_____________________West Hall

19:00 - 21:00 Dinner____________________________________Espace Vieux Port

21:30 - 23:00

GALA CONCERT: Michel Portal & guests

_______________________________________________Déméter Hall, Théâtre La Criée

23:30 - 00:00

00:30 - 01:00

FRINGE: Obradovic - Tixier Duo____Foyer, Théâtre La Criée

FRINGE: Dowdelin__________________Foyer, Théâtre La Criée

Sunday, 17 September 2023

10:15 - 12:30 Cultural tours & activities___meeting point

_____________________at the “Office du Tourisme”__11, La Canebière, Marseille

Tour of the Panier

Visit to 19th-century Marseille

Little train, Notre Dame de la Garde circuit

CULTURAL TOURS

You will find here below the 3 tour options we prepared for Sunday 17 September. All tours start at 10:15 and last around 2 hours each. The tours are organised in collaboration with the Tourist Office of Marseille.

The meeting point for all tours is at 10:15 at the “Office du Tourisme”, 11 La Canebière, 13001, Marseille. After meeting there the 3 groups will split to the 3 places where the tours will begin, please don’t be late!

You will be asked to sign-up for one of the options at the check-in desk the first day of the Conference, where you pick up your badge.

We hope to see you at one of the tours!

OPTION 1: Tour of the Panier

10:30 to 12:30_____Maximum 50 participants

The emblematic Panier, Marseille's oldest district, can be visited by walking up the narrow streets and staircases that make it up: between history, historical anecdotes and the art of living, you can discover the first heart of the city from its origins to the present day.

OPTION 2: Visit of the 19th-century Marseille

10:30 to 12:30_____Maximum 25

From the “Canebière” to the “Noailles” district, 19th-century Marseille is revealed to its visitors.

OPTION 3: Little train, Notre Dame de la Garde circuit

10:30 to 12:30____Maximum 60

Starting from the Old Port, the little train will take you up to Notre Dame de la Garde, passing along the seaside road. You will discover the forts, the “Palais du Pharo”, and “St. Victor’s Abbey”.

SPEAKERS

Nicole Mitchell (US)

Keynote speech on Friday 15/09, at 12:00

Nicole M. Mitchell is an award-winning creative autist, conceptualist, poet and composer. Having emerged from Chicago’s creative music community in the 90’s, she is the former rst woman president of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM).

For over twenty years, Mitchell has utilised her art to create worlds that “bridge the familiar with the unknown,” with her Black Earth Ensemble. Mitchell composes for contemporary ensembles of varied instrumentation and size (from solo to orchestra and big band) while incorporating improvisation and a wide aesthetic expression. As a creative autist, she’s developed a unique improvisational language which has repeatedly awarded her “Top Flutist of the Year” by Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association. As a composer, she has been commissioned by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Music NOW, the French Ministry of Culture, the Fromm Music Foundation, Chamber Music America, International Contemporary Ensemble, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the Newport Jazz Festival and the French American Jazz Exchange.

Much of Mitchell’s creative process is informed by literature and narrative, with a special interest in science ction. Mitchell is the recipient of the Doris Duke Artist Award, the United States Artist Award, the Herb Alpert Artist Fellowship, and the American Academy Arts and Letters. Mitchell is a professor of music at the University of Virginia. Her rst book, The Mandorla Letters, was published in

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Kamilya Jubran (PS)

Plenary panel debate on Saturday 16/09, at 10:30 Discussion Group on engaging new & diverse audiences on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Kamilya Jubran grew up in Al Rameh- a Palestinian village situated in Galilee, in

At the age of 18, Kamilya moved to Jerusalem, where she studied at the Hebrew University and simultaneously explored her new musical pathway by joining Sabreen, an East Jerusalem based group, with whom she recorded four albums and toured in many local and international venues. Since 2002 Kamilya has lived in Europe. She searches for an original musical expression of her voice and her instrument, the Oud, through various projects.

She founded long term musical partnerships with Werner Hasler and Sarah Murcia. She produced, and toured internationally with, Mahattaat (2002), Wameedd (2004), Makan (2009), Wanabni (2010), Nhaoul’ (2011) that developed into Habka (2016) together with Guillaume Roy, Régis Huby and Atsushi Sakaï; Wasl (2013) with Werner Hasler and Sarah Murcia; Wa (2019) with Werner Hasler, Malek (2021) with Sarah Murcia and the ‘Orchestre Régional de Normandie’.

In October 2014 Kamilya was appointed artistic director of Zamkana, an association which supports and accompanies original innovative artistic projects, respecting the values of freedom of expression and secularism. In 2018 Zamkana developed and produced Sodassi, a project with six young singers and musicians from the Near East. In 2021, she launched Terrae Incognitae- a platform for music meetings, improvisation and writing in real time.

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Fabrizio Cassol (BE)

Plenary panel debate on Saturday 16/09, at 10:30 Discussion group on the future of music education on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Fabrizio Cassol is a Belgian/Italian saxophonist, composer and music director. He is a shape-shifting musician, an adept of crossbreeding who never ceases to multiply exchanges with musicians from the four corners of the world, exploring improvised music, oral traditions and written musics in order to better play with the borders between genres.

His interest in non-European music started after a trip to the Aka Pygmies in Central Africa and expanded to Asia (especially India) and Africa where he worked with the Mali diva Oumou Sangaré, the Griot Baba Sissoko & the Black Machine, the Indian master of percussion U. K. Sivaraman, the Senegalese Doudou N'Diaye Rose, the Turkish Misirli Ahmed and the Bulgarian Nedyalko Nedyalkov.

For thirty years, he has been the composer and saxophonist of Aka Moon, a real ‘land of welcome’ for a multitude of musicians from the most diverse cultures. He has often worked with choreographers such as Alain Platel (Requiem pour L., Coup Fatal), Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, the Samoan Lemi Ponifasio, the Congolese Faustin Linyekula, the South African Brett Bailey.

Fabrizio Cassol is the Artistic Director of Medinea at the Lyrical Festival d’Aix-EnProvence. He brings together artists from all over the Mediterranean, each with their own musical heritage. He transmits a method to create music by mixing di erent heritages, notably those of the Arabic world with those of the European world, through a process based on orality and memorisation.

Fabrizio Cassol is a strong ambassador for intercultural dialogue between

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Raphaël Imbert (FR)

Plenary panel debate on Saturday 16/09, at 10:30

Saxophone player, composer, improviser, Director of Conservatoire Pierre Barbizet de Marseille (INSEAMM) since September 2019. Artistic director of the “Compagnie Nine Spirit'' since 1999.

n 1995, with Jean-Jacques Elangué, he won the rst prize at the Conservatoire in Marseille, and started two bands, the Hemle Orchestra and the Atsas Imbert Consort. With these musicians, he enjoyed composing in eclectic musical settings. More personally, he developed his own vision of music and jazz, linked to the speci c

For this purpose, he created “Nine Spirit”, that focused on the sacred musics of Duke Ellington, John Coltrane, Pharoah Sanders, Albert Ayler and others, and to realise shows inspired by evocative texts, using narration

He won the 28th National Jazz Competition of La Défense in Paris in 2005. He recorded 11 albums as leader, including “Bach Coltrane” in 2008. He won the "Victoires du Jazz" award with his album "Music is My Hope" (Jazz Village, 2018), he released "Oraison" with a new quartet in 2020 (Outnote Records) and "Invisible Stream" with Jean-Guihen Queyras (Harmonia Mundi

He created many shows under the auspices Marseille Provence 2013, capitale . He published in 2014 a book about spirituality in jazz called “Jazz Supreme. Initiés, Mystiques & Prophètes” (éditions de l’éclat). He wrote about ten papers for di erent media and he participates as musician and speaker in numerous conferences and shows with writers, philosophers, scientists.

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Anna Umbima (UK)

internationally running training workshops, professional development programmes and helping people develop their communication and leadership skills. For two decades she worked with the music producers Serious on various projects and residential professional development programmes including: Take Five - for emerging jazz musicians, LEAP - which focused on Learning, Access and Participation and Move on Up - for artists of African and Caribbean origin.

She has helped to shape and run various music education and diversity initiatives including a scheme to promote diversity in opera, facilitating inter-religious dialogues and using music to examine inclusivity in the workplace. Anna was a journalist and broadcaster with the BBC including stints as a television producer, foreign correspondent and radio presenter on the World Service.

Moderator of the plenary panel debate on Saturday 16/09, at 10:30

Julia Payne (UK)

Moderator of the discussion group on non-formal music education on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Julia has 25+years experience of working in the jazz and wider independent music sector. After initially earning her stripes working in venues, including London’s Barbican Centre, she took up roles at the Jazz Development Trust and Arts Council England. In 2002, she co-founded the hub, a social enterprise which uses pro ts from its music-focused consultancy and research work to subsidise ‘in house’ creative projects and professional development programmes for artists and creative freelancers.

Julia has signi cant experience of developing and delivering regional and national talent development programmes for musicians, producers and independent promoters, working with partners such as BBC Talent, PRS Foundation and the Musicians Union. During the pandemic, Julia led the development of the hub’s Balance programme, which helped over a thousand artists and creative freelancers balance their minds and their books at a time of huge uncertainty. Balance included free action learning (group coaching) sessions, monthly mental health talks, business planning and wellbeing-focused training and a digital Balance toolkit packed with 100+ resources to help artists and freelancers take care of their minds and their businesses. In October 2021, Julia won the IPSE Wellbeing Award for her work on Balance.

In a pro-bono capacity, Julia is Chair of Sound UK, one of the UK’s leading producers of new music, and a trustee at Penned in the Margins. She also mentors a number of individual musicians and creative producers.

Linda Bloemhard (NL)

Discussion group on the future of music education on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

My musical career as a Pop musician started in the early 80-ties when I was seventeen. Since then, my career in music and music education has been an ongoing journey where I have had many great opportunities to perform with wonderful musicians and bands.

After my professional career in pop music, I was accepted at the Rotterdam Conservatory to study Pop & Jazz. In 2000 I was asked to become a teacher at the Pop department and from then on developed myself as an educator, curriculum developer and head of departments Jazz, Pop in Higher Music Education at Codarts, University of the Arts Rotterdam.

My goal as a head of department and educator has always been to design pathways of learning and teaching that are relevant for the musicians and educators of tomorrow. The eld of higher music education is always evolving and as educators we cannot stop evolving with it, we owe it to the next generation to keep making space for music and the arts in society. ‘Earth without Art is E..h...’.

Matti Nives (FI)

Moderator of the discussion group on the future of music education on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Matti Nives is the founder and creative director of the Helsinki-based label, festival and magazine We Jazz. He freelances as a DJ, radio host, writer and music curator.

He also has extensive experience in music education and consultancy, for example in hosting the popular "Music Business" course in Sibelius Academy in Helsinki for many semesters, and hosting various talks and educational workshops at multiple events worldwide dealing with various aspects of the ever-evolving non-mainstream music business.

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administrative services, production and tour management. Since 2017, Judyth has organised tours in France, Cameroon, Spain, Sweden, Romania, Martinique and Shanghai. Between 2017 and 2019, Judyth was in charge of the production of the Festival Jazz à Caudéran in Bordeaux. In 2019, Judyth founded her own record label, Grain(s) de Riz, in order to develop the support o ered to independent artists.

Between 2019 and 2023, Judyth took part in several collaborative European projects, such as: Footprints Europe, SEWEM (Sino-European Women Entrepreneurs in Music), MEWEM (Mentoring Program for Women Entrepreneurs in Music Industry) and MEWEM Golden Ticket or Reeperbahn New-York. These projects aim to reform the music sector by fostering sustainable cooperation between cultural entrepreneurs and artists from di erent countries.

Judyth is a board member of Action Jazz, a non-pro t organisation promoting jazz artists and festivals in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France.

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Sophie Blussé (NL)

Moderator of the discussion group on succession of o -stage roles on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Sophie Blussé, originally a musicologist, has been working mainly in the Dutch jazz and global music scene since the start of her career. Her work expands various types of work, from a/o product management and marketing at Challenge Records to national and international promotion of Dutch jazz at the former Music Center the Netherlands.

As a freelancer she has been active as a booker for jazz artists and as a project manager and fundraiser for various organisations, a/o Conservatory Codarts Rotterdam, Dutch Performing Arts, Boy Edgar Prize and Scapino Ballet Rotterdam. From 2017-2022, Sophie was director of Jazz International Rotterdam, presenting a year round concert series, the yearly Festival Jazz International Rotterdam – later called RAUW, and talent development schemes. Since 2023 Sophie focusses fully on her work for Music Meeting Nijmegen, where she is general director since 2020, and her board membership for the Festivalhuis Nijmegen.

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Kevin Le Gendre (UK)

Moderator of the discussion group on engaging new & diverse audiences on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Kevin Le Gendre is a journalist and broadcaster with a special interest in black music, literature and culture. Since the late ‘90s he has written about soul, funk, jazz and hip-hop, as well as African and Caribbean authors for many publications, including Echoes, Jazzwise, The Guardian, The Independent, Qwest tv (France) and Times Literary Supplement Online.

He contributes to BBC Radio 4’s Front Row and also presents Radio 3’s J To Z. He is the author of Don’t Stop The Carnival; Black Music In Britain Vol.1 (2018) and his latest book is Hear My Train A Comin’: The Songs Of Jimi Hendrix.

Gwendolenn Sharp (FR)

Moderator of the discussion group on sustainable touring on Friday 15/09, at 15:00

Gwendolenn Sharp is the founder of The Green Room (2016), a non-pro t organisation developing strategies for environmental and social change in the music industry. She has worked with cultural institutions, festivals and environmental NGOs in Poland, France, Germany and Tunisia and has diverse experience in concert production, tour management, project design, international cooperation and developing tools and strategies.

Since 2016, she co-creates solutions with associated musicians and technicians towards low-carbon touring, carrying out assessments, awareness-raising and operational training regarding sustainable practices for the music sector. She regularly collaborates with European projects and international networks.

Gwendolenn is an AGF assessor, a Keychange alumni (2022) and a Villa Albertine Resident (2023), currently running a research-action on low-carbon touring in the US.

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Davide Grosso (IT)

Moderator of the discussion group on a fair practice policy on Friday 15/09

Davide has carried out extensive eld research in Indonesia about music and society and worked in journalism and media.

He joined the International Music Council in 2013 where he is in charge of project management and communication. Among other assignments, he is the secretary of the International Rostrum of Composers and curates the edition of the Music World News.

From 2020 to 2022 he chaired the NGO-UNESCO Liaison Committee, representing a network of more than 400 NGOs in o cial partnership with UNESCO.

Outside the o ce Davide composes electronic music and writes about music and politics for various magazines and blogs.

CONCERTS

Michel Portal & Guests

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Déméter Hall, Théâtre La Criée

21:30 - 23:00

Michel Portal: bass clarinet

Bojan Z: piano

Yazz Ahmed: trumpet

Julien Herne: bass

Eivind Aarset: guitar

Stephane Galland: drums

An undisputed iconic gure, an eternal free spirit always seeking new musical adventures, Michel Portal still has many surprises in store. The clarinettist commands respect across generations, as evidenced by this creator of musical hybrids whose career has led to the con uence of several worlds, classical and contemporary music, jazz and improvised music, representing both rigour and freedom. For the occasion, he is surrounded by his usual accomplices Bojan Z, Julien Herné and Stéphane Galland, and welcomes two of the most creative artists from the European scene. Yazz Ahmed, the young English trumpeter, is brilliant and creative, and Eivind Aarset, the Norwegian guitarist, brings his inspired electronic universe. That's why this unique concert will be a true event, re ecting the incredible abundance of creative music in Europe.

Booking:

Reno Di Matteo

Anteprima Productions

reno@anteprimaproductions.com

Nout ZENITH AWARD 2023 CONCERT

Saturday, 16 September 2023

West Hall - Palais du Pharo

11:45 - 12:30

Delphine Joussein: ute, fx

Rafaëlle Rinaudo: electric harp

Blanche Lafuente: drums

trio turns upside down. In the wake of John Zorn's experiences on the borders of jazz and noise, Nout imagines its music as a scenario with surprising twists. “We believe to be the characters of Alien and we nd ourselves in Indiana Jones; we start with our eyes shut on a red movie theatre seat and we end up rocking on the dance oor”. They have been performing together since 2020, took part in the Jazz Migration #7 development programme by the Association Jazzé Croisé and subsequently toured in France and Europe gathering enthusiastic reviews and great appreciation from the public. In 2023 Nout was selected as the winner of the second Zenith Award for emerging artists - an initiative launched by EJN in collaboration with 12 Points Festival in order to shine a spotlight on a remarkable European ensemble or solo project working in creative jazz and improvised music.

Booking:

Delphine Joussein

Gigantonium

delphine@gigantonium.com

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Poetic Ways

Friday, 15 September 2023

Auditorium - Palais du Pharo

11:00 - 11:45

Raphaël Imbert: saxophone, bass clarinet

Anne Paceo: drums

Celia Kameni: vocals

Pierre Fenichel: double bass

Pierre-François Blanchard: piano

Jazz, of course, is all about encounters. But above all, it's about surprise and poetry. The Poetic Ways quintet is a successful test that emerged from a surprising challenge: to make the voices of Celia Kameni, Anne Paceo, Raphaël Imbert, Pierre-François Blanchard and Pierre Fenichel work together for a new sonic, aesthetic, and poetic adventure. The challenge was accomplished during a live improvised concert on France Musique in November 2021 for the bicentennial of the Pierre Barbizet Conservatory in Marseille. The magic of the moment was recorded and captured the listeners' attention who were surprised to hear the works of Fauré, Ferré, Baudelaire, Verlaine and Nina Simone.

Orchid Big Band SHOWCASE

Thursday, 14 September 2023

Auditorium - Palais du Pharo

22:45 - 23:30

Maxime Berton, Jeanne Michard, Julien Dubois, Lisa Cat Berro, Guillaume Guedin: saxophones

Gabriel Levasseur, Olivier Gay, Laure Fréjacques, Julie Varlet: trumpets

Rozann Bézier, Sébastien lep Arruti, Gabrielle Rachel, Nicolas Benedetti: trombones

Mathilda Haynes: guitar

Clément Simon: piano

Nolwenn Leizour: double bass

Luc Isenmann: drums

Charlotte Isenmann: ute

Thomas Julienne: direction

The Orchid Big Band is a modern large ensemble that is an emanation of the Parisian-Aquitaine jazz collective Déluge. The band draws inspiration from the great jazz orchestras of the jazz era, as well as from European art music (especially Stravinsky), world music, and even its American counterparts (Maria Schneider, Kenny Wheeler), up to today's music. This young and balanced formation brings together 18 musicians who are passionate about group playing and original music. Driven by the enthusiasm of its members, the band unleashes a rare energy in concert, from dreamlike landscapes to frenetic tuttis.

Booking: Julien Dubois Association Déluge collectifdeluge@gmail.com https://orchidbigband.com/

Naïssam Jalal & Claude Tchamitchian

Friday, 15 September 2023

West Hall - Palais du Pharo

14:30 - 15:00

Naïssam Jalal: ute, nay, kashishis, voice

Claude Tchamitchian: double bass

Naïssam Jalal, the autist, and Claude Tchamitchian, the double bassist, o er us a captivating musical journey oscillating between contemplation and trance, silence and music. For several years, Naïssam Jalal has unveiled a personal and vibrant musical universe, weaving links between di erent musical cultures and aesthetic elds. Her music captivates and surprises with its constantly renewed musical research and curiosity. Accompanied by the excellent double bassist Claude Tchamitchian, Naïssam Jalal will present a repertoire at the crossroads of modal jazz and all the extra-Western, spiritual, and ritual music that has touched and nourished her.

Booking:

Ourida Yaker

Tour’n’sol prod (Naïssam Jallal) ouriday@gmail.com

Rosa Ferreira

Openways productions (Claude Tchamitchian) rosa@openways-productions.fr

© Christophe Charpene

Enzo Carniel & House of Echo SHOWCASE

Friday, 15 September 2023

Auditorium - Palais du Pharo

17:00 - 17:30

Enzo Carniel: piano & electronics

Marc-Antoine: guitar & electronics

Simon Tailleu: double bass

Ariel Tessier: drums

House of Echo was created in 2012 when pianist Enzo Carniel and guitarist

Marc-Antonio Perrio decided to create airy and improvised music that reconnects and reconciles us with true listening and time. In contrast to the hasty e ects and immediacy with which our impatient era compromises, their compositions are created and developed over time, suggesting subtle modulations of colours and tonalities, between melodic abstraction and allusive grooves, shimmering textures and sonic con icts, delineating a range of "soundscapes" with powerful dreamlike abilities.

Booking:

Enzo Carniel

enzo.carniel@me.com

Papanosh is a young quintet with a long history. A Very Big Lunch is the group's seventh album. Still as libertarian and inspired, Sébastien Palis (keyboards), Raphaël Quenehen (saxophones), Quentin Ghomari (trumpets), Thibault Cellier (double bass), and Jérémie Piazza (drums) embark on a new adventure: meeting Jim Harrison, American novelist and poet (1937-2016), who believed that writing and trout shing went well together. A Very Big Lunch is like an allegorical representation of "Le Cyclope" or rather what it has given birth to: stories, characters, and images.

Papanosh SHOWCASE

Friday, 15 September 2023

West Hall - Palais du Pharo

18:30 - 19:00

Quentin Ghomari: trumpet, ugelhorn

Raphaël Quenehen: saxophones

Sebastien Palis: piano, keyboards

Thibault Cellier: double bass

Jérémie Piazza: drums

Booking: Cécile Chenais

Les Vibrants Défricheurs contact@lesvibrantsdefricheurs.com

© Jacky Cellier

Sarāb SHOWCASE

Friday, 15 September 2023

Auditorium - Palais du Pharo

21:30 - 22:00

Climène Zarkan: vocals

Baptiste Ferrandis: guitar

Robinson Khoury: trombone

Thibault Gomez: keyboards

Timothée Robert: bass

Paul Berne: drums

Born from the encounter between the Franco-Syrian singer Climène Zarkan and guitarist Baptiste Ferrandis, SARĀBmirage in Arabic - is a musical construction that mixes rock, contemporary jazz, and traditional Arab music, playing on boundaries and genres. The duo quickly transformed into a six-headed creature, where each member became indispensable to the musical creation. The trombone of Robinson Khoury combines with the voice and navigates between Oriental and European scales, between

Friday, 15 September 2023

Foyer - Théâtre La Criée

22:30 - 23:00

Hélène Duret: clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, compositions

Benjamin Sauzereau: guitar, compositions

Maxime Rouayroux: drums, compositions

Hélène Duret brought together the FUR trio in 2019, eager to explore music in a small setting, reducing musical parameters to their essence while maintaining a great spontaneity. FUR traverses vast landscapes, following a dangerous and winding path towards a utopian and magical place, but stops at night for social bonds and a shared hot co ee. The trio knows very well what it wants to say to you, but doesn't yet know how to do it, as decisions will be made along the way.

Booking:

Hélène Duret

Prod: TRICOLLECTIF

heleneduretmusic@gmail.com

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Ludivine Issambourg Antiloops

Friday, 15 September 2023

Foyer - Théâtre La Criée

23:30 - 00:00

Ludivine Issambourg: utes

Nicolas Derand: keyboards

Timothée Robert: bass

Julien Sérié: drums

Ludivine Issambourg is a talented French autist, composer, and producer whose talent has won over a wide range of renowned artists such as Wax Tailor, Incognito, Eric Legnini, Chassol, Nils Landgren, Angélique Kidjo, Laurent Coulondre, Dominique A, ASM, Catherine Ringer. Dividing her skills and art between numerous projects and collaborations, Ludivine mainly shares her work between the following two groups, Antiloops and Outlaws.

Booking: Ludivine Issambourg ludissam@gmail.com

Prod: Loops Productions antiloop.contact@gmail.com

© Marc Ribes

Yessaï Karapetian Quintet SHOWCASE

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Auditorium - Palais du Pharo

14:30 - 15:00

Yessaï Karapetian: piano

Norayr Gapoyan: duduk

Avag Margaryan: blul

Marc Karapetian: bass

David Paycha: drums

jean-guillaume@dunose.com

© Laetitia Dumez

Louise Jallu SHOWCASE

Saturday, 16 September 2023

West Hall - Palais du Pharo

16:30 - 17:00

Louise Jallu: bandonéon

Matthias Lévi: violin

Grégoire Letouvet: piano, fender rhodes

Karsten Hochapfel: guitar

Arthur Hennebique: double bass

Astor Piazzolla has been played so much that Louise Jallu prefers to depart from the original and trace her own uniqueness from there. The 29-year-old bandoneon player, composer (Conservatoire de Gennevilliers), and artist chooses not to play the card of revival but rather to move away from the original. Louise Jallu says, 'If we pretend to bring something new, we must do something else. Take Piazzolla's music as if it were a standard and take it elsewhere.' The artist adopts a refreshing approach that is as scrupulous as it is critical, slowing down the tempo,

Marion Rampal SHOWCASE

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Auditorium - Palais du Pharo

18:30 - 19:00

Marion Rampal: vocals

Raphael Chassin: drums

Simon Tailleu: double bass

Matthis Pascaud: guitar

Marion Rampal's album "Tissé" delicately answers THE question that has been beating in her heart until its last note: once detached from labels and borrowings, what singular folklore, sewn to the soul and close to the body, do we really own? From the very rst track "A volé", with its melody drawn in the air, its swaying Cajun rhythm and its text delicately moulded in French, Marion Rampal responds with subtle touches. She loves music to madness and has always kept it as close to the stars as to her heart. Her voice is poised, naked and trembling, her musical and poetic writing subtly creolized by the work of time and smoked by the re of experience: Marion Rampal makes us hear the sweet and erce, tender and untameable singing of an artist and a woman who, more than ever, from the unassailable heights where music lifts her, tells us: "No, you are not going to put me in a box like

frederic@zamoraprod.com

Obradovic-Tixier Duo FRINGE

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Foyer - Théâtre La Criée

23:30 - 00:00

Lada Obradovic: drums

David Tixier: piano

The Obradovic-Tixier Duo is the combination of French pianist David Tixier and Croatian drummer Lada Obradovic. The duo produces a contemporary and stylish sound by blending acoustic and electronic instruments, such as the Moog, Fender Rhodes, Glockenspiel, Mbira, and other toys. A gentle yet striking performance where David's sophisticated harmonies and lyrical drama intertwine with Lada's polyrhythms. A nearly shamanic piano phrase is mu ed by digital covers while a urry of cymbals carries us like wings apping in the air. Together, the duo weaves a captivating narrative.

Booking: David Tixier obradovictixierduo@gmail.com

Prod: Anteprima Productions Anteprimaproductions.com

Saturday, 16 September 2023

Foyer - Théâtre La Criée 00:30 - 01:00

Olivya Victorin: vocals

David Kiledjian: tenor saxophone, keyboard, bass

Greg Boudras: drums

Raphael Philibert: alto saxophone, percussions

No location in music is immutable. No music can remain motionless, but this is hardly truer than for Dowdelin, a group that cannot be attached to a single geography and genealogy. The Creole language, Caribbean rhythms, urban energies, dazzling virtuosity, sensual electro: the group evolves in a unique place where genres and colours, heritage and audacity can blend.

Booking:

Romain Loison

PREMIER JOUR

romain@premier-jour.com

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Hotels

Cultural tours & other interest spots

O ce of Tourism:

__Cultural Tours meeting point

Marseille Saint-Charles:

__main train station, shuttle busses to airport

Notre Dame de la Garde Basilica

__Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean

Mucem:

Metro station Vieux Port Marseille Provence Airport

Experience Marseille …experience it together!

Marseille Jazz des cinq continents appeared in the calendar of the Capital of Provence in 2000. It was nourished by the history of Marseille, its geography. It plunged to the roots of the city and its attraction to music, It drew strength from the local jazz scene, its artists, and a constant audience. The festival opened its doors to others and for 20 years it continued to weave links with the world and to orchestrate encounters.

Today, the city is changing. On the cultural level, it is developing a brand new vitality. Day after day, we want to put Jazz and the values it conveys at the heart of this dynamic.

We are very enthusiastic about hosting the European Jazz Conference 2023 and also very honoured to have been chosen to organise this irreplaceable annual meeting for this network. We could not imagine setting up this organisation, welcoming all the members and bringing together all the players in our ecosystem, being alone. This is why, from the moment we formulated the idea of organising the Conference in Marseille, we tried to bring people together. First it was the local institutions and Jazz operators in Marseille and its region, then the major actors of Jazz in France, the CNM and the AJC and of course the artists. In this way, we want to build an edition that will meet the expectations of the members of the network.

We perpetuate our action so that Jazz, by its ability to integrate impulses, emotions and diverse cultures, is a vector of exchange between peoples, between humans, between genres, between generations. Marseille Jazz des cinq continents is very proud to lead such an adventure: to bring a Jazz experience to life on the shores of the Mediterranean, in the second city of France, an ancient city where history is on edge.

EJN & the European Jazz Conference

The European Jazz Conference is the leading annual gathering of professionals from the creative music sector in Europe, in particular promoters, cultural managers, agents and support organisations. Each year is organised by Europe Jazz Network together with one of its members.

Europe Jazz Network (EJN) is a Europe-wide association of promoters, presenters and supporting organisations who specialise in creative music, contemporary jazz and improvised music created from a distinctly European perspective. Its membership currently comprises 191 organisations (festivals, clubs/concert venues and national/regional support organisations) from 35 countries in Europe and beyond.

The European Jazz Conference is composed of inspiring keynote speeches, high-level discussion groups and workshops, networking sessions for professionals of the creative music sector, cultural visits and a showcase festival of the best artists from the host country, France for 2023.

The European Jazz Conference is a unique event, the only one of its kind in Europe, centred on building long-lasting relationships, developing new projects and artistic collaborations, sharing expertise and getting up to date with the newest management and programming trends. Moreover, the Conference is about learning about music scenes and best practices from all around the world, including countries beyond Europe.

Previous editions of the European Jazz Conference took place in Sofia, Bulgaria (2022); Tallinn, Estonia (2021); Novara, Italy (2019); Lisbon, Portugal (2018); Ljubljana, Slovenia (2017); Wroclaw, Poland (2016); Budapest, Hungary (2015) and Helsinki, Finland (2014).

Practical info

VENUES & REGISTRATION DESK

The European Jazz Conference 2023, including the EJN General Assembly and all Showcases, will take place at the Palais du Pharo (58 Bd Charles Livon, Marseille). The entrance for the Conference delegates at the Palais du Pharo will be only on the right side of the building. The Gala Concert and Fringe programme will take place at the Théâtre La Criée (30 Quai de Rive Neuve). All venues are walking distance between each other and from the main hotels used by the Conference delegates.

Registration desk will be open at the Palais du Pharo, Auditorium lobby:

On Thursday 14 Sept, for EJN members only: 12:00 - 19:30

On Friday 15 Sept: 9:30 - 16:00

On Saturday 16 Sept: 9:30 - 13:00

TRANSPORTATION from/to the airport

Bus Shuttle

From Marseille-Provence airport to the city centre the distance is of around 30 km (approximately 40 minutes, depending on traffic). There are bus shuttles 99 times a day, every 10 minutes from 04.10am to 12.30pm between the airport and the city main train station, Marseille Saint-Charles. Price of an adult ticket: 10€. Information: +33 (0) 800713137 (local call price).

Taxi

7-day service to all aircraft arrivals. For a ticket from Marseille Provence airport to the city centre: approximately 50 €. Reservations: +33 (0) 442881144. For other taxi company names please check the EJN website.

GETTING AROUND Marseille

2 metro lines with 28 stations, 77 bus lines (with a night network) with 1200 stops, 3 tram lines with 34 stations

Metro opening hours: 5am to 12.30pm 7 days a week. From the single ticket (€2), to the 24-hour (€5.20), 72-hour (€10.80) or 10-trip pass (€15), various tickets are available directly at the stations on the terminals provided.

More information on www.rtm.fr

We advise you to download the Moovit application (available on Apple Store and Google Play), or to use their website directly: https://moovitapp.com/

This application will help you find the best routes (public transport, walking, cycling...) between all the venues and hotels.

Credits

Programme Committee 2023

Wim Wabbes (Ha Concerts, Belgium), Lobke Aelbrecht (JazzLab, Belgium),

Régis Guerbois (Marseille Jazz des Cinq Continents, France), Karolina

Juzwa (Intl Jazz Platform / Wytwórnia Foundation, Poland), Hugues Kieffer (Marseille Jazz des Cinq Continents, France), Øyvind S. Larsen (Oslo Jazz Festival, Norway), Steve Mead (Manchester Jazz Festival, UK)

Europe Jazz Network

Giambattista Tofoni, General Manager

Francesca Cerretani, Event & Office Manager

Stefano Zucchiatti, Communication & Content Manager

Association Marseille Jazz des cinq continents

Régis Guerbois – Chairman of the association

Bernard Hauser – Treasurer

Marc Gelsi – Secretary of the association

Festival Marseille Jazz des cinq continents

Hughes Kieffer – CEO & AD

Aurélie Pampana – General manager

Jeremy Conchy - Technical manager

Camille Steunou – Registration manager & Volunteer’s coordinator

Juliette Basecq - Guest coordinator & Public relation

Léa Jousse – Production manager

Aglaé Labourot - Production coordinator

Clémence De Belleval - Volunteer’s coordinator

Clément Hennaut - Concerts program coordinator

Maxyme Tourbot - Production assistant

Clara Lafuente - Photographer

Pascal Scuotto - Press coordinator

Likely – Social network

Lizon Lavaud – CNM

Antoine Bos - AJC

Showcase & Fringe selection jury

Ségolène Alex – Jazz Zèbre

Jean Yves Cavin – Cully Jazz Festival

Jacques Denis - Journalist

Laurent Dewilde - Artist

Pierre Dugelay – Le Périscope

Alice Leclercq - Journalist

Steve Mead – Manchester Jazz Festival

Fanny Pages – l’Astrada-Marciac

Nathalie Roy - Sacem

9th European Jazz Conference

14-17 September 2023

Marseille

France

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