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International Jazz Day at KJC
The event seeks to celebrate jazz as a tool for education and social transformation
bookmarkKathmandu Jazz Conservatory is organising a free jazz concert at Moksh in Jhamsikhel on July 30 from 6 pm onwards. The concert will celebrate International Jazz Day and will feature international and local jazz musicians such as Doxy Ltd, Hari Maharjan, Ziglag, KJC Army Jazz Orchestra, Indira and Dhime girls and Billy Buss from the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance. “Our concert aims to share the beauty of jazz music among Nepalis and to provide a
Published at : July 28, 2015
Updated at : July 28, 2015 08:40
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platform for aspiring jazz and Nepali folk musicians to collaborate,” said Sunita Shakya, one of the organisers.
The International Jazz Day is an event that celebrates and promotes peace through jazz music. It was started in November 2011 by legendary jazz pianist and chairman of the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz, Herbie Hancock, and UNESCO Director General, Irina Bokova. The event is celebrated to raise awareness of the virtues of jazz as an educational tool and a force of positive social transformation.
KJC is a music institute situated in Jhamsikhel that promotes jazz music and aims to build intercultural dialogue between jazz and Nepali folk music. Through this concert, the institute aims to build a platform for aspiring jazz musicians. The first International Jazz Day was held on July 30, 2012 at KJC.
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