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Building peace in the minds of men and women

International Jazz Day

2018

The 2018 edition of International Jazz Day will include major events in Saint Petersburg (Russian Federation), this year’s Global Host City, and over 190 countries around the world. Jazz has been played in Saint Petersburg since 1927, when Russia’s First Concert Jazz Band was founded, at the Saint Petersburg State Capella, followed by the creation of the first jazz collective in 1929. It is also the only city in Russia to have a Jazz Philharmonic Hall, founded in 1989.

A series of educational and outreach programmes will take place in the Global Host City, where the Day will culminate in an extraordinary all-star concert at the historic Mariinsky Theatre, an event which will be streamed live worldwide. Partners on all continents will celebrate jazz as a universal language of peace.The International Jazz Day was established by UNESCO in coordination with the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz in 2011, recognizing the role of jazz in promoting freedom, creativity and intercultural dialogue, uniting people from all corners of the globe. 

Highlights

...Live Streaming from St.Petersburg<
...Jazz Global Concert 2018
...2018 Global Posters

Events

2018 International Jazz Day Event Map

Add your 2018 #JazzDay Event

News

...International Jazz Day to be celebrated worldwide on 30 April

Multimedia

...Herbie Hancock Interview
...Marcus Miller Interview
...Photo Archives

Partners

...Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz