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BMW Welt Jazz Award Final 2022. Anat Fort Trio and Marco Mezquida Trio selected as finalists.
Thu Apr 28 11:00:00 CEST 2022 Press Release
After six unique soirees, the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2022 enters its final round on July 9 where the Anat Fort Trio and the Marco Mezquida Trio will perform their interpretation of this year’s theme “Key Position” at the auditorium of the BMW Welt. The winning ensemble, chosen by the renowned jury, will receive the award created by BMW Design as well as a prize money of 10,000 Euro. The runner up will be awarded 5,000 Euro.
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Munich. After six unique soirees, the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2022 enters its final round on July 9 where the Anat Fort Trio and the Marco Mezquida Trio will perform their interpretation of this year’s theme “Key Position” at the auditorium of the BMW Welt. The winning ensemble, chosen by the renowned jury, will receive the award created by BMW Design as well as a prize money of 10,000 Euro. The runner up will be awarded 5,000 Euro.
Jazz fans have been experiencing the musical skills of this year’s performers in six free soirees between March and April in the Double Cone of BMW Welt. In addition to the first and second place winners, the winning ensemble of the audience award will also be announced during the finale and awarded 1,000 Euro.
The finalists
Anat Fort Trio
Pianist Anat Fort ranks among the
Israeli artists raised in New York that continue to put their mark on
contemporary jazz. Fort has since returned to Israel, a move that in
no way slowed down her international career. Since 2007, she has been
publishing her albums at Munich-based label ECM with her most recent
album “Birdwatching” featuring Italian clarinetist Gianluigi Trovesi
as star guest. As so many of her great jazz pianist colleagues, Fort
prefers performing as part of a trio working together with bassist
Gary Wand and drummer Roland Schneider. Various experiments including
her most recent collaboration with tango guitarist and vocalist Shlomo
Ydov notwithstanding, the trio has been her ensemble of choice for
over 20 years and a constant throughout her artistic career. The
resulting trust allows for unparalleled freedom of improvisation, as
seen on their most recent album “Colour”, released by Sunnyside
Records, and soon to be heard at BMW Welt.
Marco Mezquida Trio
Pianist Marco Mezquida is
one of the most versatile and most productive representatives of the
Spanish jazz world. Known from a very young age as a “prodigy”,
“workaholic at the piano” and “once-in-a-century musician” in his
native country, this Menorca-born artist has, at the tender age of 34,
recorded over 30 albums to date. He performs solo improvisation and
delivers programmes with duos, trios or orchestras. With his
inspiration coming from sources as far-ranging as Ravel, Skrjabin,
Bach and traditional American jazz, Mezquida’s work is best described
as a pioneering, modern interpretation of Spanish folklore. This can
also be seen in his work with Flamenco guitarist Chicuelo, a project
that was very successful both in Germany and on the international
stage, or his most recent work “Talismán”, which he recorded with
cellist Martín Meléndez and drummer and percussionist Aleix Tobias.
The jury
The jury, headed by Oliver
Hochkeppel (journalist for music and cultural affairs,
Süddeutsche Zeitung), consists of Heike Lies
(Musicologist, Music and Music Theatre Division of the Department of
Cultural Affairs of the state capital Munich ), Christiane
Böhnke-Geisse (Director of schwere reiter Musik),
Roland Spiegel (Editor and jazz expert at German
broadcasting station Bayerischer Rundfunk BR‑KLASSIK) and
Andreas Kolb (Editor-in-chief of JazzZeitung.de and
nmz – neue musikzeitung).
The finale
Like the soirees on Tuesdays, the final concert will
again be hosted by Hannah Weiss, winner of the BMW Welt Young Artist
Jazz Award 2019. The award, created specially by BMW Design, will be
handed over by Ilka Horstmeier, Member of the Board
of Management of BMW AG, Director of Human Resources and Labour
Relations. Anton Biebl, Head of the Department of
Cultural Affairs, will be representing the City of Munich.
The concert featuring the two shortlisted finalists will take place at the auditorium of BMW Welt on July 9, 2022 at 7.00 pm. Tickets are available at München Ticket.
This year’s BMW Welt Jazz Award is presented with the support of nmz – neue musikzeitung and the City of Munich’s Department of Culture.