International jazz musicians to come to Mongolia

The Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism; “The Giant Steppes of Jazz” NGO; and Ulaanbaatar Jazz Club will implement a project aimed at improving jazz music education among the people. In first stage of the project, the Director of the New York Jazz Music Association, drummer Rick Hollander; a professor at Paris College of Music, Danish-saxophonist Martin Jacobsen; Korean guitarist Jin Woo; and a professor at Munich College of Music, contrabasser Martin Wenker will come to the country to teach professional jazz music from August 23 to 27. Students of the Music and Dance College as well as musicians can participate in this training which will take place in Ulaanbaatar Jazz Club starting at 9:00 pm. These artists will give a concert with winders and saxophonists of the Music and Dance College in their concert hall on August 26. In second stage of the project, the “Ulaanbaatar’s Jazz Evening” event will be held from October 1 to 8. Within the scope of this concert, American music producer Gil Goldstein along with French music producer and composer Polonski will rearrange Mongolian folk songs and modern songs in the style of jazz, which will be performed by Mongolian artists onstage.

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