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' International Jazz Day' Week

The first event scheduled in Mallorca within the week in which the International Jazz Day is celebrated this concert by students and teachers of jazz of the Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears. In it they will present la cátedra de jazz of recent creation.

The International Jazz Day, celebrated on April 30, is an initiative of UNESCO and the great pianist Herbie Hancock. This year the theme chosen is Against Intolerance, in homage to the singer Billie Holiday (1915-1959), the most admired female voice in jazz. April 7 was the centenary of her birth.

Because of this event some of the activities of the week revolve around the figure of Lady Day, as she was called. In addition, the Conservatory and UNESCO Baleares will record a CD with songs of the diva interpreted by the voices of Sheela Gathright, Dunia Hédreville, Christa Elmer and Abigail Sardon. They will be accompanied by the Blue House Project group led by Manel Camp and composed of students and teachers of the Conservatory. This CD opens with Strange Fruit, one of the songs in which the atrocities of racism in America at the time were reflected.

Full schedule for the week of International Jazz Day:

April 25: concert by students and teachers of jazz Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears

April 25: mini concerts at the Sóller Train Station of Palma, in the Plaça del Mercat, Via Roma and Plaza de Cort

April 28: Readings, monologues and dialogues together with a jazz trio by students of the School of Dramatic Art

April 28: screening of the film  Lady sings the blues

April 30: Big Band performance of the Conservatori Superior de Música de les Illes Balears

April 30: performance of the Municipal Band of Palma + Perikas Trio

May 1: performance by pianist Biel Durán

All activities are free.