Virginia Mac Donald
- Start date : 05/06/2024 19:00
- Type : Concert
- Venue : Jacques Pelzer Jazz Club
- Address : Boulevard Ernest Solvay 493, 4000 Liège, Belgique
Young Canadian clarinetist Virginia MacDonald is a true "shooting star" of North American jazz.
Born and raised in Toronto, she began playing clarinet at the age of seven. From an early age, she established herself as an internationally renowned soloist, performing regularly at major festivals and clubs around the world. She has won numerous prizes, including the 2020 "Corona International Competition" for clarinetists.
She has played with Harold Mabern, Ira Coleman, Geoff Keezer, Rodney Whitaker, Pat Labarbera and many others.
She is a member of the very popular "Canadian Jazz Collective" with her father Kirk MacDonald.
On this tour, she meets an absolute star of the trumpet scene:
New York-born Joe Magnarelli has been one of the world's leading trumpet players for three decades. He graduated from SUNY-Fredonia in 1982 and moved to New York in 1986. He first worked with the Lionel
Hampton Big Band from 1987 to 1989, then with organist Brother Jack McDuff from 1989 to 1994. In 1991, he founded the New York Hard Bop Quintet and went on to lead his own groups with John Swana and Jerry Weldon. He has also performed as a sideman with Toshiko Akiyoshi, Laverne Butler, Harry Connick Jr, the Buddy Rich Band, Maria Schneider, Grant Stewart, the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Ray Barretto and many others.
This international quintet is completed by three outstanding European accompanists: pianist Andrea Pozza and bassist Aldo Zunino, who are among the most sought-after accompanists in Europe.
Pozza and Zunino have played with such giants as Giann Basso, Charlie Mariano, Chet Baker, Lee Konitz, George Coleman, Al Grey, Sweets Edison, Scott Hamilton and Sal Nistico.
Austrian drummer Bernd Reiter, winner of the Hans Koller Prize in 2006, currently lives in Paris.
He has also played with such jazz greats as Don Menza, Charles Davis, Harold Mabern, Cyrus Chestnut, Kirk Lightsey, Mundell Lowe, Steve Grossman, Claudio Roditi and many others.
This exceptional line-up of musicians from the USA, Canada, Italy and Austria is a truly star-studded selection, guaranteeing a first-rate evening of jazz!
Admission: €15 general public
10€ students
Access to the concerts is WITHOUT reservation!
