Next events
Sunday 15/01/2023
Mette Henriette is a Sami-Norwegian saxophonist, improviser and composer. Her music ranges from free jazz to contemporary folk-inspired music. Her diverse approach represents the exciting eclecticism...
17h15
album release : The Next Door (ECM Records, 2022) German jazz pianist Julia Hülsmann is back in Flagey with her quartet to present her brand new album The Next Door on ECM. The group will treat us to...
16h00
Saturday 14/01/2023
album presentation: Gold (International Anthem, 2022) The spontaneity of the music-making process is what sound artist Alabaster DePlume explores in his album Gold. Once again, this saxophonist and p...
22h30
With five albums and tons of live experience, Black Flower has garnered praise at home and abroad. Their hard-to-classify music is often described as 'progressive hybrid future jazz' with a strong in...
21h15
Six trombonists and a three-member rhythm section: this is the unique musical synergy that Nabou Claerhout creates with her own trombone ensemble. This project has been on her bucket list for years....
20h00
The expressiveness, vulnerability and endurance of the human body is what inspires Norwegian queer artist Bendik Giske. The debut album Surrender by this "Norwegian Colin Stetson" was released in 201...
18h45
Duo Gaitar's concerts guarantee an exciting journey that leads the audience through a colourful landscape of sounds. The duo experiments with Latin music and tango, as well as jazz, chanson and cabar...
11h00
Friday 13/01/2023
album release : Wu Hen (Black Focus, 2020) Kamaal Williams, alias of genius Henry Wu, is a jazz producer and DJ who conquered the London jazz scene in 2016 together with Yussef Dayes. In 2018, he unp...
22h30
album release: Heat (Traumton Records, 2022) In recent years, few bands have shaken up the central European jazz scene as much as Shake Stew. These rising Austrian stars were awarded the German Jazz...
21h15
album presentatie: Yellow (Movementt, 2021) The debut album of multi-instrumentalist Emma-Jean Thackray is exactly what we have been longing for these past months: a beautiful, human and shared...
20h00
album presentation: Juniper (We Jazz Records, 2021) With Juniper, Linda Fredriksson is busy taking the world by storm. Instead of the raw jazz sounds of the groups Mopo and Superposition, this album...
18h45
album presentation: In Fading Light (2020, Rattle) Oud, trumpet and piano. It is the formula for success of Greek pianist and composer Tania Giannouli, nominated for the German Jazz Award 2021. The i...
12h30
Thursday 12/01/2023
double bill : 1 ticket, 2 concerts Nabou Claerhout, Reinier Baas and Jamie Peet met at the Rotterdam Conservatory and the musical sparks flew instantly. What better way to open the festival than with...
19h30
Saturday 22/01/2022
Bokani Dyer, piano/keyboard, voice
Shane Cooper, bass
Simphiwe Tshabalala, drums
Sthembiso Bhengu, trumpet
Mthunzi Mvubu, saxophone
As a follow-up to We out here, the now legendary album which...
19h30
Siyabonga Mthembu, vox
Simphiwe Tshabalala, drums
Ayanda Zalekile, bass
Zelizwe Mthembu, guitar
Mthunzi Mvubu, alto sax, flute
Muhammad Dawjee, tenor sax
Bokani Dyer, piano
As a follow-up to...
19h30
Friday 21/01/2022
What if you ask artist in residence Jean-Paul Estiévenart to put together his dream team? Then he surprises with a group of internationally acclaimed musicians and a brand new repertoire. His dream te...
21h00
Tania Giannouli, piano
Andreas Polyzogopoulos, trumpet
Kyriakos Tapakis, oud
album presentation: In Fading Light (2020, Rattle)
Oud, trumpet and piano. It is a special combination, but also th...
19h30
Rik Staelens, multi-instrumentalist
Margo Maex, multi-instrumentalist
Timo Vantyghem, multi-instrumentalist
Buckets, PVC pipes, cans, washing line wire, pots and pans. That is all Brussels multi-...
12h30
Thursday 20/01/2022
Timo Lassy, tenor sax
Teppo Mäkynen, drums
John Coltrane and Rashied Ali are the legendary musicians that Finnish duo Timo Lassy and Teppo Mäkynen emulate. Both musicians explore the tried and tes...
22h30
Jakob Bro, guitar
Arve Heriksen, trumpet
Jorge Rossy, drums
Uma Elmo is guitarist-composer Jakob Bro's fifth album with ECM. With this album he introduces his new trio featuring Norwegian trumpet...
21h00
Muriel Grossmann, saxophones
Llorenç Barcelo, hammond
Radomir Milojkovic, guitar
Uros Stamenkovic, drums
The spiritual jazz of the Muriel Grossmann Quartet is music that touches the heart and...
19h30
Wednesday 19/01/2022
In ancient Greek theatre, 'Deus ex machina' referred to a mechanical device that caused a god to descend on stage in spectacular fashion. Equally surprising and sometimes disconcerting has been the ar...
22h30