European Jazz Unit 2016, with the participation of Piotr Damasiewicz – part of the Brussels Jazz Marathon
The European Jazz Unit is a jazz group created in 2013 by six musicians from six European countries at the literary festival L’Isola delle Storie in Gavoi in Sardinia (the Polish musician at the time was Maciej FORTUNA) which performed at the 2014 edition of the Brussels Jazz Marathon. EUNIC Brussels decided to repeat the experience of a musical collaboration amongst European countries and entrusted the German cellist Robert LANDFERMANN with the task of artistic direction for this fascinating project. Landfermann has chosen, especially for the Brussels Jazz Marathon, seven original voices from contemporary European jazz, including Polish trumpeter Piotr DAMASIEWICZ, and has put together an ensemble which unites some of the best musicians from each of the countries concerned – Germany, Austria, Belgium, Estonia, Hungary, the Basque country and Poland.
In keeping with the tradition of the Brussels Jazz Marathon, concerts are free and accessible to all.
Find HERE an interview of Piotr DAMASIEWICZ by journalist Jacek ANTCZAK
Find HERE an interview of Robert LANDFERMANN,
the European Jazz Unit leader [in English and Dutch]
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
>>> Grande Place Brussels
>>> Friday 20 May 2016 – from 20:00 until 21:00
>>> FREE OF CHARGE
>>> Flagey (Place Sainte-Croix, 1050 Brussels) – see map
>>> Saturday 21 May 2016 – from 21:00 until 21:45 and from 23:00 until 23:45
>>> FREE OF CHARGE
LINE-UP
Piotr DAMASIEWICZ – trumpet
Maria FAUST – alto saxophone
Kristof BACSO – tenor saxophone
Frederik LEROUX – guitar
Elias STEMESEDER – piano
Borja BARUETTA – drums
Robert LANDFERMANN – bass, laptop
Piotr Damas Damasiewicz is a trumpeter and composer who was born in Wroclaw en 1980. Following studies in music in Bydgoszcz and Wroclaw, he honed his craft at the Katowice Institute of Jazz. He is the man behind groups such as the Damas Acoustic Quartet, the Piotr Damasiewicz Quartet, the Piotr Damasiewicz Ensemble “Power of the Horns”, Damas & Trela PROJECT: ‘first exit’, etc. He was awarded IInd prize at the Concours International Krzysztof Komeda (jazz category) and was nominated for the Prize of the City of Wrocław (music category) for his project ‘Hadrony’, a work for a chamber orchestra, jazz quintet, electronic music and video which was unveiled in 2008 at the Jazztopad festival.
This project from EUNIC Brussels is being organised by the Etxepare Euskal Institutua, the Goethe-Institut Brüssel, the Balassi Institute – Cultural Service of the Hungarian Embassy in Brussels, the Polish Institute – Cultural Service of the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Brussels, the Österreichisches Kulturforum Brüssel and the Permanent Representation of Estonia to the EU.
