BERGAMO JAZZ 2026 Artistic Direction by Joe Lovano The festival day by day March 19 to 22, 2026 20 events, more than 80 musicians for four intense days in the name of a thousand sounds of jazz spread throughout the city: from Thursday, March 19 to Sunday, March 22, the 47th edition of Bergamo Jazz, a festival organized by Fondazione Teatro Donizetti with the support of the City of Bergamo, MIC-Ministry of Culture and private sponsors, will take place. Setting The Pace - dictating the pace, showing a way - is the title that Joe Lovano, for the third year Artistic Director of the Festival, wanted to imprint on Bergamo Jazz 2026, symbolizing a choral tribute to those in jazz who have shown new paths and in particular to Miles Davis and Johnm Coltrane, whose birth centenary falls this year: "In life, the arts, the sciences, sports and business, there have been people and collective bodies who have dictated the pace, the rhythm, with passion and love, representing a model for generations," specifies Joe Lovano himself "As musicians we are constantly studying and developing to find our voice. This path is fueled by the sounds and spirit of the masters. Those who gave and give us the confidence and inspiration to reach today's high standards. The artists who will perform at Bergamo Jazz Festival 2026 are, in turn, showing new ways to celebrate the legacy of Miles and Trane." Keeping true to its nature, Bergamo Jazz 2026 will also be a Festival with an international scope, a widespread Festival: in addition to the concerts at the Donizetti Theater and the Teatro Sociale in Città Alta, significant events hosted in small theaters, museums, and venues transformed for the occasion into cozy jazz clubs are in fact planned. Nourished will be the representation of Italian musicians, including numerous new talents brought together in the "Scintille di Jazz" section, and considerable will be the space for jazz conjugated with women, with the presence of established female instrumentalists and singers.   Here is the day-by-day program. Thursday, March 19 The first day of Bergamo Jazz 2026 will take place in Città Alta, moving the first step from a particularly prestigious venue: the Aula Picta of the Bishop's Palace, recently restored and open to the public. In this unprecedented location for music and jazz, American pianist Wayne Horvitz, an icon of the downtown New York scene of the 1980s and 1990s, will perform at 6 p.m. Instead, at the Circolino (6:30 p.m.), the duo formed by pianist Simone Locarni and guitarist Gianluca Palazzo will be heard for the first of five appointments with the "Scintille di Jazz" festival. In the evening (8:30 p.m.), the Teatro Sociale will host on its stage the trio of pianist Franco D'Andrea, excellence of jazz made in Italy, who will have at his side two exceptional companions of adventure, such as double bassist Gabriele Evangelista, a regular partner also of Enrico Rava and Stefano Bollani, and drummer Roberto Gatto, a