BERGAMO JAZZ 2026 Artistic Direction by Joe Lovano Beginning Wednesday, Jan. 14 the sale of new subscriptions to the three evenings at the Donizetti Theater and tickets for the two concerts at the Teatro Sociale Tuesday, Jan. 20 presentation of all other events It's countdown time for the 47th edition of Bergamo Jazz, the third under the Artistic Direction of renowned American saxophonist Joe Lovano. And it's time for the season ticket campaign: in fact, from Wednesday, January 14, new season tickets can be purchased for the three evenings scheduled at the Donizetti Theater from March 20 to 22 and tickets for the two concerts hosted at the Teatro Sociale on the evening of Thursday 19 and in the afternoon of the 22nd. From Wednesday, January 28, tickets will then go on sale for the individual evenings in the city's main theater and for the other events that will spread the thousand sounds of jazz throughout the city for four days. Subscriptions and tickets can be purchased at the Donizetti Theater Box Office and online, on the Vivaticket circuit. Tuesday, Jan. 20, at 3 p.m. in the Music Room "Tremaglia" is scheduled to present to the press and the public the full program of the Festival, which will again this year enter prestigious museums and other theaters, also devoting attention to young people, with meetings curated by the Educational Center Music Production and the review "Sparks of Jazz." Unfailingly faithful to the Festival's natural international vision, the 2026 edition of Bergamo Jazz will be in the wake of an extraordinary anniversary: the centenary of the birth of Miles Davis and John Coltrane, pillars of African-American musical and cultural expressiveness, masters of an artistic thought that is more alive today than ever before. Jazz at Donizetti On Friday, March 20, the first of three subscription evenings at Teatro Donizetti, beginning at 8:30 p.m., beloved by both Bergamasks and those from all over Italy and beyond, will be opened by the duo formed by double bass ace Dave Holland and Lionel Loueke, one of the most innovative guitarists to appear on the jazz scene in recent decades. Holland and Loueke will serve as "openers" to the concert by Steve Coleman and his Five Elements: the Chicago saxophonist will return to the Donizetti stage exactly 20 years after his previous performance to offer his well-rehearsed blend of visionary funk in which the most imaginative improvisation is interpenetrated with rigorous compositional structures. The next evening, Bergamo Jazz will offer for listening one of the groups of the moment, Bad Plus, in a special edition that will feature its two founding members, double bassist Reid Anderson and drummer Dave King, joined by saxophonist Chris Potter and pianist Craig Taborn, or two other giants of contemporary jazz in their respective instrumental specificities. Central to the quartet's music will be compositions written by Keith Jarrett for his glorious American Quartet, the one in which the Allentown pianist dialogued with Dewey Redman, Charlie Haden and Paul Motian.