Bergamo Jazz 2019 returns in June with the Summer Edition: two exclusive evening dedicated to exploring the universe of the jazz piano trio and to propose some of the aspects that distinguish the composite artistic path of Maria Pia De Vito, the new Artistic Director of the Festival.
On Monday 17th of June the Tingvall Trio, one of the most brilliant piano jazz trio, will be the main character, who performs for the first time in Bergamo on the wave of a growing success throughout Europe. Rhythmic energy, melodic sense and thematic fragrance are the ingredients of which the music of the three components is nourished. Opening act: Ermanno Novali Trio, jazz at the crossroads between Europe and America.
On Tuesday 18th of June the new Artistic Director of Bergamo Jazz, Maria Pia De Vito, presents herself to the City in an evening divided in two parts. In the first the singer and composer will be joined by the British pianist Huw Warren and by Ralph Towner, founder and key member of the Oregon. The second set will be a tribute singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. On stage a trio formed by the Italian-English pianist Julian Oliver Mazzariello, the double-bass player Luca Bulgarelli and the drummer Alessandro Paternesi. The saxophonist Tino Tracanna will be guest on some tracks.