Bohemia Jazz Fest, the biggest jazz festival in the Czech Republic, starts on 14th July on Prague´s Old Town Square and then moves to Domazlice, Plzeň and Tábor. Musician from all over the world together with their Czech colleagues will play under the open sky in historical centres of Czech cities.
Håkon Kornstad, Norwegian saxofonist and jazzman, who spends the gist of his time in New York and Oslo, was born in Oslo in 1977. After finishing his studies at Trondheim Conservatory of Music he returned to Oslo and was warmly embraced by the emerging, new Norwegian jazz scene, centred around the contemporary music club Blå. This provided him with an opportunity to perform with various concepts - even with a DJ - and he quickly gained the attention of keyboard guru Bugge Wesseltoft, who signed him to Wesseltoft´s Jazzland Recordings label in 1998. It wasn´t long before the media started to take notice and write rave reviews of his live performances as well as his performances with such other artists Sidsel Endersen, Eivind Aarset and even Anja Garbarek. Kornstad quickly became a vital contributor to the energy of the emerging Norwegian jazz scene, with even the European music journalists starting to take notice.
At Bohemia Jazz Fest, Kornstad will give four performances during four days. Starting on July 14 in Prague, he will then move to Domažlice to play there the day after, on July 16 he will play in Plzeň and his last performance will be given on July 17 in Tábor.
The perfomances are scheduled as follows:
July 14 - Prague, Starometske namesti, around 7 pm
July 15 - Domazlice, Namesti Miru, around 7 pm
July 16 - Plzen, Namesti Republiky, around 7:30 pm
July 17 - Tabor, Zizkovo namesti, around 7 pm
The times slots may be changed during the festival.
More information:
http://www.kornstad.com/
http://www.bohemiajazzfest.cz/