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BMW Welt Jazz Award 2019 in February

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Géraldine Laurent Quartet and Matthieu Bordenave Archipel to interpret “Saxophone Worlds”.

In February, the next ensembles taking part in the BMW Welt Jazz Award 2019 will be exciting the audience at the double-coned structure of the #bmw Welt, as they interpret this year’s theme “Saxophone Worlds”. The third and fourth matinee will welcome #geraldinelaurent Quartet on 17 February 2019 and Matthieu Bordenave Archipel on 24 February 2019.

The third round of the #bmw Welt Jazz Award 2019 will showcase the #geraldinelaurent Quartet. The French Musician #geraldinelaurent made a point of acquiring a deep knowledge of jazz traditions, which led to her becoming a much sought-after accompanist of artists including Antoine Hervier, Aldo Romano and singer Romeyn Adams Nesbitt. From 2005, Laurent became famous in France for her own projects. In 2006, she won the “Django d’Or” for best emerging artist and the “Prix Révélation” at the jazz festival at Antibes. Featured on the title page of the New York Times in 2007, she went on to win the “Prix Django Reinhardt” in 2008, and all of her albums have won numerous awards. At the #bmw Welt Jazz Award she will be presenting her album “At Work” on 17 February 2019 together with pianist #paullay, her long-time partner bassist Yoni Zelnick and drummer Donald Kontomanou.

The 35-year-old tenor saxophonist Matthieu Bordenave is regarded as one of the most outstanding performers of European jazz. His lyrical, nuanced playing is immediately recognizable throughout his numerous recordings. On 24 February 2019 he will present his latest project, Matthieu Bordenave Archipel, performing with Florian Weber and Patrice Moret. Florian Weber already reached the finals of the first #bmw World Jazz Award with his trio Minsarah and is today one of the most successful German jazz pianists; the Swiss bassist Patrice Moret is known as a member of the Colin Vallon Trio. Whit them, through his own compositions Matthieu Bordenave traces the poetic work of René Char the great French poet of the 20th century whose idiosyncratic and difficult to grasp work still fascinates today.