European Jazz’s Cool 2026 – Concert in Antwerp. The European tour arrives in Belgium with the ensembles led by Eleonora Strino and Grégory Privat.

The “European Jazz’s Cool 2026” European tour—a jazz artist-in-residence program organized by Saint Louis in collaboration with prestigious European institutions of higher education—will make a stop at the Royal Conservatoire of Antwerpin Belgium— a prestigious Erasmus+ partner institution of Saint Louis—with a concert featuring international ensembles composed of young Italian and European jazz talents, led by Eleonora Strino and Grégory Privat.

The Antwerp Concert – EJsCool 2026

European Jazz Ensembles, Special Guest Eleonora Strino

Eleonora Strino, guitar – special guest

Sarah Lema, vocals – Royal Conservatory, Antwerp

Nina Russo, voice – Saint Louis College of Music, Rome

Joona Hirvonen, trumpet – Metropolia, Helsinki

Emiliano Gianni, bass – Saint Louis College of Music, Rome

Michele Montaruli, drums – Pescara Conservatory

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European Jazz Ensembles: Special Guest Grégory Privat

Grégory Privat, piano – special guest

Anahita Heising, trumpet – RAMA, Aalborg

Kristian Dahl Johansen, guitar – RAMA, Aalborg

Leonardo Cervini, bass – Saint Louis College of Music, Rome

Candelario Lopez, drums – Fiesole School of Music

 

Live a Royal Conservatoire of Antwerp

Antwerp – Belgium

 

European Jazz’s Cool is an innovative, advanced music program in jazz of European significance, conceived by Saint Louis; a full immersion experience for professional and artistic development within a recording and concert context of broad international scope.

During the artistic residency, six new musical groups were formed, composed of young Italian and European talents and internationally renowned artists, special guests – who guided the young musicians along an intense path of composition and production of original music – who made their debut on the stage of the Casa del Jazz in Rome and then left for a European tour, hosted by the project’s International Partners: Royal Academy of Aarhus Aalborg (Denmark) / Metropolia, Helsinki (Finland) / Royal ConservatoireAntwerp (Belgium).

A true social and artistic experiment, in which the lead musician selects the members of his or her own ensemble, with whom to create a new musical work, produced by Saint Louis Music Production’s Jazz Collection record series , which takes care of digital publication, subsequent writing by the musicians and concert promotion at Italian and foreign jazz festivals.

The European Jazz’s Cool project is supported by MiBac under the “FUS – Fondo Unico Spettacolo” and Erasmus+.