European Jazz’s Cool 2026, concert in Helsinki. The European tour continues in Finland with the ensembles led by Federico Malaman and Karima.

The “European Jazz’s Cool 2026” European tour, a jazz artist-in-residence program organized by Saint Louis in collaboration with prestigious European higher education institutions, is coming to Metropolia UAS in Helsinki— a prestigious Erasmus+ partner institution of Saint Louis— with a concert featuring international ensembles composed of young Italian and European jazz talents, led by Federico Malaman and Karima.

The Helsinki Concert – EJsCool 2026

European Jazz Ensembles: Special Guest Federico Malaman

Federico Malaman, bass – special guest

Ulla Dubra, vocals – Cathedral Choir School, Riga

Kristers Dreimanis, trumpet – RAMA, Aalborg

Guido Foi, piano – Naples Conservatory

Giovanni Campagnoli, guitar – Ferrara Conservatory

Angelo Camasso, drums – Saint Louis College of Music, Rome

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European Jazz Ensembles: Special Guest Karima

Karima, vocals – special guest

Kasper Van sax – Royal Conservatory, Antwerp

Marco Palmisano, piano – Saint Louis College of Music, Rome

Costantino Angelilli, guitar – Vicenza Conservatory

Mathias Fagerberg Würtz, bass – RAMA, Aalborg

Onni Huuskonen, drums – Metropolia, Helsinki

Live at Metropolia UAS
Hämeentie 135 D, 00560, Helsinki, Finland

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