EUROPEAN JAZZ’S COOL

European Jazz’s Cool 2023 an innovative course of advanced musical training in jazz of European significance; a full immersion for professional and artistic development in a broad international recording and concert context.

The Project

The project aims to establish new musical groups, formed by young Italian and European talents and internationally renowned special guest artists, who will guide the young musicians along a path of composing and producing original music.

A true social and artistic experiment, in which the lead musician will select members of his or her own ensemble, with whom to create a new musical work, published digitally and promoted with concerts in Italy and Europe.

How it works

European jazz’s cool 2023 creates 6 completely new musical ensembles, selecting 15 participants from all Italian conservatories and 15 participants selected from European Partner Institutes. Once formed, the ensembles meet in Rome, at the Saint Louis and Casa del Jazz venues, for a 30-hour Artistic Residency for each ensemble, organized in a full immersion week-September 13-18, 2023, in which the resident artists offer workshops and tutoring by playing in the ensembles themselves, with a specific focus on creative writing, arrangement of original pieces and related performance.

Artistic cast, Elisabetta Antonini, Federica Michisanti, Mauro Ottolini, Gianluca Petrella, Ilaria Pilar Patassini and Michele Rabbia.

At the end of the residency, the ensembles perform in a concert hosted by La Casa del Jazz in Rome. On the morning of the day of the concert, the ensembles will offer an open rehearsal for students from Rome and Lazio music high schools partnered with Saint Louis. Online activities (song selection and preparation, brainstorming, workshops, etc.) are also planned before in-person activities begin.

Next, the ensembles are booked for concerts in the countries of the project partner institutions in November and December 2023.