RIJF 2023 | Trailer

Best moments from RIJF 2023 concert with the Espen Berg Trio
As part of the main event of Rhodes & South Aegean International Jazz Festival 2013, on the occasion of the international tour of renowned saxophonist composer and researcher Dimitriοs Vassilakis in the USA, Greece and Cyprus and the release of the fourth album "Fjære" by the Norwegian trio Espen Berg, the ensemble presents concerts and educational programs.

Friday 10 November at 9pm, Bastion Castle Knights of Rhodes, free admission.
Educational seminars at the Rhodes Music School Friday 10/11/2023.
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The concert in Promachonas and the seminar at the Rhodes Music School are held as a symbolic support to the place by RIJF and the implementing organization "Jazz Democracy AMKE", as the devastating fires of the summer resulted in the postponement of the planned festival at the end of August.
The performances are in cooperation with the Norwegian Embassy, with the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Dodecanese Ephorate of Antiquities.

Espen Berg's melodic and rhythmically complex music serves as the basis for the trio's dynamic, and idiosyncratic interaction with Dimitriοs Vassilakis' spontaneous saxophone prose.

Dimitris Vassilakis with an international career, award-winning recordings from the BBC on Candid Records, presentations at Birdland, Dizzy's Club - Jazz at the Lincoln Center, Yale, Smithsonian, United Nations, Ronnie Scott's - London Jazz Festival, has been collaborating with the trio since 2019 and their new recording "Daedalus Project - Persephone" will be released in 2024 on Candid Records.

Espen Berg is an international award-winning pianist. In 2016 he received Norway's highest music award, "JazZtipendiate", at the Molde Jazz Festival. He is a member of the Norwegian Jazz Startup Program 2018 and Espen Berg Trio was appointed as an official ambassador of NTNU at the Trondheim Jazz Festival in 2016.

The musicians:
Dimitrios Vassilakis - saxophones, Espen Berg - piano, Bárður Reinert Poulsen - bass, Simon Olderskog Albertsen – drums

Videos:
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Official sites: https://espenberg.no/

Dimitrios Vassilakis
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Festival Team
Founder - Artistic Director: Dimitrios Vassilakis
Vice President Jazz Democracy, Administration, Communication, Director of Educational Programmes: Elena Michailou
Coordination, Communication: Danai Tezapsidou
Network management and development in Greece: Penelope Giannakopoulou
Coordination in Rhodes: Eleftherios Chatziantonis
Social Media: Georgia Theodosiou
Public Relations & Communication: Vasso Sotiriou
Management responsible, International Public Relations & Communication: Jazz Promo Services
Graphic Design: Maria Mavrou
Photography, video: Vangelis Hatzikelis
Website: Nikos Tsirigotis
Trailer Editor: Vassilis Hadjivasileiou
Sound and light engineering: Giorgos Axarlis

Co-organizers - Auspices - Support - Partners - Sponsors

With the support of the Ministry of Culture and the Dodecanese Ephorate of Antiquities. Under the Auspices of the Municipality Organisation of Culture & Sports/DOPAR and the Municipality of Rhodes, organized by Jazz Democracy. With the support of the Norwegian Embassy in Greece. With the participation of the International Writers' & Translators' Centre of Rhodes.