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| Chairman
of IJFO Fritz Thom/Jazz Fest Wien (Vienna) fthom@ijfo.org |
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| Coordinator
of IJFO activities Annika Larsson/Umbria Jazz annika.larsson@umbriajazz.com IJFO activities . IJFO history |
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| Austria Jazz Fest Wien | Finnland Pori Jazz Festival | France Jazz à Vienne |
Holland North Sea Jazz Festival |
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2008: June 27 - July 13 www.viennajazz.org |
2008: July 12 - 20 www.porijazz.fi |
2008: June 30 - July 13 www.jazzavienne.com |
2008: July 11 - 13 northseajazz.com |
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| Italy Umbria Jazz |
Norway Molde International Jazz Festival |
Spain Festival de Jazz de Vitoria-Gasteiz |
Switzerland Montreux Jazz Festival |
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2008: Perugia, July 11 - 20 www.umbriajazz.com |
2008: July 14 - 19 www.moldejazz.no |
2008: July 13 - 19 www.jazzvitoria.com |
2008: July 4 - 19 www.montreuxjazz.com |
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Turkey International Istanbul Jazz Festival |
Canada Festival Internat. de Jazz de Montreal |
Canada Vancouver International Jazz Festival |
USA Monterey Jazz Festival | |||||
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2008: July 2 - 13 www.iksv.org |
2008: June 26 - July 6 www.montrealjazzfest.com |
2008: June 20 - 29 www.coastaljazz.ca |
2008: Sept 19 - 21 www.montereyjazz festival.org |
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| USA Ravinia Festival | UK London Jazz Festival | |||||||
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2008: June 19 - 22 www.ravinia.org |
2008:
Nov 16 - 25 www.serious.org.uk |
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| IJFO activities | IJFO history | |||
| The IJFO is an umbrella
organization to currently 14 leading jazz festivals worldwide. The members
do not compete territorially and are situated at times which allow for
the touring of common projects. Synergies are developed during four annual meetings: September - roundup (varying locations) November - industry presentations (New York) January - IAJE convention (varying locations) March - ILMC (London) Since 2001, the IJFO sponsors an international jazz award. This award is presented in partnership with the IAJE (International Associaton for Jazz Education) at their annual conferences and rewards upcoming talents in the genre of jazz. |
The history of IJFO
goes back more than 20 years: Several European jazz festivals promoters
(Paul Acket, Norbert Gamsohn, Jyrki Kangas, Claude Nobs and Fritz Thom)
met in Paris in 1982 to discuss a tour with Miles Davis. Three promoters emerged out of this Paris meeting as the core of what became the EJFO (European Jazz Festivals Organization): Paul Acket (North Sea), Jyrki Kangas (Pori) and Fritz Thom (Vienna). In 1988, Paul Acket invited 7 European jazz festivals to meet in New York, among them were Molde, North Sea, Pori, Vienna (Austria) and Vitoria. This was the birth of the EJFO. Shortly after that, Umbria Jazz and Vienne (France) joined, followed a bit later by Istanbul and Montreux. After Montreal joined the organization a few years ago, the time was finally right in 2002, after Monterey and Vancouver came on board, for the original European association to go international. This was the birth of the IJFO - the International Jazz Festivals Organization. |
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