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Jazz Juniors Finalists

Jazz Juniors Finalists

Four bands from Poland and two from Germany have qualified for the 48th Jazz Juniors Competition Finals. We will be able to admire these young artists’ talents during the final auditions, to be held on 30th September at Cracow’s Cricoteka as part of the Kraków Jazz...

Nils Petter Molvaer takes over as head of Jazz Juniors!

Nils Petter Molvaer takes over as head of Jazz Juniors!

He is one of Europe’s most outstanding trumpet players and a visionary bridging different genres and styles, working across the dividing lines. As of 2024, Nils Petter Molvaer will be responsible for the Jazz Juniors Festival’s artistic programme. The Norwegian...

Jazz Juniors History

Since year 1976

Founded in 1976, the International Contest of Young Jazz Ensembles Jazz Juniors has always been strongly entwined with the history of Polish jazz, since it is at the Jazz Juniors where the most famous Polish artists – such as Leszek Możdżer, Krzysztof Ścierański, Marek Bałata, Niedziela and Pospieszalski brothers, and New Presentation, Walk Away and Miłość bands – made their first steps.

This was years ago, yet Jazz Juniors still belongs to the spearhead of jazz events, whose winners make their presence ever more visible on international music stages. Enough to mention that this is the competition that recently allowed the discovery of such personalities and bands as High Definition, N.S.I., Levity, Bartosz Dworak, Paweł Kaczmarczyk, Piotr Orzechowski “Pianohooligan” and Tomasz Chyła Quintet.

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