Message from Eventim:
Dear clients,
On 29.10.2020 at 14:51 we received the following message from the organizers of Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2020, Blue Em EOOD:
“Changes in the program of Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2020
The order of the Ministry of Health, published on October 27, 2020, which changed the number of seats from 50% to 30% of the total capacity of the cultural events, required a serious reorganization in the program of the sixth edition of Plovdiv Jazz Fest.
∙ Unfortunately, the two concerts from the opening night (November 5) of pianist Zhivko Petrov and guitarists Veselin Koychev and Tsvetan Nedyalkov, together with the quartet The Teachers, will be postponed for the spring. The amounts for all purchased tickets will be refunded.
Under the circumstances, the visit of bassist Richard Bona will not take place. The concert of the pianist Antoni Donchev and the drummer Hristo Yotsov and their formation "Acoustic version" remains on November 6 at 21:00 h. Before them, from 19:30 h., Milen Kukosharov will present his new project Wind Harmonium. The amount for all tickets purchased so far will be refunded and if guests of the festival wish, they will be able to buy a ticket again, but worth BGN 30.
Ticket sales for the two concerts of the Avishai Cohen Trio have been suspended. However, the situation requires the following changes:
:: In this case, it will not be possible to comply with pre-purchased seats. The festival team will fully assist the guests so that the accommodation can be quick and easy;
:: People who have purchased tickets for the 14th and 19th rows on November 7 at 19:30 will be redirected to the concert from 21:00. Tickets do not need to be re-validated. If these people are not able to attend the later concert, they can return their tickets and the amount will be refunded.
∙ All Festival tickets (Grand Pass) can be returned and the amount invested in them will be refunded. Guests with purchased Grand Pass can pick up tickets for 06 and 07 November. They are the only ones who will have the option to receive a ticket for the concert of Avishai Cohen on November 7 at 21:00.
For this purpose it is necessary to enter the promo code of the first 20 digits of the barcode of the already purchased Grand Pass on the Eventim website (in the concert of the Avishai Cohen Trio).

The procedure for returning tickets is as follows:
Tickets purchased from the EVENTIM network are refunded from the specific site from which they were purchased.
* Tickets purchased by Stefani Reklama Ruse and Music Center Plovdiv are returned to the address - Sofia, 58 6th of September Str. With a bank account to which the amount will be refunded, together with the name of the account holder and contact phone number. .
In case the tickets are purchased from the EVENTIM website:
:: by credit card - must be sent to the head office of EVENTIM: Sofia, 58 6th of September Str. and within 7 working days the amount on the credit card with which they were purchased will be refunded;
:: by cash on delivery or by bank transfer - spectators must return the tickets to the address: Sofia, 58 6th of September Str. with a bank account to which the amount will be refunded, together with the name of the account holder and telephone number for connection.
The deadline for returning tickets is November 6.

The team of Plovdiv Jazz Fest sincerely apologizes for the inconvenience it causes and remains available for full assistance!
We hope that despite these difficulties, the audience will still support Bulgarian musicians and the festival.

Plovdiv Jazz Fest 2020

Festival ticket (Grand Pass): Includes all events from the festival program between November 5-07 and is valid for the second concert of Avishai Cohen from 21:00 h.
All tickets can be found in the Eventim.bg network

This year's edition of Plovdiv Jazz Fest, which will take place from November 6 to 7 at the Hall of Culture "Boris Hristov"

:: The first festival evening (November 6) of Plovdiv Jazz Fest will begin (from 19:00 h.) with the premiere of the latest author's project of famous pianist, arranger and composer Milen Kukosharov - Wind Harmonium. In recent years, he has expanded his professional interests, as a composer, in the field of classical music, theater and cinema. Wind Harmonium is a kind of crossover that includes techniques and forms of classical and jazz music, and the sound is close to chamber music. The compositions are new, among them there are themes that Milen Kukosharov has created for theatrical performances in the last year. In addition, however, Wind Harmonium includes eight other people. Special guests will be the world-renowned Bulgarian clarinetist living in the USA - Ilian Iliev and the mezzo-soprano Michiko Date from Japan. The musicians also take part in the project: Darina Ivanova (flute), Gabriela Todorova (oboe), Dobromira Vaklinova (clarinet, bass clarinet), Rosalia Angelova (bassoon), Alexander Lekov (double bass), Atanas Popov (percussion instruments).

After Wind Harmonium from 21:00 h., there will be the first musician meeting on one stage of pianist Antoni Donchev and drummer Hristo Yotsov.

Besides performers, Hristo Yotsov and Antoni Donchev are teachers and composers. 35 years ago, the two founded one of the best Bulgarian jazz ensembles "Acoustic Version". Donchev and Yotsov are a vivid example of contemporary musicians who easily and skillfully deal with diverse forms of music making and who can easily combine the diversity of jazz style.

This year the festival will honor Antoni Donchev and Hristo Yotsov, who is also celebrating his 60th birthday, with an Award for overall contribution to jazz. In 2020, the winners will be two, who will simultaneously be awarded as creators of the group "Acoustic Version", but each of them separately - as a figure that has a huge impact and influence on the development of the jazz in Bulgaria.

:: The festival will close the trio of one of the greatest bassists in the world - Avishai Cohen, who agreed to perform two concerts on November 7 - from 19:30 h. and from 21:00 h. Avishai Cohen's compositions reflect a vast musical universe of traditions, cultures, languages ​​and styles: from Hebrew songs to Ladin folk songs, from a combination of classical and jazz music to jazz standards and contemporary jazz. Avishai Cohen arrives in Bulgaria with his new trio, which includes Elchin Shirinov (piano) and Ronnie Caspi (drums). On the stage of Plovdiv Jazz Fest they will present the latest 17th album of Avishai Cohen - Arvoles. Plovdiv will be part of the "50:50:50" tour, which includes 50 concerts in 50 cities and is dedicated to the musician's 50th birthday.

:: Every year the Festival has an accompanying program, which includes a variety of events. 

Photo exhibition "Andrei Daniel - the last seven years" is a guest at Plovdiv Jazz Fest. Photo exhibition "Andrey Daniel - the last seven years" will visit Plovdiv for 3 days. It will be located from 6.11 at 18:00 h. to 8.11 at 18:00 h. in the House of Culture "Boris Hristov". This exhibition is an attempt at a short reportage story with visual accents from the last seven years of the great artist, teacher Prof. Andrey Daniel / 1952 - 2020 /. The exhibition is a project of the Foundation "Vapreki".

On November 7 in Bee Bop Café from 14:00 h. there will be a lecture by Svetoslav Nikolov and Miroslava Katsarova on the work of the Norwegian jazz singer, of Bulgarian origin, Radka Tonef. The event will be held with Jazz FM.

The day after the end of the main program (November 8), the final event for the festival will be the presentation of Mila Ivanova's book "Paper boat on the high seas" and a conversation with its author in Bee Bop Café from 14:00 h.  65 texts on topics, inspired by her real experiences. Each page is a real case, or as Mila says, a real feeling. 65 texts that tell about hopes, fears, nostalgia, passion, beauty, madness, gratitude and love. Some of these essays were written specifically for the collection, others are already known from Mila's blog, and a third she reworked entirely in compiling a "Paper Boat on the High Seas."

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Organizer of Plovdiv Jazz Fest is Blue M.
The event is held with the support of the Municipality of Plovdiv and is part of the Cultural Calendar of the Municipality of Plovdiv for 2020.
The festival is organized in partnership with the Ministry of Culture.
For more information:
Demna Dimitrova
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