Bariton Sax
Duncan Robert McElman
Tenor Sax
Lachlan McGargill, Isaac Power
Alto Sax
Ivan Yordanov, Márton Papp
Trombones
Mads Haupt Clausen, Andrej Župančić, Sergio Vicente Aranguren, Connor Gentry
Trumpets
Pilvi Kokkonen, Juan Manuel Lagunes Vásquez, Lazar Šarenac, Àlex Fernández Ponce
Bass
Ursula Harrison
Drums
Matteo De Vito
Guitar
Javier Cartín Zúñiga
Piano
Daniel Bulatkin
Vocal
Milica Anđelić
Comprised of best young jazz musicians from around the world, the JM Jazz World Orchestra sets off from Grožnjan in Istria on their 2024 tour led by renowned American trombonist Luis Bonilla. The orchestra is a Jeunesses Musicales International project, and to become a part of it, musicians must face tough competition at an annual audition.
For over 12 years, the Orchestra has worked with some of the finest conductors and soloists, touring and performing at prestigious venues and jazz festivals across Europe and the world with renowned musicians such as Renne Manning, Jim Rotondy, KarlHeinz MIklin, John Rilley, Hector Martignon, Gonzalo Rublacaba, Andy Mc Kee, Alex Sipiagin, Dick Oatts, Famoadou don Moye, Boris Kozlow and others. There was also a significant collaboration with the Brussels Jazz Orchestra and Maria Scnheider, as well as a performance in Milan with Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Young Croatian musicians who were a part of the Orchestra were Valdemar Kušan, trumpet, Hrvoje Kralj, double bass, Jakov Varezić, saxophone, Hrvoje Štefanić and Zvonimir Marković, trombones, and Borna Pehar, piano.
The JM Jazz World Orchestra continues to
thrive under the mentorship of Luis Bonilla, its Artistic Director.
Hailing from Costa Rica, Bonilla grew up in California then trained and
specialized in the performance of a wide range of musical genres. The
trombonist, composer and educator is an internationally recognised
force, having been mentored by the great Lester Bowie during his time as
trombonist in Bowie’s Brass Fantasy. He has worked with the likes of
McCoy Tyner, Dizzy Gillespie, Tom Harrell, Freddie Hubbard, Astrud
Gilberto, Willie Colon and Toshiko Akiyoshi. In the pop world, Bonilla
has recorded and toured with such icons as Tony Bennett, Alejandro Sanz,
Diana Ross, Marc Anthony, La India, Mary J. Blige and, most recently,
Phil Collins on his European and Latin American tours. On top of this
Luis Bonilla has worked in music education at such institutions as
Temple University, the Manhattan School of Music and the New England
Conservatory. Since 2019 he is a regular professor at the Kunst
University in Graz - jazz department.
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We would like to thank the Society of Friends of Dubrovnik Antiquity for their help in the realisation of the programme.
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Foto (c) Davor Delač
