Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory (KJC) hosted the annual event, International Jazz Day 2013, where jazz musicians from all over the Valley alongside faculty members of the school performed followed by an open jam session. The celebration of music saw who’s who of Kathmandu attending the event along with the regular music lovers of the Valley.[break]
The Jazz Day saw Hari Maharjan, Riju Tuladhar, Pawan Tandukar, Sameer Chettri, Sarthak Upadhaya and Kiran Shahi perform while Cecilie Giskemo from Norway, Marcus Dengate from Australia and Alvaro Torres from Spain joined the band wagon.
“The International Jazz Day this year was a huge success. We were not expecting this many people but it’s going great,” said Shreeti Pradhan of Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory. According to her, over 300 people attended the event.
During the celebration, which started in the garden and moved to the auditorium in the Moksh premises, acts like Jazz drum solo, bass trio and some soothing acoustic jazz vocals by Nepal Music Center (NMC) and KJC students and faculty members serenaded the event with the crowd yearning for more performances.
Nepal’s first and only Jazz Magazine, ‘Hamro Jazz’, was also formally launched during the event.
The event was also broadcasted live via Revolution Radio.
Related story
Jazz musicians get together at Moksh
