EYJO 2008 The German band leader and composer Niels Klein will lead the EYJO 08.
Musicians for the EYJO 08:
Lead Trumpet: Christoph Moschberger - Germany
Trumpet: Eivind Nordset Lønning – Norway
Trumpet: Konstantins Jemeljanovs – Latvia
Trumpet: Kalevi Louhivuori – Finland
Lead Alto Saxophone: Tara Davidson – Canada
Alto Saxophone: Petr Kalfus - Czech Republic
Tenor Saxophone: Kristian Brink - Sweden
Tenor Saxophone: Jure Pukl - Slovenia
Baritone Saxophone: Kasper Wagner - Denmark
Trombone: Fidel Fourneyron - France
Trombone: Andreas Tschopp - Switzerland
Trombone: Antonis Andreou - Greece
Bass Trombone: Bernhard Neumaier – Austria
Guitar: Quentin Liégois - Belgium
Piano: Alexandru Racovita - Romania
Bass: Robert Landfermann - Germany
Drums: Matt Jacobson - Ireland
EYJO 2007 - Conductor Lars Møller, Danish
Trumpet Antonio Gecek - Croatian, Jean-Paul Estiévenart - Belgian, Novak Mijovic - Serbian, Lukas Thöni - Swiss, Brice Moscardini - Francais.
Trombone Magnus Wiklund - Swedish, Colm O’Hara - Irish, Scott Annison - Scottish, Ivan Platner - Serbian.
Reeds Jaka Kopac - Slovenian, Maria Faust - Estonian, Chet Doxas - Canadian, Jørgen Mathisen - Norwegan, Robert Mitrega - Czeck.
Guitar Durk Hijma - Dutch, Piano Aki Rissanen - Finnish, Double bass Stanislavs Judins - Latvian, Drums Jonas Burgwinkel- German.
The European Jazz Orchestra (the former EBU Big Band) is an orchestra composed of professional musicians from European and North American countries, touring the Continent for three weeks - each year in the spring - presenting new written big band music under the aegis of the Danish-based organization Swinging Europe and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU).
Each year the band has a completely new line-up: new musicians, new composers and a new conductor.
EJO 2008
The German band leader and composer Niels Klein will lead the EJO 08.
Critics said "If this is your introduction to the European Youth Jazz Orchestra (EYJO), don't let the name fool you. It is not a student band. The players are indeed young; they must not be over 30. However, they have a wealth of experience in their home countries." - Bill Falconer; jazzreview.com
”What the world needs now is more swinging and less skirmishing; long live Swinging Europe and the EJO!” … “What a great (one is almost tempted to say “civilized”) idea: an orchestra composed of young musicians from European countries, touring the Continent for three weeks and presenting a series of concerts under the aegis of the Danish-based organization Swinging Europe and the European Broadcasting Union (EBU). Each year, new musicians, composers and conductors are singled out as mentors.“ - Jack Bowers; All about Jazz
About
The two people behind the whole project are Erik Moseholm and Birgit Vinge. In 2008 it will be the 11th time that they have organized the “Swinging Europe” concept. In 1998 they commissioned Pierre Dorge from Denmark to conduct, followed by Francois Théberge (France), Helge Albin (Sweden), Benjamin Herman (The Netherlands), Django Bates (UK), Bruno Tomasso (Italy) and Pedro Moreira (Portugal). Then in 2005 the EBU Big Band and “Swinging Europe” were merged. Since then the EBU’s jazz producers have taken turns in choosing the composers and conductors – Vic Vogel (Canada) 2005, Barrie Forgie (UK) 2006 and Lars Moller (Denmark) 2007.
The project is kindly supported by the Culture Programme of the EU-Commission, the Danish Ministry of Culture and the Ikast-Brande Municipality.
I hope the tour is going good and successfull. Best wishes to Eric, Birgit, Ib and all the guys in the band. Best wishes from Belgrade. Sincerelly Yours,
