Istanbul Jazz Festival

In June and July, Turkish government hosts several kinds of festivals. Istanbul International Jazz Festival is one of them and will be held from July 3nd to 18th this year. Established by the Istanbul Foundation of Culture and Arts with the patronage of Garanti Bank in 1984, Istanbul International Jazz Festival features a wide selection of jazz music performed by worldwide artists. From then on, admired by music lovers around the world, Istanbul International Jazz Festival becomes a dominant festival with more diversified styles. Istanbul International Jazz Festival doesn't only provide a stage for jazz music. Instead, other music elements, such as pop, blues, folk, new age, reggae, rock are thus added into Istanbul International Jazz Festival.


Boasting as one of the most best organized festivals in Europe, Istanbul International Jazz Festival was characterized by world-distinguished artists, including Eric Clapton, Björk, Sting, and Mercedes Sosa. This year, the Grammy awards winner Norah Jones will participate in the festival to feast Jazz fans acoustically. Filling the sky of Istanbul with her special and alluring voice, Norah Jones is expected to perform at Cemil Topuzlu, a theater with a capacity of 4,000. Noteworthily, at Sepetçiler Palace, which commands the breathtaking view of Bosporus, another Grammy winner Michael Bolton will plunge his pop and rock music into the Jazz atmosphere in Istanbul International Jazz Festival. Besides them, other outstanding artists, like Led Zeppelin, Bryan Ferry, Robin Gibb, Randy Crawford, and Joe Sample are expected to devote themselves to Istanbul International Jazz Festival.


If you like pure Jazz more, Istanbul International Jazz Festival also invites many pure Jazz masters, including Sibel Köse, Michiel Borstlap, Selçuk Sun, Bodil Niska Quartet, Mike Stern, Steps Ahead, Freddy Cole Quartet, Sarp Maden Quartet, Selim Benba Group, Okay Temiz. Hopefully, by bathing in such a relaxing surrounding of Jazz will you get rid of the bustling daily life. Have fun in Istanbul International Jazz Festival!


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For more information, please link to the official website of Istanbul International Jazz Festival.