From November 2, the 37th edition of this musical event will rock autumn evenings for a month.
Hearts high among the organizing team of the jazz festival which, around President René Grauby, invited partners and fans of the blue note on Friday evening. An invitation to learn about the program for the next 2024 festival. A 37th edition which will take place from November 2 to 29. What about this unmissable musical event which punctuates autumnal evenings every year with never-waning passion? “Five evenings; five jazz cellars; two jazz Sundays; a conference concert; six school activities in middle and primary schools; a cinema session, a photo exhibition. 73 musicians including 7 Cubans, 4 Italians, a singer Australian, a Spanish singer, a Hungarian saxophonist, a Swedish guitarist, a Dutch drummer, an American multi-instrumentalist, 56 French musicians including 40 regional and departmental”confided the first manager. Jazz/Conilhac in the land of Aude will embody the universality of jazz music for a month. Through the 20 nationalities represented, a remarkable cultural “melting pot”, the first parts of all evenings of which will be devoted to the expression of exclusively personal compositions. “There will be no standard, this is very interesting for all of us”welcomed René Grauby. A high-level, very eclectic program capable of uniting and attracting a wide range of people. The long-awaited return of Richard Galliano; the talented musicians of Swing Ambassadors and Susana Sheiman, one of the most assertive voices in current Spanish jazz; the seductive Sarah Mckenzie, the irremovable Italian saxophonist Stéfano Di Battista, the thunderous formation El committee will punctuate the 37th edition of the festival in apotheosis. A festival largely supported by institutional partners. “This festival is eagerly awaited because it is one of the most beautiful, high-quality programs that we have on our territory,” rejoiced André Hernandez, the president of the Corbières and Minervois intercommunality. “A festival which has all the ingredients necessary for success, that is to say, an army of volunteers, real quality of shows, a constant partnership; quality shows, which touch everyone, this seems essential to me” , added Gérard Barthez, vice-president of the community of communes. Equally laudatory comments from departmental advisors. For Sébastien Gasparini: “The Conilhac jazz festival in Aude is an illustration of access to culture open to all. It is a desire of the Department, it is important to remember it in these times”. Valérie Dumontet noted what the organization of such a musical event represents: “We will finally know the result of hours and hours of hard work by volunteers. We are all impatient to achieve the ecstasy of the blue note”. It was up to Serge Brunel, mayor of the town, to punctuate the press conference: “37 years ago it took audacity to undertake this adventure born from a desire with the Department, an adventure which today has a reputation on a regional scale; it is the jazz festival of the Aude department This does not mean that we are exclusive but open. . Words in harmony with the universal character of this next edition.
