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The Festival poster made by Jorge Arévalo.

The international festival JAZZMADRID20 will entertain the capital until November 29 with a line-up made up exclusively of national artists

It will be dedicated to the memory of the saxophonist Pedro Iturralde, recently deceased at the age of 91.

One more year, and facing the Covid-19,

Madrid becomes the jazz capital for a whole month

.

Lovers of this style will finally be able to enjoy, from November 5 to 29, not only music with a complete program of concerts but also conferences, film screenings, theater and other activities for all audiences around jazz.

The current health situation has forced the organizers to make the poster for this edition of the Madrid International Jazz Festival exclusively composed of the best of the national scene, although this time

Perro Iturralde

, one of the best Spanish jazz players,

will not be present.

of history, who died on November 1 at the age of 91.

Yes it will be in spirit, since everything

the contest will be dedicated to the memory of the Navarrese saxophonist

.

Luis Martín, artistic director of the festival, will be in charge of inaugurating the JAZZMADRID20 program on Thursday, November 5 with the conference

The first years of jazz in Madrid

, which will take place at

7:00

p.m.

at the National Library of Spain (Paseo de Recoletos, 20-22).

To attend it is essential to register at www.bne.es.

Those who prefer to stay at home can follow the presentation on the Internet.

DorantesGuillaume Mollier

The flamenco airs will occupy a good part of the edition, with proposals such as the piano by

Dorantes

, which presents the show

El tiempo por witness

(Tuesday, November 10, at 8:30 p.m., in Fernán Gómez. Cultural Center of the Villa. 16 euros ), the voice of

Mariola Membrives

, who has just released

Lorca, Spanish Songs

(Thursday, November 12, at 8:30 p.m., at Fernán Gómez. Centro Cultural de la Villa. 16 euros), or the flute of

María Toro

(Saturday November 21, at 8:30 p.m., in Fernán Gómez. Cultural Center of the Villa. 16 euros).

But there will be no shortage of the essential names of our national scene, such as the double bass player

Javier Colina

and his recently created Lockdown Band (with Antonio Serrano, Josemi Carmona and Borja Barrueta), the percussionist

Tino di Geraldo

or the incombustible composer, guitarist, arranger and record producer

Suso Sáiz

.

Among the two-way proposals, the contest will feature the couples formed by

Martirio and Chano Domínguez

,

Pepe Rivero and María Berasarte

and

Antonio Serrano & Constanza Lechner

.

The

Madrid Municipal Symphonic Band

will also have a space and will offer the

Jazz Winds and Voices

concert

on Tuesday, November 10, at 7:30 p.m., at the Monumental Theater (free admission. Invitations will be available a week before at the box office of the Teatro, Atocha, 65, or on the web).

Chano Domínguez and Martirio Lou-Valerie-Dubuis.

Although the festival's concerts will be by national artists, you will also be able to hear something from outside, thanks to international cultural entities, such as the French Institute of Madrid or the Polish Institute of Culture, which

will bring

the Congolese pianist

Ray Lema

, the singer French

Sarah Lenka

and Polish pianist Marcin Masecki, respectively.

Pedro Iturralde

The poster

will

undoubtedly

miss this year the Navarrese saxophonist Pedro Iturralde

, recently deceased at 91 years of age.

The musician, performer and composer, in addition to the great reference of Spanish jazz, was going to perform with his usual quartet on November 23 at the Galileo room, where he would show his characteristic style molded with the forms of hard-bop.

Instead, on Wednesday, November 25, it will be held in the Multipurpose Room.

Fernán Gómez.

Centro Cultural de la Villa (at 6 p.m.) the conference

A tribute to Pedro Iturralde

, in which Luis Martín, artistic director of JAZZMADRID20,

will review the tremendous career of this jazz master

, who after seven decades on stage, I was still willing to do it at this festival (free admission).

The saxophonist Pedro Iturralde. Paco Manzano.

Data of interest

When:

from November 5 to 29

Where:

the main venues are the Fernán Gómez Centro Cultural de la Villa (Plaza de Colón, 4), CentroCentro (Plaza Cibeles, 1A).

There will also be concerts at the Condeduque Contemporary Culture Center, the Círculo de Bellas Artes and the National Library of Spain.

How much:

from 0 to 25 euros.

More information and program at www.festivaljazzmadrid.es

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