The Philippine International Jazz & Arts Festival (colloquially as, P.I.Jazzfest) is a music festival that takes place in the Philippines. Formerly called the Philippine International Jazz & Ethnic Arts Festival, the event is organized by the "PIJazz Foundation" and presents international jazz musicians along with prominent Philippine jazz and world artists.
The first P.I. Jazzfest edition took place through January 20-23, 2006, which featured Eumir Deodato and Kevin Lettau; and the second, which featured Diane Schuur, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira and Eldar Djangirov. In 2008, the P.I.JazzFest, now a member of the Asia Jazz Festival Organization, featured Lee Ritenour, Kurt Elling, Omar Sosa, Raul Midon, Sara Gazarek, Chico & the Gypsies, Incognito, Laurence Elder, Frank Woeste Trio, Lorraine Demarais alongside numerous Filipino jazz performers from the Philippines peninsula and abroad.
P.I.JazzFest is involved with UNICEF, and is committed to bring jazz (and improvisation) awareness to the youth through school workshops such as the JazzKamp summer music training course and the JAZZERO Talent Search. ~wikipedia
ABOUT P.I.JAZZFEST FOUNDATION: (Febuary 5, 2012)
Founded in 2005, PI JazzFest is a non-stock, non-profit foundation with a vision to promote music and art through cultural exchange, wherein artists may share each country’s styles and tradition. It is the largest jazz festival in the Philippines and a member of the Asian Jazz Festival Organization.
Working with sponsors, grant organizations, and foreign embassies, the festival presents hundreds of international performers and Filipino musicians over multiple days. PIJazzfest 2012 will be similarly international in scope, with twenty-one days of simultaneous “jazztivities”, from February 11 to 29, including campus workshops, mall tours, cultural events, special shows and concerts. ~pijazzfest.com/who-we-are
P.I.JAZZFEST official website homepage: ~pijazzfest.com
The P.I.Jazzfest Foundation Board of Trustees, L to R) Hilarion Viray Jr, Sandra Lim-Viray. Ma Zenaida Celdran, Edgardo Avenir
(Photo copied on February 5, 2012)
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