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ENERO DE 2018
P
anama will be turned,
once again, into The City
of Jazz. From January 15
until 20, 2018, the city will be cele-
brating the XV edition of the Panama
Jazz Festival, one of the most impor-
tant summer events in the country,
under the slogan “From the heart of
Latin America to the World.”
Over the lasts 15 years, the suc-
cess achieved by the Panama Jazz
Festival shows no less than the
growing interest in the event by peo-
ple of all ages. A wide audience will
be enjoying the great spectacle with
magnificent performances by the
music groups supporting the event,
created in 2013 by the Danilo Pérez
Foundation.
The musical event represents “a
new social, cultural, economic mo-
del, based on the idea that music pre-
vents us from violence, puts an end to
extreme poverty circle, social inequa-
lities, and other problems present in
today’s society, in order to create a
sustainable and equitable society in
Panama.”, said Patricia Zárate, exe-
cutive manager at the festival.
“In the long run, we hope the
festival model expands not only to
Latin American countries, but also
to the rest of the world. In addition,
we hope there’s an expansion in the
social development platform that it
has been working on so more people
benefit from the event. That way it
will be possible helping with the de-
velopment in the outermost regions of
Panama’s capital city.”
Danilo Pérez agreed with his staff
that Casco Antiguo and La Ciudad
del Saber, located in Clayton, will
host the event in 2018. There will be
plenty of activities such as concerts,
symposia, music workshops, and the
promotion of education programs so
Chucho Valdés
P anamá
Jazz Fest:
Wayne Shorter Quartet
15 years of melodies
for the soul and heart
A rtists of different genres , from various
countries of the world , will meet again in our
country to provide a repertoire of sound melodies
XV version of the P anama J azz F estival ,
which has a legal framework based on L aw
N o . 312, wich establishes this event , and that it
will begin to be effective on J anuary 2018.
in the
as the public can participate and win
scholarships to study in America’s
Berklee College of Music or in New
England Conservatory.
Los Patrones de la Cumbia, Samy
y Sandra Sandoval will put some of
the Latin Twist to this event, while
stars like the Cuban, 9-time Grammy
winner Chucho Valdés, Brazilian jazz
songwriter Luciana Souza, American
pianist and composer Ran Blake, and
many others, will be in charge of har-
monizing and playing beautiful, exqui-
site melodies during the festival.
Gala Concert and Closing
During this meeting, emotions will
melt along with the musical notes in
both the stage and the heart and soul
of the public. It also will be celebrated
a gala night in Centro de Convencio-
nes Atlapa on January 17, 8:00 pm.
On the occasion, Danilo Pérez and the
quartet Wayne Short y Orquesta will
delight the public with their music, to-
gether with other special guests such
as Bill Dobbins, Luciana Souza
and Samy y Sandra Sandoval.
To close with a flourish,
as every year, there will
be an open-air closing
concert, in La Ciudad
del Saber quadrangle,
the very last day of
Panama Jazz Festival
on January 20, 2018,
from 3 pm to 9:30
pm. You can’t miss it!
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