Big Sky
Dear contestants and friends of BIG SKY Competition!
For objective and understandable reasons, we are forced to postpone the terms of in-person qualifying rounds and the final of the competition. We will inform you about the dates additionally.
For objective and understandable reasons, we are forced to postpone the terms of in-person qualifying rounds and the final of the competition. We will inform you about the dates additionally.
Correspondence qualifying round continues!
We accept applications at the link below “Registration in Moscow”.
We accept applications at the link below “Registration in Moscow”.
Marathon “JAZZ IS LIFE”
About the contest
The International Jazz Competition for young musicians «BIG SKY» is held for the third time in 2019-2020. This is a competition of young, aged 18-28 years, musicians, professionally playing, singing, composing and writing jazz.
The competition has a number of additional events: a photo and art exhibition, educational lectures and a workshops program for all lovers of jazz.
Advantages of participation in the competition:
- Lack of registration fee from participants
- Live workshops from world stars of jazz and European management
- Networking with members of the professional music community from more than 20 countries
- The opportunity to perform on the same stage with the stars of jazz
- The opportunity to attract attention and start cooperation with one of the European managers
Organizers
The organizer of this project is «KolosovArtSteps» agency.
WORDS OF THE JURY AND PARTNERS
Buklet of the II International
Jazz competition
of Young musicians
Big Sky
Schedule of past events
Press Conference of the «BIG SKY» competition
ITAR-TASS Regional Center in St. Petersburg (Shpalernaya St., 37, St. Petersburg)
Speakers
- Alexey Kolosov (Russia) – the chairman of the jury and founder of the competition, jazz musician and composer;
- Rocky Malatesta (Italy) – President of the Russian-Italian Center for Economics and Development «CHEZVIR».
- Mikhail Bryzgalov – General Director of the All-Russian Museum Association of Musical Culture named after Glinka, Advisor to the Minister of Culture of the Russian Federation;
- Maria Voloshina (Russia) – founder and director of J&M School, singer and producer.
November 13
- 12:45 – 13:00 Registration of media representatives, welcome coffee
- 13:00 – 13:45 Press Conference
- 13:45 – 14:00 Q&Asession
- 14:00 – 14:30 Media scrums, interviews with speakers
November 14
Workshops by the jury members of the «BIG SKY» competition
“J&M School” (Kuznechnylane, 6, St. Petersburg)
14.00 – 15.00
Hasan Bagirov
guitar mastery
15.15 – 16.15
Sergey Sokolov
mastery of the composer and pianist
16.30 – 17.30
Raffaele Casarano
saxophone mastery
18.00 – 18.45
Maria Voloshina, Olga Skepner
Experience of a business woman: from a singer to a director
19.00 – 20.00
Alexey Kolosov, Olga Skepner, Sergey Sokolov, Matti Lappalainen, Raffaele Casarano, Maria Voloshina
experience of a musician who has become a producer and director of jazz projects
November 15
JAB EXPO (BIG SKY competition stand) (Kazanskaya St., 7, St. Petersburg)
11:00 – 11:45
photo session with jury members of the BIG SKY and grand opening of the JAB
11:45 – 20:00
JAB’s official program
Workshops by the jury members of the «BIG SKY» competition
Concert Hall of Olympia Palace (Liteiny prospect, 14)
14.00 – 15.00
Matti Lappalainen
wind instrument mastery
16.00 – 17.00
Martin Karnolsky
(producer, doctor of theater knowledge and theater art)
(producer, doctor of theater knowledge and theater art)
What is stage behavior, gesture power and audience management
17:00 – 22:00
Concert of the intramural qualifying round of theBIG SKY competition
November 16
JAB EXPO (BIG SKY competition stand) (Kazanskaya St., 7, St. Petersburg)
11:00 – 11:45
photo session with jury members of the BIG SKY
11:45 – 20:00
JAB’s official program
Concert Hall of Olympia Palace (Liteiny prospect, 14)
19:00 – 22:00
Gala concert of the jury of the BIG SKY competition and semi-finalists