Movie-concert “Antenna” from Esthetic Education; Hear some great music at Jazz Jamboree
One of the most outstanding Ukrainian bands, Esthetic Education fronted buy Belgian Louis Franck and remarkable for its Western quality sound, prepared another surprise for its fans. Their new show “Antenna,” to be held Dec. 20, will combine music and film in one unique theatrical performance.
The upcoming concert will become the second momentous event, organized by the band in 2007. The first was the sensational presentation of Esthetic Education’s latest album “Werewolf,” which took a place at the open air Green Theater in May of this year.
After touring Ukraine, Russia and abroad in support of their new album for some time, Esthetic Education are about to open their new winter musical season in very special way. The show “Antenna” will become an original pre-New Year’s gift not only for band’s fans but for all those fascinated with modern art-house films, as along with playing their music, the band will demonstrate “La Antena” – a new work by acclaimed Argentinean cinematographer, film director, and screen writer Esteban Sapir.
The movie-concert will also become a finishing chord before the new stage of band’s activity, as according Esthetic Education guitarist Yuriy Khustochka, in January all the guys are going to India for a long time to draw inspiration for a new album. “We can already say that the mood of future album will be quite different, perhaps, more life-asserting. Therefore, with “Antenna” concert we want to draw a line and walk into a new musical dimension.”
As for the film to be shown, “La Antena” is an ode to freedom of speech and the force of the human voice, incarnated by the refined motions of the silent black and white picture. The second feature film by Esteban Sapir, “La Antena,” was the first Argentinean film in 36 years to be chosen for the official competition and opening of the Rotterdam Film Festival.
Art Arsenal (28-30 Sichnevoho Povstannya, 254-5086). Dec. 20, 7 p.m., Tickets Hr 70
The oldest and one of the most prestigious jazz festivals in Europe, Jazz Jamboree, for the first time in history “goes beyond” the borders of Poland and will be held in Kyiv.
The first festival in Warsaw, known then simply as Jazz ‘58, was held in Sept. 1958 at the Stodola student’s club, with Krakow also hosting a handful of concerts. The Jazz Jamboree quickly became one of the largest and most important festivals in all of Europe.
Jazz Jamboree was always a target for the Soviet authorities who felt the music was aural poison from depraved Western nations. Performance reviews then were understandably scathing (if printed at all,) but even in later years critics were not disinclined to taking a shot at Warsaw’s annual jazz bash. Overall, though Jazz Jamboree in the past has been tainted by censors, ripped by spiteful critics and pathetically exploited as a pro-Soviet tool, it has survived as a long-running and cherished Warsaw institution.
The International jazz concert will take place within the framework of the 49th International Jazz Festival “Jazz Jamboree 2007 Warsaw/Kyiv.” The concert Jazz Jamboree that will take place in Kyiv on Dec. 15 will be the only concert of the first festival event this year. It will feature such Polish masters of jazz as Krzysztof Scieranski and Janusz Strobel, as well as Marysia Sadowska. Apart from Polish masters, Ukrainian artists Volodymyr Solyanyk, Olga Voychenko, Yuliya Roma, Yenver Izmaylov and band Mansound will also perform at the festival. “Jazz Jamboree 2007 Warsaw/Kyiv” will take place under the patronage of the Polish President’s wife Maria Kaczynski.
Ukrainian House (2 Khreshchatyk, 278-3590). Dec. 15, 7 p.m., Tickets Hr 30
