10 times held, Java Jazz Festival Serve Special Performances
Jakarta, Jia Xiang – the Java Jazz Festival, which this year is the 10th staging, still earned positive response musicians abroad. The organisers will optimize this momentum to promote the batik and wayang as one of Indonesia's cultural products.
According to Dewi Gontha, the Java Jazz Festival, fewer times with themes of Batik, Wayang and Jazz, will be presenting a more interesting spectacle. Before its implementation on Friday 28 February tomorrow at Jakarta International Expo (JI), he continued, the jazz musicians in the country and abroad are ready to perform appropriate agenda.
"I am proud to be able to hold back the Java Jazz Festival, which this year is the 10th festival. And this is not an easy job. With all hope and passion we strive to provide the best for jazz lovers in the motherland, "said Dewi Gontha told Jia Xiang Hometown in Jakarta, Wednesday (27/2/14).
He thanked Indonesia jazz musicians, and foreign countries, the mass media, and sponsors who have supported so that the festival was back. "This is one of trust and the fruit of hard work," he said.
Paul Dankmeyer, Program Director at the Java Jazz Festival, explains that the event lasted three days agenda (January 28 – March 2), displays 385 foreign jazz musicians, and more than 1,000 musicians Indonesia. They will show off his ability in the event that he designed a day 60 gigs. Thus there is entirely 180 performances during the three days.
"The best program we have set up the Java Jazz Edition 10. We look forward to this year's festival could meet the ekspekstasi of the visitors of the festival. In addition there are special performances are only seen in the Java Jazz birthday 10th, "he said.
The same Explanation also delivered Johan Lile, Brand Manager for Clear, as the party that became the main sponsor of the Java Jazz Festival. [For/W5]