GROOVE and VOCALS – 4 starke Sängerinnen + Bigband

In the organizer's words:

GROOVE and VOCALS - 4 strong singers + big band
The youth jazz orchestra meets Stefan Behrisch (composer/arranger - Berlin/Dresden)
The power of a big band combined with the power of rousing vocals - an explosive mix of funk, energy and pure good vibes! Composed and directed by Stefan Behrisch (collaboration with Jacob Collier, Snarky Puppy, Sarah Connor, WDR Big Band, London Symphony Orchestra, among others).
Big Band. Big Beats. Big Vocals. Music that moves.
Premiere with the Saxony Youth Jazz Orchestra - this summer!

Stefan Behrisch is active worldwide as a composer, arranger, conductor and music producer. Great stylistic openness, versatility and professionalism characterize his work and his approach to music. His work includes orchestral productions with Jacob Collier and Snarky Puppy, Sarah Connor and Max Mutzke, the new version of the "Ring des Nibelungen" for the Cologne Opera, film scores with Howard Shore and Cliff Martinez, jazz productions with Vince Mendoza and Michael Gibbs, world music with Bokanté and much more. Numerous collaborations with the LA Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestre de Paris, Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, HR Sinfonieorchester, Staatskapelle Dresden, WDR Big Band, WDR Sinfonieorchester, Metropole Orkest, BBC Symphony Orchestra and many more.

The JUGEND-JAZZORCHESTER SACHSEN is a big band of the finest caliber. The ensemble, whose stage line-up comprises no more than 20 musicians, has existed in ever-changing formations since 1993 and has delighted both regional audiences and jazz lovers in Canada, Greece, India, Hungary, Israel and wherever else its numerous concert tours have taken it. The artistic direction is also constantly changing in order to give the young musicians, aged between 18 and 26, as diverse an impetus as possible. Jazz greats such as Ed Partyka (Switzerland/USA), Malte Schiller, Jan Schreiner, Janis Steprans (Canada), Milan Svoboda (Czech Republic), Jürgen Friedrich, Carla Bley (USA), Joe Sullivan (Canada), Rolf von Nordenskjöld, Marko Lackner, Al Porcino, Ansgar Striepens, Emiliano Sampaio (Brazil/Austria), Theresia Philipp, Steffen Schorn and Štěpánka Balcarová (Czech Republic) have conducted the band. The overarching motto is always "Think Jazz! Feel Jazz! Be Jazz!"