𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐉𝐀𝐙𝐙 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐗𝐕𝐈

Green Hours has the pleasure of presenting the 16th edition of Green Hours JAZZ Fest, a landmark on Bucharest’s music scene and one of the most beloved events.
Taking place in the intimate garden of our club, on 120 Calea Victoriei, right in the heart of the city, Green Hours JAZZ Fest will lead us on a 4 days journey around the world, featuring 8 eclectic and breathtaking concerts.
Many thanks to the audience, to our cultural partners, our sponsors and our friends for making it happen.
Special thanks to EUNIC Romania.

See you in the garden!

𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟒-𝟕, 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔
𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐭.𝐫𝐨

𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐬𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩
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𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐬: 𝐑𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚

𝟒 𝐕𝐈

𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐏 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 [RO]
Music made in Transylvania

Ștefan Ormenișan – piano, keyboards
Alex Cioată – bass
Tamas Iszlai – drums

MINDTHEGAP is an instrumental piano trio born in Transylvania that belongs to the new generation of cross genre Romanian jazz groups, with a unique style defined by a complex sound reminiscent of film music, nu jazz, fusion and progressive rock.

MINDTHEGAP Trio stands out of the crowd on the contemporary jazz scene by showing an ensemble leading rather than the traditional single leader scheme, allowing the music to benefit from the shared creative development and the concept of unity through diversity.
Their compositions are inspired by the multicultural diversity of Transylvania, with raw and emotional harmonic schemes blending improvised solo’s and complex rhythms, allowing the audience to enjoy a diverse and unique soundscape.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑒 / 𝐼𝐶𝑅

𝐘𝐔𝐌𝐈 𝐈𝐓𝐎 [CH]

Yumi Ito – voice, piano
Alessio Cazzetta – guitar
Nadav Erlich – double bass
Iago Fernández – drums

„The Swiss-Polish-Japanese vocalist, pianist, and composer creates complex soundscapes with piano and vocal improvisation that stretch from pop to avant-garde.” (Jazzwise Magazine)

Yumi Ito is recognized by critics as one of the most original and exciting voices in contemporary jazz. Based in Basel, Switzerland, the award-winning artist performs regularly around the world and has shared the stage with Al Jarreau, Becca Stevens, and Mark Turner.

A prize winner of the Montreux Jazz Competition, Yumi Ito was selected for the Focus Year Program under Wolfgang Muthspiel at the Jazzcampus Basel (2017–2018), received the High Priority Jazz Grant from Pro Helvetia (2022–2024), and was unanimously chosen by the jury for the European Showcase at Jazzahead! in Bremen (2024).

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝐸𝑚𝑏𝑎𝑠𝑠𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑎 / 𝑆𝑐ℎ𝑤𝑒𝑖𝑧𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑜𝑡𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑎𝑓𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑅𝑢𝑚𝑎̈𝑛𝑖𝑒𝑛 & 𝑆𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑆𝑝𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑠’ 𝐹𝑢𝑛𝑑

𝟓 𝐕𝐈

𝐏𝐀́𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐂𝐙𝐊𝐘 𝐐𝐔𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐄𝐓 [HU]

András Párniczky – guitar
Péter Bede – alto saxophone, tárogató (Hungarian flute)
Péter Ajtai – double bass
Ágoston Szabó-Sipos – drums

European jazz is slowly moving away from the American mainstream style, retaining all its important values, yet creating an independent improvisational musical language. The Párniczky Quartet was created in 2016 with the aim to play the reworkings of the bandleader from Béla Bartók’s pieces.
The current repertoire includes equally elements of chamber jazz, contemporary classical and folk music.

„Bartók Electrified is an excellent fresh and modern jazz project built on one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. Do not miss it!” SK Jazz

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑠𝑧𝑡 𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑒́𝑧𝑒𝑡 𝐵𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝐕𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐈𝐒 / 𝐑𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐍 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐂𝐊𝐄𝐑 / 𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐈𝐄𝐋 𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐍 [FR]
𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄𝐒 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒

Vincent Courtois – cello
Daniel Erdmann – tenor saxophone
Robin Fincker – clarinet and tenor saxophone

After twelve years of existence, five repertoires and five albums, including the famous “Love of Life” recorded in California, a tour of the United States, dozens of concerts all over Europe, and still the same enthusiasm for getting together, the Courtois/Erdmann/Fincker trio has decided to confront its shared experience, its obvious complicity and above all its unique sound, with its natural reminiscences of West-Coast jazz.
Was it a simple desire to explore or a need to pay tribute? Exorcising old demons or the need to get closer to unfulfilled loves?
With their new creation, Lines for lions, the unmissable trio continue to dig, intimately and as a single musician, the furrow of their own language, nourished by their multiple influences.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡 𝑓𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑐̧𝑎𝑖𝑠 𝑑𝑒 𝑅𝑜𝑢𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑒 𝑎̀ 𝐵𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝟔 𝐕𝐈

𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐈 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐨 [IT]

Giovanni Guidi – piano
Joe Rehmer – bass
Enrico Morello – drums

”Thanks to Joe and Enrico, I start from my repertoire to move towards more intense sounds and rhythms, with a nod to Alice Coltrane.
Joe Rehmer (bass) and Enrico Morello (drums) are two travel companions with whom I have shared many adventures and audiences. This new trio is a way for me to explore a new freedom, starting from my catalogue to move towards more intense sounds and rhythms, with a nod to Alice Coltrane. The trio, after a first tour in South Africa and Namibia in May 2024, has developed both in the version with acoustic piano and with Wurlitzer, adapting to very different locations and moods.” Giovanni Guidi

𝐅𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐁𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐙𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐈 / 𝐆𝐈𝐎𝐕𝐀𝐍𝐍𝐈 𝐆𝐔𝐈𝐃𝐈 [IT]

Francesco Bearzatti – saxophone
Giovanni Guidi – piano

Narrator and Innovator, everywhere a foreigner and yet profoundly Italian, a jazz musician irresistibly attracted to revolutionary processes in his eternal search for creating, Francesco Bearzatti is returning to Green Hours, second year in a row, this time presenting an incredible and poetic duo with Giovanni Guidi.

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝐼𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡𝑜 𝐼𝑡𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑖 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑎 𝐵𝑢𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝟕 𝐕𝐈

𝐒𝐋𝐎𝐖𝐊𝐋𝐀𝐍𝐆 [AT]

Amina Bouroyen – vocals
Robin Gadermaier – e-bass, foot organ
Robert Unterköfler – saxophone

With a lineup of voice/saxophone/bass, the Vienna-based trio slowklang creates unorthodox, decelerated soundscapes that exist between song form and advanced improvisation. Improvisation meets atmospheric sounds, spontaneity meets emotionality.

“Three exciting young talents of Austrian jazz (…), they sharpen their profile in a distinctive way with the trio’s original music.“ — Ö1 Jazz editorial team

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑂̈𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑐ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝐾𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑢𝑚 𝐵𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐀𝐒 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐘𝐑 / 𝐂𝐇𝐑𝐈𝐒 𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐋 [DE]
Matthias Lindermayr – vocals
Chris Gall – piano

“…Matthias Lindermayr possesses one of the most mature, structured, and relaxed trumpet tones that has emerged in Germany in recent years.” (Jazzthetik)

„Chris Gall provides evidence that jazz is alive and kicking in Germany” (Jazzwise Magazine)

𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑢𝑝𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐺𝑜𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒-𝐼𝑛𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑢𝑡 𝐵𝑢𝑘𝑎𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑡

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𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐬: 𝐆𝐃𝐒, 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦, 𝐉𝐚𝐳𝐳.𝐫𝐨, 𝐁𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐛𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬

𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦:
𝐑𝐨𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐌𝐢𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞, 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫
𝐑𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐮, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐫
𝐕𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬̦, 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐫

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