Jazz music tour to celebrate 2022 European Day of Languages
View(s):The European Union (EU) together with the Embassy of Switzerland, Italian and French Embassies, Alliance Française, Goethe-Institute and the British Council will be hosting a multilingual jazz music tour across three key cities in Sri Lanka, with the view of celebrating this year’s European Day of Languages falling on 26 September.
As part of the broader EU Campaign on a Peaceful and Inclusive Society, the multilingual jazz music tour will feature mainstream, pop rock, jazz fusion, jazz pop and Latin jazz. The tour will begin in Colombo, travel to Kandy, and conclude in Jaffna, sharing the diversity of linguistic heritage with the people of Sri Lanka, to encourage intercultural understanding.
ElianeAmherd (L) and Amanda Ruzza
The inaugural concert will be held in Colombo at the Sri Lanka Foundation Institute on Saturday 24 September, from 6.30pm onwards. It is a free event open to everyone on a first come first served basis. This concert will be followed by a jazz evening in Kandy on Monday 26 September at 7.00pm, at the Slightly Chilled Lounge Bar and Restaurant. The final concert will be held at the Jaffna Public Library on Wednesday 28 September, from 5.30pm onwards.
The event will feature performances by singer, guitarist and songwriter Eliane Amherd and bassist, band leader, composer, and producer Amanda Ruzza in German, French, Italian, Portuguese and English.
Born in Switzerland, Eliane Amherd lives in New York and the city’s savvy multicultural energy has had an influence in the unique sound of her original compositions which are jazzy, groovy and rooted in African, Brazilian and Latin music. A talented composer and lyricist and a graduate of the New School University for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Eliane performs as a leader or a featured artiste in New York’s premiere clubs.
Born in São Paulo, Brazil to a Chilean mother and an Italian father, Amanda Ruzza grew up in a house humming with music. Amanda began playing bass and engaging in professional performance early. Eventually, in Brazil, she worked with distinguished Brazilian producers and arrangers, including Grammy Award winner MoogieCanazio, Maestro Jobam and Sony Music Japan’s Osny Mello.
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