World premiere of Jat Jazz Bolling Flamenco this Sunday at Sagunto's Auditori Rodrigo
Jorge Pardo and Álex Conde stage the world premiere of Jat Jazz Bolling Flamenco on Sunday 28 June at the Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo in Sagunto, a new project fusing jazz, flamenco and classical music.
The Auditorio Joaquín Rodrigo in Sagunto — named after the city's most celebrated composer, who was born here in 1901 and wrote the Concierto de Aranjuez — hosts the world premiere of Jat Jazz Bolling Flamenco on Sunday 28 June at 20:30. The project pays tribute to French composer Claude Bolling, whose 1975 Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio spent 530 weeks on the Billboard chart and defined jazz-classical crossover. Leading the ensemble is Jorge Pardo (flute), winner of Spain's Premio Nacional de Música Contemporánea in 2015 and a Grammy for Best Jazz Album with Chick Corea's Antidote in 2020. Pianist Álex Conde — a Valencia native, Berklee College of Music graduate and founder of the Piano Flamenco Institute in New York — is responsible for the arrangements. The full ensemble includes Jordi Jiménez (drums), Maite Galarza (cello), Eva Fuster (violin), José Antonio Tello (saxophone) and Manel Chust (percussion). Tickets cost €11. Also this week: the free theatre piece Llueven plays 25-26 June at the Casa Municipal de Cultura, and the tragicomedy Entre el cielo y la tierra is at the Mario Monreal Centre on Saturday 27 June (€7). According to Sagunto City Council.