August. 28, 2020 – On Thursday, August 27, 2020, with the opening of the exhibition “Jazz Greats in the Ethnographic Museum”, the Split Open Jazz Fair 2020 began. It is a photographic exhibition of portraits of jazz musicians by Davor Hrvoj from Zagreb, the doyen of Croatian jazz journalism (“It’s time for jazz”).
Hrvoj started working in journalism in the 1980s and published his works in numerous Croatian newspapers, such as Jutarnji list, Vijenac, and Gloria. He was a member of the international jury for the European Jazz Prize and is currently a member of several cultural councils and a leader of jazz events in Croatia. Besides, he is a permanent member of the Croatian Journalists’ Association as a freelance journalist and the Croatian Music Union, the Croatian Society of Composers, and the Croatian Association of Independent Artists.
“Why portraits? Because in this way, with the help of a telephoto lens, it’s possible to get closer to the gestures of artists and the spirit of jazz music and what musicians feel and the way they think. Unlike most other photographers, I like to wait for the end of a concert, when artists are already losing control of their behavior and their gestures. Then I catch them in those moments when they are truly natural when they are truly what they are”, the author explains.
After the opening, there will be two concert evenings at Đardin as part of the Urban Culture Review – EVO RUKE 7 with, as always, free admission. The exhibition is open to visitors until 18.09.
“Since jazz is my life, as is theirs, this is how I try to capture the essence of jazz”, Hrvoj concludes.
The program for two evenings of the concert program can be found below.
On Friday, 28.08.2020. perform:
21:00 – Peter Smith & The Hosters, Split,
22:00 – Elena Stella & A.J.Jazz Trio, Zadar/Biograd
On Saturday, 29.08.2020. perform:
21:00 – Doringo, Zagreb,
22:00 – Just Jazzy, Split
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