SIRIUS, 12 MayJazz performers, participants in the World Youth Festival, with whom agreements were reached during the event, will perform at the jazz festival in Moscow in June, and in Sochi in September, said saxophonist, People's Artist of Russia Igor Butman.
According to him, the World Youth Festival, which took place in March on the federal territory of Sirius, discovered new jazz talents. 
“Well, firstly, we have guys whom we invited to the World Youth Festival, and now they have come to us for the Jazz Days in Sirius. Today our Uzbek friends will perform, Turkish friends will come to us in the fall, we are still waiting guys from Cameroon. They will show their programs interesting and very original. Cameroon will perform at the festival in Moscow in June, and in September they will most likely come to us in Sochi. This is the bass guitarist and singer Richard Bona, one of the most original musicians of our time.” , – said Butman on the sidelines of the Jazz Days project in Sirius.
He explained that the venue for performances at the anniversary festival in Sochi remains the same, however, the organizing committee does not exclude the possibility of new places for concerts, especially now that the festival will last a week at the resort. “We play at different venues, and we see the resort city as one of the capitals of jazz festival life. We will definitely bring something new to our 15th jazz festival in Sochi,” concluded Butman.
The annual project “Days of Jazz” started on the federal territory of Sirius on May 11. The event opened with a gala concert by Russian saxophonist Igor Butman. Leading Russian and foreign musicians will present their original compositions in a modern jazz interpretation to the listeners over the course of three days. For the first time as part of the project For the first time as part of the project, jazz performers from Uzbekistan will perform on the stage of Sirius University.
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