Live Jazz events & concerts in Greece

A grand prize of € 4,000 will be awarded to the winner. The 7 Virtual Jazz Club is a non-profit all volunteer association dedicated to support jazz music in all its forms. The 7 Virtual Jazz Club website hosts the first fully global online jazz competition in history. The contest welcomes musicians of all ages. Musicians may be amateurs or professionals. Our aim is to unearth hidden musical talent focusing on the new trends that have emerged in jazz.

The 7 Virtual Jazz Club continues its worldwide search for emerging and underrecognized creative musicians from all ages and backgrounds. The winner will receive € 4,000, while another € 2,000 will go to the best new talent (the “Best new talent” is a musician—soloist or band member—who is considered the best musician by the jury, even if he or she doesn’t reach the finals) and the musicians who tally the most popular votes by the web community will receive € 1,000.

To enter the contest, soloists and groups pay a small registration fee and submit a video (maximum seven minutes) of their performance. Entries will be judged by a panel of international jazz experts (MEET THE EXPERTS) comprised of some of the most respected journalists, musicians and educators in the field.

INTERNATIONAL JUDGING PANEL – 2017 Edition

Clarence Chang (Ceo of Jazz World – Producer) – Hong Kong

Eddy Determeyer (journalist and broadcaster) – The Netherlands

Marcela Breton (journalist, member of the Jazz Journalist Association) – Colombia

Nick Davies (journalist for All About Jazz – Radio speaker) – UK

Hryar Attarian (journalist for All About Jazz) – USA

Fernando R. de Mondesert (art director “Jazz En Domenicana, member of the Jazz Journalist Association) – Dominican Republic

José Deluna (teacher and musician) – Spain

Dubi Lenz (journalist, broadcaster, art director “The Red Sea Jazz Festival”) – Israel

Dmitry Baevsky (musician and teacher) – Russia

Arnaldo DeSouteiro (member of the JJA – NARAS-Grammy voting member- founder of the Jazz Station Records label) – Brazil

Ares Tavolazzi (musician and teacher) – Italy

Aurélien Pitavy (Art director of Charlie Free – Le Moulin à Jazz) – France

Debbie Mari (musician and teacher at the UKZN – School of Music Jazz Studies) – South Africa

Greg Stott (musician and teacher at the Australian National University) – Australia

Jeri Brown (musician and teacher at the Concordia University Montreal) – Canada

Prizes and winners of the 1st edition of the 2016 contest

1st prize: € 4,000 to Nicole Johanntgen (CHE)

2nd prize: € 2,000 to The Jazz Fingers (ESP)

3rd prize: € 1,000 to Miguel Andrés Tejada (DOM)

About the 7 Virtual Jazz Club

Website
www.7virtualjazzclub.net