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Ed Partyka wird neuer musikalischer Leiter des Zurich Jazz Orchestra – Jazz’n’More
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ZJO: Neue Leitung – Jazzthing
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Ed Partyka wird neuer musikalischer Leiter des Zurich Jazz Orchestra – Jazzzeitung.de
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Ed Partyka wird neuer musikalischer Leiter des Zurich Jazz Orchestra – Fono Forum
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Ed Partyka wird neuer musikalischer Leiter des Zurich Jazz Orchestra – nmz
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Partyka wird Leiter des Zurich Jazz Orchestra – Schweizer Musikzeitung
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Jazz Collection mit Sophia Nidecker: Michel Godard – To Be Tuba
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Meine Herren – es werde Struktur!
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CANCELLATION AND POSTPONEMENT TO AUTUMN

On the fringe of his ZJO candidate concert in November 2019, Ed Partyka proposed a project with Thomas Gansch: After the ZJO has played exclusively existing programs with Gansch up to now, Partyka will arrange some compositions by Gansch for this evening and present them as world premieres. Partyka is internationally active and works as […]

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Jazzclub Moods
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8005 Zürich
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The Europeans can confidently claim to be able to hold something against America, the country of origin, when it comes to jazz. A real heavy weight in this matter is the Sardinian Paolo Fresu. Shortly after his 60th birthday the lyrical trumpeter with the big tone and the fine ear will be our guest for […]

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Season 2020/21

Dear audience The music we play with the Zurich Jazz Orchestra is first and foremost a live experience. In addition to the improvised and free passages that are characteristic of jazz, it is inspired by and also depends on you, the audience, on the moment and the mood at the concert. Over the last six […]
 
Ed Partyka to be the new musical director of the Zurich Jazz Orchestra

It was not an easy choice but we ultimately decided on American Ed Partyka. He will take over as musical director of the ZJO in the 2021/2022 season.

 
We are looking for an experienced bass trombonist from March 2021.

Stylistic range from traditional to contemporary. 15-20 concerts per season. Application deadline: February 20, 2021
 
The Hallenstadion and the Zurich Jazz Orchestra: Solidarity among Zurich cultural institutions brings music back to the Hallenstadion.

The Zurich Jazz Orchestra consists of 18 musicians, all of them professionals with soloist quality, and has been playing in almost the same line-up since 2000. It skilfully varies between mainstream and avant-garde, orchestral big-band sound and explosive improvisations by the soloists. A mixture that carries you away. Zurich’s largest jazz ensemble has a hard […]
 
Enjoy Zurich Jazz Orchestra concerts online!

Stream live concerts from the Jazzcub Moods in Zurich and watch them anytime in the archive as video-on-demand.

 
The four candidates

Once again, the ZJO will conduct its search for a new musical director in the exact place where the new conductor will have to prove himself – on stage. Ed Partyka has a lot of experience as a conductor and composer, has worked with the band before and thus just had to be included in […]
 
Zurich Jazz Orchestra: Steffen Schorn is now our «composer in residence»

In September 2014, Steffen Schorn gave his debut as the musical director of the Zurich Jazz Orchestra. Schorn came to Zurich in order to establish a unique band sound for the orchestra. After five years of intense musical collaboration, compositions and premieres are ample proof of the fact that Schorn has accomplished his mission. His […]
 
Love, Linda – Das Leben der Mrs. Cole Porter

Linda Porter, scion of a very wealthy and distinguished family from Virginia, was married to the American composer and songwriter Cole Porter for 34 years. In the roughly three and a half decades of their life together, she lead a luxurious high society lifestyle as an elegant prominent socialite and muse and arranged the couple’s […]
 
«Three Pictures»

The Zurich Jazz Orchestra (ZJO) was first launched in 1995. And what began twenty-three years ago as a „rehearsal band for local composers and arrangers“ is now a top-class big band that‘s tough to beat in terms of variety and excellence.With its musical virtuosity, an innovative programme, and an extraordinary level of commitment from both […]