XIIth festival for Jewish quarter
BOSKOVICE 2004
July 15
– 18
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Within its four
days the Boskovice festival will offer numerous music as
well as theatre and film treats, art exhibitions, literary
readings and many other bonuses. During its twelve years´ history
the festival has gained high reputation not only in the eyes of its faithful
visitors but also professional journalists. This year the festival takes place
between 15th and 18th July.
The Boskovice festival, as opposed to other events of this kind, takes
place all over the town – in open-air cinema amphitheatre, synagogue,
castle, town cinema, castle glasshouse, theatre marquee, behind town museum
and many other venues – and visitors can therefore enjoy the advantage of free
movement and decision about which event they wish to witness at the
given moment.
This year´s
programme again includes a wide range of dainties. The stage devoted to music – the
open-air cinema amphitheatre equipped with the largest projection
screen in the Czech Republic – will feature both well-established names as
well as several promising newcomers, whom you will not be able to hear
anywhere else. It is worth mentioning that it was exactly the Boskovice
festival where some of the now widely popular bands debuted live.
Besides the already ‚traditional‘ performers like Psí vojáci, Vitkovo
kvarteto, -123 minut or Nahoru po schodišti dolů band this stage
will equally offer groups that will probably be a surprise (and may well
become real big names in the near future), for example Kuličky štěstí
(funky from Ostrava), Eggnoise (nominated for Czech Grammy awards), Nuselský
umělecký orchestr (perhaps the festival´s main surprise), a little bit
of reggae from Babalet, German ska-reggae band Yellow Cap or the
very pleasing Slovak ensemble Dlhé diely.
The Za muzeem (behind the museum) stage will be coming into life every
afternoon and will host bands like OTK (winners of the Anděl 2003
award), Ty Syčáci with Petr Váša, Posmrtné zkušenosti,
Vladimír Václavek and guests, Nierika, Abigail,
David Dragoun band + guest appearance by Roman Dragoun, Ememvoodoopöká,
Já taky with Antonín Mareš and many more.
One of this year´s main surprises – the brand new jazz stage in Skleník
(glasshouse) – promises some of the most extraordinary experiences and
improvised jams. Among the numerous performers here you might find groups like
Baseline, In2Funk, Vertigo, In the pocket or
Nel´o´feel from Germany. There definitely is a lot to look forward to.
Theatre production will
take over the castle in the afternoon time and move to the theatre
marquee for the evenings. The participating companies include divadlo
Continuo, Teatr Novogo Fronta, Bílé divadlo Ostrava, Ústaf Brno, just
to name a few.
Film projections in the
open-air cinema will be launched by the screening of the legendary
movie Kouř and rounded off by Bergmann’s classic Fanny and
Alexander. We are about to bring you various documentaries and videoclips,
for instance Vzpomínka na Františka Vláčila, Ozvěny festivalu
Jeden Svět, Filmové školy uvádějí I.-III., Deváté putování
pohádkovým světem, Z archivu Originálního videojournalu,
Zločiny komunismu, Petr Slabý uvádí, Občan Karel Kryl…
Other films featured include 66 sezón, Otesánek, Ničeho
nelituji, Sbohem slunce,
Sentiment, Hledání and as a very special treat we have
prepared a non-stop screening of the cult series Red Dwarf.
The synagogue
will host a few concerts with a little more intimate atmosphere: among those
performing here are V. a I. Havlovi, Mandolínové kvarteto and Marion
featuring the wonderful singer Monika Žáková. You will equally have
the chance to see and hear the energy-fuelled recitation of selected German
poetry pieces delivered by J. Rudiš, A. Švamberk and P.
Medunová and also witness the show of Sinebag – the solo project
of Leipzig´s multi-instrumentalist Alexander Schubert combining acoustic
instruments (guitar, piano) and electronics (real life sound samples modified
by computer software etc.).
A tent located on the lawn in
front of the castle will arch over the reggae stage offering
performances by djs Babylonrocker, Suppafly, Mighty Lemon, One Heart Man,
Scareface and Papapot – definitely an agreeable spot to chill out
or take another breath. There is going to be a lot of space and all the
necessary equipment for jugglery…
There will be literary readings, poetry soirees and exhibitions
in various other places all around the town, so it is possible to say that no
matter where you go, there will surely be something happening there.
Not witnessing
the Boskovice festival equals to not existing at all!
Further information: www.unijazz.cz
Boskovice
2004 festival passes are
already on sale in ticket office chains TICKETPRO, www.ticketpro.cz,
phone: 296 32 99 99, 296 32 88 88, TICKETSTREAM, www.ticketstream.cz,
phone: 224 26 30 49, e-mail: ticket@ticketstream.cz and TICKETPORTAL, www.ticketportal.cz,
phone: 222 24 62 83.
You can also
buy them in Unijazz reading room.
This year the festival
passes cover many more concerts than in the past. The
pass covers all events at the open-air cinema (concerts and films) and
newly also the Za muzeem stage and the jazz
stage in Skleník.
It grants its holder free entry to all exhibitions as well.
This festival pass could
have been purchased for 450 CZK in April and for 550 CZK in
May. The price valid until the end of June is 650 CZK, in July it
will cost 700 CZK and directly on the spot you will pay 750
CZK.
But Unijazz members,
read this! This year we have prepared a special discount just
for you. You can get the above mentioned festival pass for only 50 CZK!
However, this discount is only available when purchasing the festival pass
in Unijazz or directly on the spot in Boskovice during the festival. The discount
is valid within the whole pre-sale period and every member is obviously
entitled to just one discounted festival pass. If you are not a member of our
society but still wish to get this discount, you would really have to become a
member. And, as you surely know, the annual membership fee for 2004 –
which you would have to pay – is 400 CZK. The membership would bring
you not only discounts but of course also all the other membership
advantages including receiving the cultural magazine UNI. So, if any of
your friends is interested in becoming a new member of Unijazz, tell him to
simply get in touch with us. On the spot in Boskovice tickets for individual
concerts, plays and other events will naturally be on sale as well.
The prices
will vary from 10 to 250 CZK.
UNIJAZZ – Jindřišská 5, 110 00 Praha 1
, phone: 222 24 09 01, fax:
222 24 74 73
e-mail:
unijazz@unijazz.cz@
unijazz.cz
With
financial support of Czech Ministry of Culture, South Moravia region council,
Česko-německý fond budoucnosti and Nadace ČHF.
Czech Television and Hospodářské noviny are the
two principal media partners of the festival.
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