2023-09-17 21:09:43
The filmmaker Woody Allen arrived this Sunday at Barcelonacity in which he plans to present in a few hours in the Mooby Aribau Cinema his latest movie, ‘Stroke of luck’ (‘Golpe de suerte’), and inaugurate tomorrow Monday the Voll-Damm Jazz Festival 2023as reported by the promoter The Project.
The preview of ‘Golpe de suerte’, which will hit the Spanish billboards on the day 29will take place in the Mooby Aribau Cinema, la dinner hall with more capacity in the Catalan capital, around 1,200 seats, with tickets that went on sale a few weeks ago at a price of 10 euros.
On the other hand, the American will inaugurate tomorrow the 55th edition of the Voll-Damm Jazz Festival in Barcelona, with two performances, also on Tuesday, at the Tivoli Theatre, in what is his debut in the event. In principle, the organizers had scheduled one only concertbut after announcing it last June, they decided to schedule one second hearing facing the fact of having the capacity “almost exhausted”.
About to fulfill 88 years oldamateur clarinetist and lover of the classic jazz since forever, the two concerts are the only ones he will offer in Spain. The promoter reminded this Sunday that they are still available some localitiesalthough “the concerts are about to hang up the poster tickets sold out».
He New York director he returns to a city he likes, to which he has gone on other occasions and where, among other cities, he shot the film’Vicky Cristina Barcelona‘, in the summer of 2007.
Play the clarinet for years with a band, la New Orleans Jazz Banddirected until his death, in 2020, by Eddy Davisand, currently, by Conal Fowkes i Simon Wettenhallwhich allows him to “reminisce on stage real and fictitious idols com Emmet Raythe protagonist of ‘Sweet and Lowdown‘, guitarist, played in the cinema by Sean Pennwhose reference and myth was Django Reinhardt».
A Barcelona will be accompanied by Conal Fowkesat the piano and musical direction; Simon Wettenhall (trumpet and musical direction); Brian Sticker (double bass); Kevin Dorn (battery); Jerry Zigmont (trombone); i Josh Dunn (banjo). In an interview, Woody Allen has come to assure that his amor for jazz is “more powerful” than his love for the art that has made him famous, the cine.
With these two concerts, the Voll-Damm Jazz Festival of Barcelona 2023 will be officially inaugurated, in which they will also perform, until the end of December, Chucho Valdes, Joshua Redman, Sergio Mendes, Richard Bona with the Liceu Big Band, Tigran Hamasyan, Clara Peya and Ron Carterothers.
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