In partnership with Rolex and Audi, the Monte-Carlo SBM Resort is proud to present the prestigious program of the Monte-Carlo Jazz Festival 2011. This year’s event will be even more outstanding than usual as it will be held in one of Monaco’s most prestigious venues : the Salle Garnier, with its unique atmosphere.
In a festival combining tradition and innovation, designed for spectators of all kinds and ages, essential legendary personalities are billed alongside major names for the future in a discipline undergoing constant evolution. Live music which refuses to be confined by frontiers and barriers, jazz spreads its wings in Monaco.
This year, two other addresses propose events related to the main festival : the Bar Américain in the Hôtel de Paris and the Atrium of the Casino which will stage an exhibition of amusing sketches to cast a different light on the world of jazz.
The most prominent names in the world of jazz are awaited at the Principality’s most illustrious addresses for a truly thrilling festival.
On Thursday the 24th of November the Monte-Carlo Guitar Summit will be performing with the following artists: John McLaughlin, Mike Stern, Biréli Lagrène, Sylvain Luc, Philip Catherine, Richard Bona, Steve Gadd, André Ceccarelli, and Joey DeFrancesco
The opening event of Friday the 25th of November will be taken care of by the winner of the jazz/soloists contest of 2010; Alex Terrier. After this Michel Portal will perform with his “Baïlador”, Aldo Romano will also perform with his “Complete Communion”.
On the last night of this magnificent event Jean-Christophe Di Contanzo Quartet will take care of the opening of the evening, after this the Tigran Hamasyan Trio and Ayishai Cohen will perform.