Keep an Eye International Jazz Award 2020 Final
The Keep an Eye Jazz Award is an annual competition for exceptional talents from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and from a selection of comparable institutions in the United States and Europe. The theme of this 12th edition is ‘Charlie Parker’; all bands arrange and play their own version of one of the seven preselected Charlie Parker compositions. Participants can win great prizes that give a boost to a professional career as a jazz musician. The jury consists of international musicians, teachers and professionals from the cultural sector. The Keep an Eye International Jazz Award 2020 is made possible by the Keep an Eye Foundation in collaboration with the Conservatory of Amsterdam.
This year’s participating schools are USC Thornton School of Music (Los Angeles), Siena Jazz – Accademia Nazionale del Jazz (Siena), Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya (Barcelona), The Juilliard School (New York) and of course the Conservatorium van Amsterdam (with two bands, which will be selected during two semi-finals).
Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya
Jofre Alemany – saxophone
Oscar Latorre – trumpet
Juan Tamarit – piano
Carla Gonzalez – bass
Arnau Julià – drums
Duke Ellington, Artist Diploma Ensemble (The Juilliard School, New York)
Josh Lawrence – trumpet
Evan Harris – tenor saxophone
Robbie Lee – piano
Felix Lemerle – guitar
Cole Davis – bass
Zach Adleman – drums
USC Thornton school of Music
Matt Richards – alto saxophone
Jordan Reifkind – guitar
Luca Mendoza – piano
Ethan Moffitt – bass
Benjamin Ring – drums
Siena Jazz – Accademia Nazionale del Jazz
to be announced
+ two ensembles from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam
to be selected in the semi-finals on March 23 and 24