Press releases
Press releases
Vanessa Collier is the winner of the AET My Choice – Audience Award 2023
The JazzAscona Audience Award 2023, presented in collaboration with AET (Azienda Elettrica Ticinese), was awarded to the American saxophonist, singer and songwriter Vanessa Collier.©JazzAscona - Photo credit Gioele Pozzi Invited to JazzAscona for the first time,...
JazzAscona is already looking ahead to its 40th edition: a quality music festival
©JazzAscona - Photo credit Gioele PozziFavored by the weather, the 39th edition of JazzAscona ended on Saturday 1 July 2023 in Ascona with a successful and well-attended closing night on the lakefront that included performances by the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, the...
Here’s Soundtracks: with Frog & Henry JazzAscona boards the historic Centovallina train on Saturday, June 24
In collaboration with Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi, for the first time ever JazzAscona is offering a musical journey on the Centovalli railways’s historical train on Saturday, June 24. Soundtracks is it’s name and it will allow you to travel back in time, on...
Christoph Grab, winner of the Swiss Jazz Award 2023
JazzAscona is delighted to host one of the most significant, versatile and creative Swiss Jazzmen of today. Some have rightly called him “a tradition-conscious modernist.” We are talking about Christoph Grab, saxophonist, composer and arranger, who for his artistic...
Starring at JazzAscona 2023 are Stefano di Battista with a tribute to Ennio Morricone and the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra with China Moses
After a much-appreciated post-pandemic edition that highlighted the official partnership with New Orleans – signed off right during the festival by the mayors of Ascona and New Orleans – JazzAscona looks forward with renewed momentum and optimism to its 39th edition,...
JazzAscona 2023, a festival full of emotions
After a much-appreciated post-pandemic edition that highlighted the official partnership with New Orleans – signed off right during the festival by the mayors of Ascona and New Orleans – JazzAscona looks forward with renewed momentum and optimism to its 39th edition,...
JazzAscona 2022, organizers are very satisfied
JazzAscona 2022 is already history. After ten intense days of music and events, the festival reached its peak on Saturday, July 2. Thousands of people flocked to admire jazz icon Dee Dee Bridgewater and funk queen Ida Nielsen, the much-acclaimed stars of the last day...
JazzAscona 2022, Sister Cities Edition
Ascona celebrates its twinning with New Orleans. Dee Dee Bridgewater and the New Orleans Mayor LaToya Cantrell are expected on the shores of the Lago Maggiore. 2022 is the year of rebirth for JazzAscona. The 38th edition of the festival, which will take place from...
Swiss Jazz Award 2022 goes to Nolan Quinn
The Swiss Jazz Award is an awaited event among jazz fans, which in past years has honoured musicians such as Pepe Lienhard, Raphael Jost, Bruno Spoerri, Franco Ambrosetti and the late Othella Dallas. This year, the prize will be awarded to a local musician on...
JazzAscona 2022: ten days of celebrations, completely free of charge
2022 is the year of JazzAscona’s rebirth, as from June 23 to July 2, the streets will finally fill with music, colour and activities again. The 38th edition will be involving the entire city and celebrate the "Sister Cities" partnership agreement signed last September...