The fourth annual festival features jazz/classical collaborations, the world premiere of new works, chamber music concerts and, of course, a bow to Mozart, all performed by local and international greats.
LOVERS of classical music and jazz will be in for a treat at the upcoming 4th Johannesburg International Mozart Festival (JIMF), with its underlying theme “Quasi Improvisando”.
Over the past four years, the JIMF has grown in reputation under the guidance of Richard Cock as music director and Florian Uhlig as artistic director, who have sought to constantly re-imagine the JIMF with unique musical collaborations.
Originally organised in 2006 in commemoration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday anniversary, the JIMF has developed into a highly successful and well loved annual classical music event.
It is set to take place next year from 27 January to 19 February. Organisers have inserted some jazz concerts into the programme to show that lines are constantly being blurred between the genres and so now the festival offers pure classical music lovers the chance to be exposed to jazz and vice versa.
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