Characteristics
• strong interregional cooperation/intensive interregional exchange of musicians
• a focus on young up-and-coming talent/groups
• offering residential space for musicians to meet and collaborate
Festivals
• Ljubljana Jazz Festival in Slovenia – [2012], [2014]
• Wroclaw’s Jazztopad Festival in Poland – [2014a], [2014b]
• 12 Points Festival in Dublin, Ireland – [2014], [2015]
• Match & Fuse (London/Warsaw) – [2013], [2015]
• French festival Jazzdor in Berlin, Germany – [2013], [2015]
Wroclaw Jazztopad commissions
• 2008 Piotr Damasiewicz
• 2009 Terje Rypdal, Kenny Wheeler
• 2010 John Surman. Nikola Kołodziejczyk
• 2011 Fred Hersch, Uri Caine
• 2012 Heo Yoon-Jeong/Aram Lee/ Oleś Brothers, Benoit Delbecq
• 2013 William Parker, Tony Malaby, Charles Lloyd
• 2014 Wadada Leo Smith, Erik Friedlander, Nate Wooley
12 Points participants
When we look at the participants of 12 Points throughout the years, we notice the earlier mentioned, well-known names of Susana Santos Silva, De Beren Gieren, and Kaja Draksler, as well as meanwhile well-known and (highly) successful musicians and groups such as
• Albatrosh, Nikolas Anadilis, Donkey Monkey, Giovanni Guidi, Pablo Held, Hildegard Lernt
Fliegen, Puma, Maciej Obara, Emile Parisien, Phronesis, Pixel, Aki Rissanen, Colin Vallon,
World Service Project
Essential components: ten characteristics that can reinforce each other
• 1. Co-programming
• 2. Interregional collaboration/exchange
• 3. Commissions
• 4. Residencies
• 5. Laboratories/young generation focus
• 6. Showcasing
• 7. Audience participation/urban immersion
• 8. Education/media work
• 9. Cultural contextualization
• 10.Interdisciplinarity