Festival Classica: Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert

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Premiere and creation to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the concert.

The Köln Concert refers to a legendary performance by U.S. jazz pianist Keith Jarrett at the Opera House in Cologne (Köln), Germany on January 24, 1975. The entirely improvised composition begins playfully, with Jarrett imitating the five notes of the opera house’s bell that calls the audience to take their places. The Köln Concert album, recorded by producer Manfred Eicher and released under the ECM label, became the best-selling solo jazz album in history and the most widely distributed solo piano album of all time.

To mark the 50th anniversary of this milestone in musical history, Festival Classica commissioned François Vallières to arrange a version for string quartet, based on the transcription published by Schott and authorized by Jarrett. Like the 2022 arrangement of Bach’s monumental piano composition Goldberg Variations, transcribed for strings and continuo by Quebec conductor Bernard Labadie, this reinterpretation of Jarrett’s work offers listeners an illuminating and enchanting recontextualization of a true cornerstone of jazz and contemporary music.

Event Artists

Antoine Bareil, violin Marie Bégin, violin Elvira Misbakhova, viola Stéphane Tétreault, cello

Festival Classica: Keith Jarrett The Köln Concert

Date/Time
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm

Location
Église Sainte-Famille
560, boul. Marie-Victorin
Boucherville, QC
Canada,

Price
$15-75

Phone
888-801-9906

Website
https://www.festivalclassica.com/keith-jarrett-the-k%C3%B6ln-concert

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