On Monday 7 April, the sold-out Pra\u017esk\u00e1 k\u0159i\u017eovatka hosted one of the high points of the international Mlad\u00ed Lad\u00ed Jazz festival. Grammy-winning Japanese pianist Hiromi Uehara, one of the most influential jazz musicians today, chose this unique space for her first solo performance in the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
Hiromi Uehara is a Japanese pianist popular not only for her fantastic virtuosity but also for the exceptional empathy in her music. In 2011, together with the legendary bass guitarist Stanley Clark, she contributed to the recording of the album by the Stanley Clark Band that subsequently won the Grammy for the Best Jazz Album of the Year. This vigorous Japanese musician performs at the boundaries of jazz, progressive rock and classical music.<\/p>\n
The concert, also sponsored by the Dagmar and V\u00e1clav Havel Foundation VIZE 97, lasted for more than one hour and a half, with an opening appearance by Matou\u0161 Hejl, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music in Boston and a current student of Professor Riedlbauch at the Prague Academy of Music. We hope that our cooperation with the Mlad\u00ed Lad\u00ed Jazz festival will continue successfully in the years to come.<\/p>\n