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Réseaux Jazz À Vienne Saison Sommaire Édition 25 avril 2014 Le festival en bref .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 2 Éditos Christian Trouiller et Jacques Remiller, Stéphane Kochoyan .................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Le festival c’est... 4 scènes principales, 4 ambiances .................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4 - 5 Un kaléidoscope de projets ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 6 - 7 Un territoire ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 8 - 9 34ème édition de Jazz à Vienne Calendrier ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 10 - 11 Programmation complète du 26 juin au 12 juillet .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 12 - 43 Focus sur les scènes Théâtre Antique ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 45 Club de Minuit ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 46 JazzMix .................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 47 Les Jardins de Cybèle, RéZZo Focal Jazz à Vienne .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 48 - 49 Les projets Caravan’Jazz ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50 Jazz Parade ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51 Musaïques ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 52 Lettres sur cour ..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 53 Jazz à Vienne fait son cinéma ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54 Académie .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 55 Expositions, rencontres .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 57 Apollo Theater Celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Historic New York Theater ....................................................................................................................................................................... 58 Artiste résidente Youn Sun Nah ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 59 Saison, Jazz Day, résonances et réseaux Jazz à Vienne Saison ............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 60 Jazz Day ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 61 Résonances métropolitaines ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 62 Réseaux Jazz à Vienne ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 63 Infos pratiques et tourisme Plan ....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 64 Billetterie .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 65 Office de tourisme de Vienne ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 66 - 67 Transports, parkings, hébergement, restauration .................................................................................................................................................................................................. 68 Développement durable ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 69 Relations aux entreprises Relations publiques / Club Jazz Entreprises .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70 Jazz en Vignes et Jardins du Jazz ........................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 71 L’équipe / L’équipe artistique ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 72 - 73 Média pratique ...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 74 Partenaires ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 75 JAZZ À VIENNE , DU 27 JUIN AU 12 JUILLET 2014, 34 e ÉDITION — CONTACT PRESSE : PRESSE @JAZZAVIENNE .COM - WWW .JAZZAVIENNE .COM /MEDIA 1 Festival Jazz à Vienne - 21 rue des Célestes - 38200 Vienne - tél. +33 (0)4 74 78 87 83 - fax. +33 (0)4 74 78 87 88 Le festival en bref une quarantaine de points presse 16 jours plus de 80 interviews et une trentaine directs de fête, TV Internet Radio Plus de 200 concerts et plus de 1000 artistes de musique, toutes scènes confondues de jazz 300 journalistes & photographes 4 scènes principales et une multitude de projets Près de 2700 abonnements
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