The CHEEL concert has been cancelled and will be replaced shortly.

For her first program as artistic director of the ONJ, flutist and composer Sylvaine Hélary pays tribute to Carla Bley, an unclassifiable figure in jazz who died in October 2023. Pianist, composer, magnificent arranger and bandleader, but also rebellious, shy, wild, adventurous and fiercely independent, the American artist left behind a treasure trove of scores and recordings. To revisit Carla Bley's compositions, Sylvaine Hélary and the inventive saxophonist Rémi Sciuto have immersed themselves in her protean universe and offer a program that navigates between orchestral frescoes and more chamber-like moments, gentle songs and unbridled rhythms, highlighting Carla Bley's distinctive sound palette, captivating rhythms, humor and bold harmonies.

Our Jazzpassage events are Franco-German evenings programmed in partnership with Offenburg's Kulturbüro, with the support of AJC.