Luanda – Culture mnister Filipe Zau on Tuesday considered Jazz to be an inclusive musical genre that continually renews itself by incorporating new structures.
The minister was speaking in Luanda at the opening ceremony of the 13th edition of the International Jazz Festival, which was attended by the Vice-President of the Republic, Esperança da Costa.
According to the minister, this musical style is gaining many more fans in Angola, where there are several young people who are trying to play the classics and use the style's phrasing in their compositions.
Filipe Zau emphasised the history of jazz music around the world, including the rhythms that emerged in Africa.
In turn, the provincial governor of Luanda, Manuel Homem, welcomed the fact that the Luanda Biennial has become a brand that gives dignity to the capital city.
Manuel Homem considered it an honour to host the initiative of the ResiliArt Angola Project, which is the result of a partnership with UNESCO, the American Schools of Angola (ASA), the Embassy of the United States of America (USA) and the Government of Angola, through the Luanda Biennial - Pan-African Forum for the Culture of Peace and Non-Violence.
The Festival explores the concepts of "rebirth" and "metamorphosis", evoking the need for fundamental change, both individual and collective.
Among the guest artists, saxophonist Sanguito, Massixie Dimbo Makiesse with Angojazz, are the national artists announced for the International Jazz Day Festival, while artists from Congo, Cameroon, the United States of America, France, Israel, Portugal, Italy, Brazil, Gambia, Russia, Mozambique and Turkey have been confirmed.
This year, Jazz is being celebrated under the slogan "Dawn in the World: Together for Inclusive Growth, Educating through Art".
The event, which ends on Wednesday, has the participation of 40 artists, both national and foreign, and is part of the Jazz Day festivities, marked worldwide on 30 April.
The date aims to highlight jazz and its diplomatic role in uniting people in all corners of the world.
It also aims to promote a culture of peace, helping to inspire current and future generations with messages of peace, hope and social progress, to be conveyed by the artists in their performances. SJ/OHA/DAN/jmc
