Paradise Jazz Festival

Paradise Jazz Festival Since 1999

16/08/2024

George Kontrafouris
George Kontrafouris was born in Athens, Greece in 1967. He studied classical piano at the National Conservatory in Athens. At 16, he turned his interest to jazz music and followed up jazz improvised lessons with Markos Alexiou. He also studied with Jim Beard and Jarmo Savolainen. He holds a Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s in Jazz Performance from Sibelius Academy in Finland.
He has taught jazz piano and organ for several years at Ionian University, the Athenaeum Conservatory in Greece, and Sibelius Academy in Finland.
He has already given Master Classes in various schools in Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Indonesia, and Estonia so far.
He has performed as piano or organ player with many famous and outstanding musicians such as Mark Johnson, Arild Andersen, Marcus Stockhausen, Louisiana Red, Keith Copeland, Andy Sheppard, Ralph Peterson Jr., Peter Bernstein, Bob Brozman, Carla Cook, Alvester Garnett, Stepko Gut, Olivier Gatto, David Liebman, Houston Pearson, Eric Alexander, David Sills, Lou Donaldson, Sam Newsome, Jamie Hadad, Deborah Davies, Benny Golson, Tim Hagans, Bob Shepard, Carmen Lundy, Sheila Jordan, Jukkis Uotila, Wade Mikkola, Takis Paterelis, Stratos Vougas, Dimos Dimitriadis, Lydia Fylipovic, T. Spasov, A. Pacatius.

Nikolas Tsangaris Alexandros Adam

Συνεντευξη του Γιωργου Κοντραφουρη στο Ραδιο Κοσμος με την Κλαουντια Ματολα ... enjoy
16/08/2024

Συνεντευξη του Γιωργου Κοντραφουρη στο Ραδιο Κοσμος με την Κλαουντια Ματολα ... enjoy

Κύκλος 1ος, επεισόδιο 5ο Ανάμεσα σε ταξίδια, πρόβες, ηχογραφήσεις, σεμινάρια, camps και ζωντανές εμφανίσεις, ο Γιώργος Κοντραφούρης κάνει ένα διάλειμμα να μιλήσει για τ...

cool!! info soon
15/08/2024

cool!! info soon

George Kalopedis is the best male jazz voice on the island and the most popular due to his excellent performance on stag...
14/08/2024

George Kalopedis is the best male jazz voice on the island and the most popular due to his excellent performance on stage. The interaction with top jazz musicians such as the members of The Visitors – George Krasidis on saxophones, Christos Yerolatsitis on keyboards, Andreas Rodostenous on bass and George Koulas on drums and manager – promises a wonderfully atmospheric epilogue to this year’s official festival program.

Saturday 24th of August Val's Place
George Kalopedis Giorgos Krasidis Christos Yerolatsitis Andreas Rodosthenous George Koulas Ugren Koulas

You can easily book your seat

CHANGES | 24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos⏱️20:30pmAgainst our wishes, The Boston ...
13/08/2024

CHANGES | 24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

Against our wishes, The Boston Reunion show scheduled for Saturday, August 24th, will be replaced by George Kalopedis and the Visitors due to the inability of some artists to attend.

George Kalopedis is the best male jazz voice on the island and the most popular due to his excellent performance on stage. The interaction with top jazz musicians such as the members of The Visitors – George Krasidis on saxophone, Christos Yerolatsitis on keyboards, Andreas Rodostenous on bass and George Koulas on drums and manager – promises a wonderfully atmospheric epilogue to this year’s official festival program.

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT here: https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

13/08/2024

Change for Saturday's program !

The Boston Reunion show scheduled for Saturday, August 24th, will be replaced by George Kalopedis and the Visitors due to the inability of some artists to attend.

Ευχαριστούμε την AVANT GARDE ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΩΘΗΣΗ
09/08/2024

Ευχαριστούμε την AVANT GARDE ΓΙΑ ΤΗΝ ΠΡΟΩΘΗΣΗ

Το Paradise Jazz Festival είναι μια αγαπημένη και μη κερδοσκοπική πολιτιστική εκδήλωση που ξεκίνησε το 1999 από τον Σωκράτη Ευσταθίου.Στην εξέλιξη του Φεστιβάλ, με την υποστήρ....

https://www.facebook.com/share/9D6bp8HD9vZyfGWt/Million thanks to our friend Murat Obenler for his lovely presentation o...
08/08/2024

https://www.facebook.com/share/9D6bp8HD9vZyfGWt/
Million thanks to our friend Murat Obenler for his lovely presentation of our festival!

Kıbrıs adasının caz müziği üzerine yoğunlaşan en büyük festivallerinden olan Paradise Jazz Festival bu yıl 24.kez cazseverlerle buluşacak.

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos⏱️20:30pmJAM SESSION*The opening of the Saturday/s...
08/08/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

JAM SESSION

*The opening of the Saturday/s night Jam Session will do Lucie Luna (violin) and Johnny Agisilaou (drums), who will invite musicians to join them.

Lucie Luna Luna Hallenga
Lucie Luna (performer, composer, arranger) is a Rotterdam-based musician with an affinity for creating, improvising and performing within the crossover scene. She is initiating and involved in various projects: from small to large ensembles, from musical crossovers to projects that collaborate with other art forms.

Johnny Agisilaou Johnny Agisilaou
Born and raised in Limassol, Johnny studied drums at the Latin Department of Codarts. He then decided to continue his musical journey at the Conservatory of the Hague where he currently studies Jazz. Johnny has been active in the Dutch scene for the past 6 years playing in numerous projects of different genres, even though he studied Latin the reason he decided to continue his journey on the jazz side of things, is because of his love of music.

*Both nights will close with a spontaneous Jam Session organized between the existing musicians !!!

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT here: https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos⏱️20:30pmDAY 2 SATURDAY 24MANOLIS NEOPHYTOU🎶 Excit...
06/08/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 2 SATURDAY 24

MANOLIS NEOPHYTOU

🎶 Excited to share with you the last presentantion of the night, Manolis Neophytou.
The Cypriot pianist, Manolis Neophytou presents Argentine Tango by Astor Piazzolla, Waltz No. 2 by Dmitrii Shostakovich and his own adaptations from Greek cinema.

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT here: https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

05/08/2024

Tip of the day
We believe that many of our new followers have the wrong impression that the right side of the stage is more privileged than the left. We set the stage in the middle of the area and how artists are placed on the stage facing each other because we wish everybody to be close to the action and enjoy the sound and vision similarly. The video that follows demonstrates it.

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos⏱️20:30pmDAY 2 SATURDAY 24WORKING QUARTET🎶 Excited...
04/08/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 2 SATURDAY 24

WORKING QUARTET

🎶 Excited to share with you the second band of Saturday’s night.
WORKING QUARTET
They have been playing around the island for the last couple of years and consists of Charis Ioannou on saxophone, Christos Yerolatsitis on piano, Kyriacos Kesta on double bass and Marios Spyrou on drums.

Their repertoire for the Paradise Jazz Festival 2024 is the music of jazz pianist and composer Bud Powell, one of the pioneers in the development of jazz piano.
Earl Rudolph “Bud” Powell (September 27, 1924 – July 31, 1966) was an American jazz pianist and composer. A pioneer in the development of bebop and its associated contributions to jazz theory, Powell‘s application of complex phrasing to the piano influenced both his contemporaries and later pianists including Walter Davis, Jr., Toshiko Akiyoshi, and Barry Harris.

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT here: https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

25/07/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 1 FRIDAY 23

SMALL TALENTED HANDS

🎶 Last music presentation of Friday's night, young talented student Andrei Voronetskii who will perform with his teacher duet the “Blue Moon” of R. Rodgers and will follow a duet with Dafni Koulas.
Happy to have with us young fresh talents.

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT via the app Pay Pal, Quick pay, or Revolut telephone number 99386168. – only for payments.
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

22/07/2024

Official Promo Clip for RIK Television / 24th Paradise Jazz Festival
Special Thanks to
RIK https://rik.cy/ for supporting us and be our Media Sponsor
Johnny Avraamides (https://www.facebook.com/janis.avraamides) for a great editing job and to
Navid Gholimpour https://lovenlight.eu/ for the art design!

Same beautiful place 📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
📅 August | Friday 23 and Saturday 24
⏱️20:30pm

This year, we will present six shows plus two jam sessions, with the piano and keyboards being the honoured instruments at almost all shows!

🎶 BANDS | Musicians Schedule

On FRIDAY, we will be honoured to start with the organ player from Athens
1. Mr. George Kontrafouris, and his Baby Trio.
Then, we will present the Small Talented Hands-On Piano with
2. Andrei Voronetskii and Dafni Koulas.
The highlight of the evening will be the presentation of the world-famous American keyboard player
3. David Garfield.
The versatile musician will come to Cyprus especially for our festival and for a unique performance on the island!

On SATURDAY we will have a dynamic Jazz start with the powerful lineup of the
1.“Working Quartet” who will present us the music of the legendary pianist Bud Powell.
Immediately after this, we will have a small break from Jazz with the incredible classical music pianist
2. Mr. Manolis Neophytou who will perform solo on piano Astor Piazzolla, Dmitrii Shostakovich, and more.
The highlight of Saturday night will be next, with
3. “The Boston Reunion“ an unexpected meeting of old friends and musicians from Cyprus and America starring Amos Hoffman.

ℹ️ General INFO
Food and drinks will be available during the festival weekend.
For more information follow Val’s Place on Facebook or call (+357) 99494086.

🏕️ Choose Val`s camping option for the night. (showers, etc available)
~Please contact Val`s Place for camping bookings.
~Or, follow our Where to Stay during the Jazz service page on Facebook.
~Or, try our corporate local agent in the area: Loukas Eleftheriou 99764227

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~Entrance fee €25 each night
Both nights €45.
~BOOK YOUR SEAT via the app Pay Pal, Quick Pay, or Revolut telephone number 99386168. – only for payments.
~For instructions VISIT: https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

for more info: https://paradisejazzfestival.com

20/07/2024
24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos⏱️20:30pmDAY 1 FRIDAY 23 KONTRAFOURIS BABY TRIO🎶 W...
20/07/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 1 FRIDAY 23

KONTRAFOURIS BABY TRIO

🎶 We are excited to introduce the second band from the first night Kontrafouris baby trio.
Kontrafouris Baby Trio is a manifestation of an organ trio project featuring the renowned Greek organist George Kontrafouris, playing alongside young Greek/Cypriot musicians, Alexandros Adam on the guitar and Nikolas Tsangaris (Keep an Eye prize winner) on the drums both of whom study and work as professional musicians in The Netherlands.
The encounter of Kontrafouris with musicians aged under 25, captures the essence of starting out as a musician – the naivety, excitement, and unrealistic expectations that exist before life takes a more practical turn.

George Kontrafouris: organ
Alexandros Adam: guitar
Nikolas Tsangaris: drums

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT via the app Pay Pal, Quick pay, or Revolut telephone number 99386168. – only for payments.
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

18/07/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 1 FRIDAY 23

KONTRAFOURIS BABY TRIO

🎶 We are excited to introduce the second bad from the first night Kontrafouris baby trio.
Kontrafouris Baby Trio is a manifestation of an organ trio project featuring the renowned Greek organist George Kontrafouris, playing alongside young Greek/Cypriot musicians, Alexandros Adam on the guitar and Nikolas Tsangaris (Keep an Eye prize winner) on the drums both of whom study and work as professional musicians in The Netherlands.
The encounter of Kontrafouris with musicians aged under 25, captures the essence of starting out as a musician – the naivety, excitement, and unrealistic expectations that exist before life takes a more practical turn.

George Kontrafouris: organ
Alexandros Adam: guitar
Nikolas Tsangaris: drums

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT via the app Pay Pal, Quick pay, or Revolut telephone number 99386168. – only for payments.
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos⏱️20:30pmDAY 1 FRIDAY 23 DAVID GARFIELD🎶We are thr...
15/07/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 1 FRIDAY 23

DAVID GARFIELD

🎶We are thrilled to announce that the legendary David Garfield will be headlining our Festival this year! David Garfield has done numerous stints as George Benson’s musical director and had a songwriting partnership with Smokey Robinson.
Get ready for an unforgettable performance from a true jazz maestro!
David‘s music is classified as contemporary jazz.
There will be songs with funk, soul and Latin arrangements.

On stage with David Garfield who is on the keys, will be:
Alexis Kasinos on guitar, Andreas Rodosthenous on bass, and Rodos Panayiotou on drums.

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT via the app Pay Pal, Quick pay, or Revolut telephone number 99386168. – only for payments.
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

12/07/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

📍Val’s Place, Gialia, Paphos
⏱️20:30pm

DAY 1 FRIDAY 23

DAVID GARFIELD

🎶We are thrilled to announce that the legendary David Garfield will be headlining our Festival this year! David Garfield has done numerous stints as George Benson’s musical director and had a songwriting partnership with Smokey Robinson.
Get ready for an unforgettable performance from a true jazz maestro!
David‘s music is classified as contemporary jazz.
There will be songs with funk, soul and Latin arrangements.

On stage with David Garfield who is on the keys, will be:
Alexis Kasinos on guitar, Andreas Rodosthenous on bass, and Rodos Panayiotou on drums.

🎟️ Tickets and Reservations INFO
~BOOK YOUR SEAT via the app Pay Pal, Quick pay, or Revolut telephone number 99386168. – only for payments.
~For instructions VISIT:
https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 AugustDAVID GARFIELD🎷We are thrilled to announce that the legendary David Garfield w...
08/07/2024

24th Paradise Jazz Festival | 23-24 August

DAVID GARFIELD

🎷We are thrilled to announce that the legendary David Garfield will be headlining our Festival this year! David Garfield has done numerous stints as George Benson’s musical director and had a songwriting partnership with Smokey Robinson.
Get ready for an unforgettable performance from a true jazz maestro!

PLACE: Val's Place, Gialia
TIME: 20:30pm
WHEN: 23 Friday

For tickets : https://paradisejazzfestival.com/book-your-seat-24/
More info: https://paradisejazzfestival.com/24th-paradise-jazz-festival/

Your favorite summer event will be with you again to celebrate its 24th anniversary, in the same place we meet in recent years, at beautiful Val`s Place, in the wonderful village of Gialia, on Friday the 23rd and Saturday the 24th of August 2024!!

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Val's Place, Πόλη Χρυσοχούς, Gialia
Paphos
8875

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