15.05.2019
Nicola Guida (IT) wins the international Jazzfruit competition
Nicola Guida (IT) and his trio have delivered a convincing triumph at the international Jazzfruit competition, which took place during the Mladí ladí jazz Open Air and international jazz day celebrations at the Charles Square in Prague on April 30th, 2019.
International category:
- Place – Nicola Guida Trio – grand prize: €1,000
- Place – Molotow Moloch Quartet
- Place – B/Y Organism
The international category jury:
- Štepánka Balcarová (Czech Radio) – trumpet player and composer
- Saša Pastorková (Slovakia) – director of the Jazz for Štiavnica festival
- Mike Bindraban (Holland) – co-founder of the Good Music Company booking agency
- Steffen Wilde (Germany) – dramaturgist of the Jazz Club Tonne in Dresden
Czech category:
- Place – 2in2out – grand prize: 3-track recording session a promo video shoot at Studio Svárov
- Place – Echoes Quartet
- Place – Blue Apple
The Czech category jury:
- Petr Ostrouchov – musician, lawyer, owner of Animal Music publishing
- Anna Mašátová – SoundCzech
- Klára Vytisková – singer
- Jakub Doležal – saxophone player, pedagogue, Czech Radio
- Lukáš Martínek – Studio Svárov
Public voting winner: Molotow Moloch Quartet
Soloist of the Year: Klára Pudláková (Molotow Moloch Quartet, 2in2out)
2nd and 3rd place prizes were kindly provided by Sony Music.
We would like to thank Strunal Schönbach for providing the left-hand double bass.
