▲This photo, provided by Private Curve show the first lineup of 'Seoul Jazz Festival.' (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

 

 

SEOUL January 22 (Yonhap) -- “15th Seoul Jazz Festival” which will kick off in May will feature Sergio Santos Mendes, Mika and various foreign artists, addressed concert planning agency Private Curve on Friday.

Company who is in charge of hosting the “Seoul Jazz Festival” disclosed the first lineup of the festival on Friday which included Sergio Santos Mendes, Damien Rice, two times Grammy award winning Jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, Jazz pianist Robert Glasper, and singer song writer Sigrid.

Sergio Santos Mendes is a Brazilian musician known to have pioneered the bossa nova genre of music with over 55 albums.

Starting with the album “Dance Modemo” released in 1961, which incorporates Jazz with Bossa Nova, Sergio Mendes continued to collaborate unique genres together to create tracks.

“Stage Sergio Mendes who has ability to truly showcase the artistic aspect of the Bossa Nova and Brazil tunes, will perform various tracks within number of genres such as Jazz, Pop, Punk and more. The stage performed by Sergio Mendes will showcase a mind blowing performance.” addressed concert planning agency Private Curve.

British singer song writer MIKA, who debuted with his track “Life In Cartoon Motion” produce tracks which can be witnessed in advertisements in South Korea. Previously MIKA performed in South Korea in 2013, 2015 and 2016 and by participating in the upcoming “Seoul Jazz Festival” MIKA will be visiting South Korea in 7 years.

“15th Seoul Jazz Festival” will kick off on May 26 and continue on until May 28 within the general area of Seoul Olympic Park.

 

 

(This article is translated from Korean to English by Joonha Yoo)

 

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