Swiss Jazz Trio Vein performed in Sarajevo

Local news, 12.11.2015

The Embassy of Switzerland in Bosnia and Herzegovina in cooperation with the Sarajevo Music Academy organized a concert of the Swiss Jazz Trio Vein on Thursday, November 12th which was followed by a workshop the next day for the students at the Music Academy in Sarajevo.

Concert of Swiss Jazz Trio Vein
Jazz Trio Vein FDFA

 The audience, including members of the newly-launched Alumni network of the Swiss Embassy, partners of the Embassy and the general public, enjoyed an exciting performance with a wide spectrum of different sounds from the Jazz Trio from Basel.

The audience in Sarajevo enjoyed Vein’s repertoire which includes Duke Ellington, George Gershwin and other traditional Jazz influences as well as their own compositions from their latest program "Jazz Talks". The Trio members Florian Arbenz, Thomas Lähns and Michael Arbenz, are driven by their boundless curiosity and desire to experiment. The European audience enjoys Vein’s diversity, while the American Jazz stars admire their unique and original style.

Switzerland encourages the intercultural exchange between artists and professionals in the cultural sphere, ranging from music and literature to theatre and film. The Swiss Embassy in BiH develops and maintains a platform for sharing knowledge, professional experience and creativity among artists and audiences from both countries. The concert and the workshop with the Jazz Trio Vein are part of the cultural cooperation programmes of the Swiss Government.