Jazz in Marciac 2024: “Music helps break down borders”… deaf and hard of hearing people will be able to hear music

Jazz in Marciac 2024: "Music helps break down borders"... deaf and hard of hearing people heard music

On the occasion of Ibrahim Maalouf’s concert at Jazz In Marciac, the association “Les 400 coups” is setting up a special system. Some deaf and hard of hearing people will be able to hear music for the first time.

The ceremony, to which local elected officials, the president of the Occitanie region Carole Delga, and the prefect of Gers, Laurent Carrié, were invited, launched the festival, this year under the banner of “openness”.

The inauguration of this 46th edition was launched from July 18 to August 4, the 46th edition of the Jazz in Marciac festival made the walls of the Gers commune resound. The motto of this 2024 edition: “Make your painting always an opening to the world”. Overview of this 2024 edition with its historic president, Jean-Louis Guilhaumon.

Discover all the artists and groups present at the 46th edition of the Jazz In Marciac festival, an unmissable musical event in Occitania.

“In terms of programming, we wanted to carry out an ambitious project with a certain number of original creations, openness to young musicians, a significant female presence” explains Jean-Louis Guilhaumon.

The program:
July 18: Pink Martini – Vulfpeck
July 19: Émile Parisien Quartet and the Toulouse National Orchestra – Sissiko Segal Parisien Peirani
July 20: Chris Potter, Brad Mehldau, John Patitucci, Johnathan Blake – Ludovico Einaudi
July 21: Marcus Roberts Trio – Carte blanche Herlin Riley & Marcus Roberts
July 22: Eric Truffaz – Hiromi’s Sonicwonder
July 23: Laufey – Meshell Ndegeocello
July 24: Black Lives: From Generation to Generation – Avishai Cohen Quintet
July 25: Shahin Novrasli Trio – Angélque Kidjo
July 26: Jools Holland – Jacob Collier & Take 6
July 27: Richard Galliano – New’Garo
July 28: Rolando Luna – El Comité – Chucho Valdés
July 29: Kareen Guiock-Thuram – Imany
July 30: Anne Paceo – Ibrahim Maalouf & The Trumpets of Michel-Ange
July 31: Artemis – Kenny Garrett: Sounds from the Ancestors
August 1: Charles Lloyd Sky Quartet – Youn Sun Nah
August 2: Louis Matute Large Ensemble – Chris Isaak
August 3: Delgres – Caravan Palace
August 4: Kinga Glyk – The Dire Straits Experience

“Allowing kids to listen to music for the first time”. Tuesday night, during Ibrahim Maalouf’s concert at Jazz In Marciac, six deaf or hard of hearing people enjoyed the show thanks to the association “Les 400 coups”. Pierre Azais is the president, he explains: “We want to introduce all audiences who are hindered: art, culture, entertainment, music.”

In 2024, the festival also gives a “non-exhaustive list of names to recite as a promise of happiness”: Ibrahim Maalouf, Richard Galliano, Chucho Valdes or Angelique Kidjo, Youn Sun Nah and Hiromi”.

On Saturday, July 21, Jazz in Marciac is programming an entire evening of concerts in honor of Ahmad Jamal, an immense jazz pianist and composer who passed away on April 16, 2023 at the age of 92, and who was a regular at the festival.

The 18 days of the festival brought together more than 40 artists eagerly awaited by the public, because as every year for more than 46 years, jazz music is in the spotlight.

A new meeting with renowned international jazz artists will take place next year during the 47th edition.