Bucharest International JAZZ Competition

Bucharest International JAZZ Competition Bucharest International Jazz Competition is ranked among the first 3 jazz competitions in Europe.

The 2025 edition runs from July 4 to 12, within the 32nd EUROPAfest - jazz, blues, pop, classic, festival under the High Patronage of Her Majesty Margareta, the Custodian of the Romanian Crown and His Royal Highness Prince Radu. On its 18th edition, developed in 2024, Bucharest International Jazz Competition gatheres 21 bands with musicians from 21 countries all over the world.

30/07/2026

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!
โ€“ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ•

Are you ready to shine on an international stage?
The ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ• ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป invites jazz artists from around the world to share their sound, passion and creativity with a global audience.
Step into ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, where artistic vision meets pure energy and tomorrowโ€™s jazz stars are born. From soulful solos to electrifying ensembles โ€” this is where the magic happens!
๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!
Details & how to apply www.jazzcompetition.ro , www.jazzfest.ro

The prize winners of the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ” ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐” | ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š โ€“ Best Vocals & Band
Han Kim - vocal
Hyunwoong Kim - percussion
Jeongwook Park - piano

๐Œ๐„๐‰๐€๐™๐™ | ๐€๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐š๐ข๐ฃ๐š๐ง - Best Band
Muhammed Allahverdiyev - piano
Nijat Pashazadeh - bass
Hasan Bilalov - drums

๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐‡๐„๐ | ๐”๐’๐€, ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ
Special prize - Instrumental Performance

๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐€ ๐๐€๐‹๐Œ๐ˆ๐„๐‘๐ˆ | ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ
Special prize - Vocal Performance

Take the stage, share your sound, and let your music make history.

video: Cristi Enache | totalimage.ro

19/07/2026

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐„๐๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง!
โ€“ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ• ๐ŸŽทโœจ

Are you ready to shine on an international stage?
The ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ• ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป invites jazz artists from around the world to share their sound, passion and creativity with a global audience.
Step into ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, where artistic vision meets pure energy and tomorrowโ€™s jazz stars are born. From soulful solos to electrifying ensembles โ€” this is where the magic happens!
๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!
Details & how to apply ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.jazzcompetition.ro , www.jazzfest.ro

โœจ The prize winners of the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿ” ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:

๐‘๐ˆ๐“๐” | ๐’๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก ๐Š๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐š โ€“ Best Vocals & Band
Han Kim - vocal
Hyunwoong Kim - percussion
Jeongwook Park - piano

๐Œ๐„๐‰๐€๐™๐™ | ๐€๐ณ๐ž๐ซ๐›๐š๐ข๐ฃ๐š๐ง - Best Band
Muhammed Allahverdiyev - piano
Nijat Pashazadeh - bass
Hasan Bilalov - drums

๐“๐Ž๐Œ๐„๐‘ ๐‚๐Ž๐‡๐„๐ | ๐”๐’๐€, ๐ˆ๐ฌ๐ซ๐š๐ž๐ฅ
Special prize - Instrumental Performance

๐๐„๐‘๐‹๐€ ๐๐€๐‹๐Œ๐ˆ๐„๐‘๐ˆ | ๐ˆ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฒ
Special prize - Vocal Performance

๐ŸŽถ Take the stage, share your sound, and let your music make history.

video: Cristi Enache | totalimage.ro

After an outstanding competition filled with exceptional talent, we are delighted to announce the musicians and bands wh...
09/07/2026

After an outstanding competition filled with exceptional talent, we are delighted to announce the musicians and bands who have passed to the ๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ.

In alphabetical order:

๐…๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ:
โ€ข BORIS PETKOV | Bulgaria
โ€ข MEJAZZ | Azerbaijan
โ€ข RITU | South Korea

๐‰๐š๐ฆ ๐’๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐’๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง:
โ€ข MAKSYMILIAN WILK | Poland โ€“ Saxophone
โ€ข PERLA PALMIERI | Italy โ€“ Vocals
โ€ข TOMER COHEN | USA / Israel โ€“ Guitar

Congratulations to all the finalists!
We look forward to seeing you on stage in the Final and wish you the very best of luck! ๐Ÿ€โœจ

29/06/2026

Pe ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž, de la ๐จ๐ซ๐š ๐Ÿ๐ŸŽ:๐ŸŽ๐ŸŽ, ne dฤƒm รฎntรขlnire la ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐šฬ†๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ pentru o searฤƒ plinฤƒ de energie, ศ™i emoศ›ie, รฎn deschiderea EUROPAfest!

Pe scenฤƒ va urca ๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จฬ€ ๐๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š, chitarist din ๐๐š๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ๐จ, alฤƒturi de alศ›i artiศ™ti internaศ›ionali, รฎntr-un concert care promite sฤƒ aducฤƒ publicului ritmuri rafinate ศ™i momente muzicale memorabile.

๐๐ข๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐จฬ€ ๐๐ฎ๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐š este activ pe scena de jazz din ๐’๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฅ๐ข๐š, a participat la festivaluri precum Sicilia Jazz Festival ศ™i Salina Jazz Festival, iar รฎn 2023 a cucerit juriul National Arts Award โ€“ secศ›iunea jazz.

๐Ÿ“ Sala Luceafฤƒrul
๐Ÿ—“ 3 iulie
๐Ÿ•— Ora 20:00
๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Bilete: https://www.iabilet.ro/bilete-europafest-33-126557

Vฤƒ aศ™teptฤƒm sฤƒ celebrฤƒm รฎmpreunฤƒ รฎnceputul EUROPAfest 2026!

#2026

23/06/2026

Te invitam pe ๐Ÿ‘ ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ข๐ž, la ๐’๐š๐ฅ๐š ๐‹๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐š๐Ÿ๐šฬ†๐ซ๐ฎ๐ฅ sa asculti ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐€๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ฎ๐จ, un proiect รฎn care douฤƒ chitare devin douฤƒ voci care spun o poveste comunฤƒ.
๐“๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐‚๐จ๐ก๐ž๐ง | SUA, Israel ศ™i ๐‘๐จ๐๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐จ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ญ๐ž | Peru, Irlanda creeazฤƒ un univers sonor complex. Experienศ›a lor internaศ›ionalฤƒ, de la scena jazz din ๐๐ž๐ฐ ๐˜๐จ๐ซ๐ค pรขnฤƒ la rฤƒdฤƒcinile muzicale din Peru ศ™i Brazilia, promite un concert captivant, o experienศ›ฤƒ live care se simte personal, intens ศ™i memorabil pentru spectatori.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ Bilete: https://www.iabilet.ro/bilete-europafest-33-126557

#2026

20/06/2026

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐˜€๐—ถ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿญ ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ ๐˜€๐—ถ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ.
Azi o descoperim pe ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—Ÿ๐—” ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐— ๐—œ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—œ/ ๐—œ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ โ€” cantareata de jazz, compozitoare si aranjoare, cu peste 10 ani de experienta in ritm, improvizatie si creatii originale.
De la cluburi si festivaluri de jazz din Italia, pana la scene internationale precum Expo 2025 Osaka, Perla Palmieri aduce cu ea eleganta, energie si libertatea autentica a jazzului.

๐—ข ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฏ ๐—ถ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—ฆ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ ๐—Ÿ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—น.
Bilete: https://www.iabilet.ro/bilete-europafest-33-opening-gala-concert-126540/

25/03/2026
19/10/2025

๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ 2026 Edition!
โ€“ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐ŸŽทโœจ

Are you ready to shine on an international stage?
The ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป invites jazz artists from around the world to share their sound, passion and creativity with a global audience.

Step into ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐˜‡ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, where artistic vision meets pure energy and tomorrowโ€™s jazz stars are born. From soulful solos to electrifying ensembles โ€” this is where the magic happens!

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!
Details & how to apply ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.jazzcompetition.ro

โœจ ๐—›๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป:
WE TAKE REQUESTS TRIO | Norway โ€“ Best Band
Eirik Tveten โ€“ piano
Eskild Okkenhaug โ€“ upright bass
Elias Baadsvik โ€“ drums

๐ŸŽถ Take the stage, share your sound, and let your music make history.

Video: Smart Digital Production โ€“ Gabriel Tanase & Cristi Enache

29/08/2025

๐ŸŽทโœจ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ โ€“ 2026 Edition!
โ€“ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป

Are you ready to take your jazz to the next level?
The stage of the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—๐—”๐—ญ๐—ญ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป is calling musicians from all around the world to showcase their talent, passion, and creativity.
Join one of Europeโ€™s leading jazz competitions, where artistry meets energy, and audiences meet tomorrowโ€™s jazz stars. From solos that move hearts to ensembles that set the stage on fire โ€“ this is where it all happens!

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—”๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ข๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ก!
Details & how to apply ๐Ÿ‘‰ www.jazzcompetition.ro
โœจ Highlights from the 2025 edition:
๐Ÿ† THE UNCALLED CAPITAL | Japan โ€“ Grand Prize Winner
Jun Umegaki โ€“ tenor saxophone
Yu Yoshimori โ€“ alto saxophone
Shunya Aramaki โ€“ trumpet
Minami Yazaki โ€“ piano
Wataru Tamura โ€“ bass
Jun Sato โ€“ drums

๐ŸŽถ Step into the spotlight, bring your sound, and let the speak louder than words!

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02/08/2025

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