Menirea noastră este aceea de a educa și de a încânta publicul! Samfest Jazz history
Samfest Jazz is a jazz & blues festival which takes place in Satu Mare City, in the north-western part of the country, near the border with Hungary and Ukraine. It started in 2005, having as venue the former „Summer Theater”, a place that held a lot of cultural manifestations, but does not exist anymore. This location was the home for the 2005 and 2006 editions. In 2007, the jazz festival was held in the Cultural House, following in 2008 in the New Central Place in Satu Mare. Then, in 2009, looking for a new location in case of bad weather, it was held in Club „Insomnia”. Due to a lot of venue changes, the management tried to look for a new one wich had a better acoustic, thus being a better place for the jazz artists and lovers so, in 2010, the Samfest Jazz venue became the „Dinu Lipatti” Philharmonic. Samfest Jazz is a jazz & blues festival, it started in the year 2005 and takes place in Satu Mare. The management is formed by the “G.M Zamfirescu” Cultural Center Satu Mare, Satu Mare Municipality and the Local Council. First Samfest Jazz edition took place in 2005, when Johnny Raducanu was invited to enchant the audience, as we mentioned, at the „Summer Theater”. Cserey Csaba was also there for us. Second Samfest Jazz edition took place in 2006, also in the „Summer Theater”. As the management intended to make the festival grow, more artists were invited to play:
- Mike Krstic Quartet - Belgrad-Timişoara (Serbia – Romania)
- Nicholas Simion Group – Germany
- Paul de Castro Sextet – USA
- Garbis Dedeian Quintet - Romania
- Istvan Gyarfas Quartet – Budapesta, Hungary
- Mircea Tiberian & Liviu Butoi - Romania
- Marius Popp Group - Romania
- Anca Parghel Quartet - Romania
- Harry Tavitian & Orient Express – Romania
The third edition of Samfest Jazz, in 2007, moved to the Cultural House. Notable guests crossed the thresholds of our city:
- Al di Meola & Midsummer Night Quartet – USA – Italy
- Harry Tavitian, Wolfgang Puschnig, Cserey Csaba - Austia – Romania
- Storyville Jazz Band – Hungary
- Puiu Pascu Trio – Romania
- Pawel Smorag Band – Poland
In 2008, the fourth edition was to start. The venue changed again to the New Central Place in Satu Mare. It featured great musicians who came fromm all over the world.
- Billy Cobham Band – Switzerland
- Trilok Gurtu & Own World Music Group - India
- Kornel Horvath Duo – Hungary
- Mario Florescu & Prezent – Romania
- Cserey Csaba – Romania
- Garbis Dedeian Quartet – Romania
The fifth edition was held in Club „Insomnia” in 2009. We had the pleasure to listen to the one of the greatest’s jazz guitarists in the world.
- Larry Coryell Trio featuring Alphonse Mouzon with special guest Joey DeFrancesco – USA
- Nicolas Simion Trio – Germany – Romania
- Bohem Ragtime Jazz Band – Hungary
- Nemez – Romania
- Cserey Csaba Duo – Romania
In 2010, the Samfest Jazz venue became the „Dinu Lipatti” Philharmonic. The festival extended to from 2 to 4 days of wonderful music.
- Tomasz Stanko Quintet - Poland - Finland – Denmark
- Lars Danielsson Trio - Sweden - Greece - Great Britain
- Special Providence – Hungary
- Skpoje Connection - Macedonia – Italy
- Sorin Romanescu – Romania
- Bega Blues Band – Romania
- Macro World – Romania
- Jazz Friends – Romania
- In JazzTenso – Romania
- Snako Dixie Jazz Band – Romania
- Mike Godoroja Blues Band – Romania
Unfortunately, due to flight cancellation from Copenhagen, Tomasz Stanko Quintet played as a trio.
