Youth Jazz Orchestra NRW meets Transorient Orchestra

The Transorient Orchestra brings the sound of the Ruhr Valley to the stage. The Youth Jazz Orchestra brings together young jazz talents from all over North Rhine-Westphalia. When the two ensembles meet, the result is a unique concert experience.

WDR 3 Jazz with Carlotta Rölleke | 3 July 2024, 22:04 - 23:00 | WDR 3
https://www1.wdr.de/radio/wdr3/programm/sendungen/wdr3-jazz/jugendjazzorcheste-transorient-orchestra-100.html

They have been coming together regularly since 2017 and together form a huge ensemble. The Transorient Orchestra, consisting of artists from the Ruhr region, combines diverse cultural roots: Iranian santoor, Persian oud, Arabic nay and darbuka meet Western big band sound and harmony. The youth jazz orchestra is at home in classical jazz and has only rehearsed a few times with the pieces of the Transorient Orchestra. An exciting challenge with the new intonation and rhythm of the Orient for the young savages. At the concert at the Jazzschmiede Düsseldorf in April 2024, the 30 musicians took to the stage together. This musical encounter is not a simple adaptation of one side to the other, but a mutual response. Oriental music is translated into jazz and vice versa. Due to the changes within the ensembles, the programme of this fusion sounds a little different at every performance.

Moderator: Carlotta Rölleke
Editor: Niklas Rudolph