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The jazz music festival Jazzkaar 2022, which will take place again in April after two years, announced its long-awaited program.

0"> Jaak Sooäär and Aleksei Kruglov performing in Narva and Ivangorod on International Jazz Day on April 30, 2021. Source: ERR A concert was held at the castles in the border cities of Narva, Estonia and Ivangorod, Russia last week to mark International Jazz Day. Guitarist Jaak Sooäär and saxophonist Aleksei Kruglov last played together in Moscow before the coronavirus pandemic started. On Friday, they held a 40-minute concert with Sooäär performing in Narva on Hermann Castle and Kruglov standing on the Ivangorod Fortress across the Narva River. "That's why we play...

Musicians blend jazz rhythms across Estonia-Russia border April 30, 2021 at 8:00 pm NARVA, Estonia (AP) — Two jazz musicians gave an unusual concert Friday on the Estonia-Russia border, where Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooäär and Russian saxophonist Alexey Kruglov performed from castles on the opposing banks of the river that separates their countries. The musicians combined rhythms on International Jazz Day as an act of friendship, despite the deteriorating relations between Russia and Estonia. The coronavirus pandemic has limited opportunities for cross-border contact....

Maris Hellrand Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar, background center, performs in the Narva Castle in Narva as Russian saxophonist Alexey Kruglov, right, performs in the Ivangorod Fortress on the Russian-Estonian border in Ivangorod, 130 km (80 miles) west of St.Petersburg, Russia, Friday, April 30, 2021. Musicians on the Estonian-Russian border held an unusual concert on Friday, with Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooaar and Russian saxophonist Alexey Kruglov performing from the castles on the opposing banks of the Narva river that marks the border between the two countries. The concert was...