KEEP AN EYE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ AWARD 2025 FINAL
Final of the international competition for promising jazz talent from conservatories in Barcelona, Boston, Amsterdam, New York en Trondheim.
The Keep an Eye Jazz Award is an annual competition for exceptional talents from the Conservatorium van Amsterdam and from a selection of comparable institutions in the United States and Europe. The theme of this 15th edition is 'Celebrating Billie Holiday 110 years’; all bands arrange and perform their own version of one out of 10 selected compositions that were made famous by the American jazz vocalist and composer.
Participants can win great prizes that give a boost to a professional career as a jazz musician. The jury consists of international musicians, teachers and professionals from the cultural sector. The Keep an Eye International Jazz Award 2025 is made possible by the Keep an Eye Foundation in collaboration with the Conservatorium van Amsterdam.
This year’s participating schools are Escola Superior de Musica de Catalunya, Barcelona (Spain), Berklee College of Music, Boston (USA), Manhattan School of Music, New York (USA), Jazz Performance Programme NTNU, Trondheim (Norway) en het Conservatorium van Amsterdam (with two bands, which were selected during two semi-finals on April 8 and 9, 2025).
ESMUC Quintet (Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona)
Cristopher Pérez - Tenor Sax
Paco Fernández - Trumpet
Biel Roca - Piano
David Muñoz - Double Bass
Eloy Mañogil - Drums
Berklee Global Jazz Ambassadors (Berklee Global Jazz Institute, Boston)
Samuel Cerra - Vibraphone
Liz Sinn - Piano
Devon Gates - Double Bass
Seba Ramirez – Drums
Kollage (Manhattan School of Music, New York)
Sarahfina Osei - Voice
Cameron Sewell-Snyder - Alto saxophone
Olivier van Niekerk - Guitar
Shogo Yamagishi - Bass
Stone Cornelius - Drums
Moon Inhabitants (NTNU Bachelor in Performing Music - Jazz, Trondheim)
Åsne Fossmark - Saxophone
Mikkel Dahl Amundsen - Trumpet
Sondre Moshagen - Piano
Johannes Wilhelm Burns Lykkås - Double Bass
Jørgen Fiske - Drums and Percussion
Calima (Conservatorium van Amsterdam)
Miguel Valente - Alto Sax
Marco Ullstein - Vibraphone
Jules Charbonnier - Piano
Ton Felices - Double Bass
Ludvig Holde Søndergaard - Drums
Evan's Super Duper Group & Fun (Conservatorium van Amsterdam)
Carolina Gemmell - Voice
Evan van der Feen - Piano
David Guerreiro - Double Bass
Ludvig Holde Søndergaard - Drums
Video: Martijn van de Linden
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Audio: Ruben Kieftenbelt