In Uzhgorod “PAP-JAZZ FEST – 2012” will be held

November 11 in Uzhgorod, in the PADIYUN the XIV International and the XV jubilee national Roma jazz art festival "PAP-JAZZ FEST – 2012", organized by the Society for Roma Musical Culture in Transcarpathia "Lautari" and "PADIYUN", will be held. The beginning is at 18:00

Headliner of this year’s festival will be the star of world-class jazz, trumpeter Michael Patchez Stewart from the United States. Michael Stewart grew up in the town where the jazz was born – New Orleans. 

Jazz Fest has become one of the brands of Uzhgorod, which, thanks to such events, gradually regains the image of musical and artistic center of Europe. 

"Pap Jazz Fest" is also the tribute to prominent Transcarpathian Roma jazz musician, founder of the festival, public figure Vilmosh Pap, who unexpectedly passed away. During the festival there will be the exhibition and video screenings on the history of "Pap Jazz" festivals and creative activities of its founders.