The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Summit 16th Anniversary Celebration Concert

Name: The Berklee Global Jazz Institute Summit 16th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Start: 2025-02-20T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02115

Schedule

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025 at 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

136 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, United States, Massachusetts 02115 | Boston, MA

The Berklee Global Jazz Institute (BGJI) presents its 16th annual Berklee Global Jazz Summit, featuring special guests and original compositions from BGJI faculty, alumni, visiting artists, and students.
BGJI is a creative music institute with a progressive vision to develop the artists of the new millennium, led by legendary pianist and composer Danilo Pérez. Pérez, the institute's founder, also serves as artistic director; Italian saxophonist Marco Pignataro is managing director.
During the last 15 years, BGJI has cultivated some of the finest globally-minded musicians, creating a community of creative artists focused on the power of music for human development and social activism.
Pérez remarks, “One of the goals of the Berklee Global Jazz Institute is to offer students perspectives that transcend categorization and stereotypes while fostering a learning environment where fulfilling artistic, social, and intellectual experiences interconnect and shape the personality of twenty-first-century artists.” Pignataro adds, “The BGJI has promoted a creative global outlook in jazz education, inspiring other programs to follow suit. During this process, we have reached over 10,000 students at our weekly events, mentoring around 168 students from six continents, many of whom are the current artists reshaping the identity of modern jazz.”