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Artist News Gigs & Festivals
Jazz legend to programme Meltdown
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 31 March 2009
This year’s Meltdown festival is going to be curated by jazz legend Ornette Coleman, who is a refreshing choice to programme the annual London festival. His programme is yet to be announced, though it’s thought Coleman himself will play two concerts at the Royal Festival Hall.
Although in recent years it has been pop and rock artists who have programmed the Southbank-based festival, some key classical names curated early editions of the event – George Benjamin in 1993, Louis Andriessen in 1994 and Magnus Lindberg in 1996 – though Coleman is the first jazz performer to get the programming job, I think.
Confirming his involvement this year, Coleman told reporters: “I hope this festival will leave us with a lot of love for all mankind. We will use this time to gather together and create things that we love and believe in”.
This year’s festival will take place from 13-21 Jun.
