Farewell Concert & Membership Drive

Sunday Matinee!

Featuring Jazz greats

MARKUS BURGER & ALMER IMAMOVIC

Jazz pianist Markus Burger is joining Bosnian-born guitarist Almer Imamovic for an acoustic mélange centering around melodies that cross the bridge between music from the Balkan with jazz and European chamber music, creating melodies that bridge the gap between two different high cultures.

Burger is the creator of “Spiritual Standards” and founder of the North Atlantic Jazz Alliance. His musical output is documented on 15 CDs ranging from solo piano work (Ultreya) to his renowned duo with saxophonist Jan von Klewitz entitled Spiritual Standards to his Trio Accidental Tourist with Jazz legends Bob Magnusson on bass and Peter Erskine on drums.

He performs internationally from the Vatican to Russia, Brazil and Iceland.

Imamovic is a highly sought-after composer having played in concerts on five continents. As a versatile and innovative guitar player, he is a master of the electric guitar as well as of Latin and Balkan stringed instruments. Most recently, Imamovic's song “Stani Draga" was featured in the film "In the Land of Blood and Honey", by Angelina Jolie.

Almer and Markus would like to debut some of their new titles LIVE at Villa Aurora.

This concert is also a gift to Villa Aurora and a farewell to Margit Kleinman who will leave her post as director in February of 2020.