On 1 June 2025, Usein Bekirov’s jazz quartet will represent Ukraine at one of the largest jazz festivals in the world – the Java Jazz Festival in Indonesia.
The Ukrainian Institute writes about this on its website.
This is the first cooperation between the Ukrainian Institute and the festival organisers, PT Java Festival Production, which took place with the support of the Embassy of Ukraine in Indonesia.
On the eve of the festival, on 31 May at 18:00, the quartet will also perform at the Ukrainian Jazz Night, organised jointly by the Goethe-Institut Indonesien and the Embassy of Ukraine in Indonesia.
The event will feature original compositions, as well as Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar songs in jazz arrangements. Among the performers:
Usein Bekirov is a world-renowned Crimean Tatar jazz musician (pianist and composer) who plays funk, fusion, ethno-jazz and other styles. He has collaborated on projects with such musicians as Barry Brenhardt, Randy Brecker, Dennis Chambers, Mike Stern (USA), Hadrien Feraud (France), Sarp Maden (Turkey), Dennis Adu and others.
Ivan Lokhmanyuk is the bass guitarist of the Usein Bekirov Quintet. Since 2023, he has been teaching at the Lysenko National Music Academy in Lviv.
Viktor Pavelko is a jazz saxophonist and composer, author of many works and arrangements, and a lecturer at the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy and the Glière Conservatory of Music. He was named best tenor saxophonist of 2009 by Do#Dz.
Artur Frolov is one of the best contemporary Ukrainian drummers from Donetsk, the best drummer at the international competition MuzTorg in 2009 and 2010, and winner of the jazz competition Do#Dz – 1st place. He is a senior lecturer at the Mykola Lysenko Lviv National Music Academy.
The Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival is one of the most famous and largest jazz festivals in the world, which has been held annually since 2005 in Jakarta (Indonesia) and brings together about 100,000 spectators and more than 100 performers from around the world. It is organised by Java Festival Production. This year’s event will take place from 30 May to 1 June.