The brilliant Hibla Gerzmava, whose jazz performances were loved by the public no less than opera performances with her participation, will perform popular jazz standards, favorite songs and classical works in a jazz arrangement, accompanied by a Large jazz Orchestra conducted by Peter Vostokov.
The repertoire of the outstanding singer impresses with its breadth and diversity, Demonstrating amazing vocal and artistic capabilities, in love with jazz, she conquers every time with the freshness and elegance of reading jazz compositions.
Hibla Gerzmava is a People’s Artist of Russia and the Republic of Abkhazia, a laureate of international competitions, a multiple winner of the Golden Mask National Theater Award, a laureate of the State Prize of the Russian Federation for her contribution to the development of world and domestic opera art, a soloist of the K.S. Stanislavsky and V.I. Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. The singer performs on the world’s main opera stages, collaborates with renowned conductors, soloists and leading Russian orchestras.
The Big Jazz Orchestra was created in 2010 by the famous jazz musician Peter Vostokov together with singer Daria Antonova. The main task of the band was to restore and maintain the best samples of orchestral jazz and swing music. The orchestra’s programs are dedicated to both the «giants» of jazz, such as Jimmy Lunsford, Dizzy Gillespie, Duke Ellington, and the best examples of Russian jazz and popular music of the first half of the 20th century. The BDO consists of almost the entire avant—garde of the Moscow jazz scene: soloists of Moscow’s leading big bands, laureates of Russian and international jazz competitions and festivals.