Schaerer is Artist in Residence in Saalfelden
Swiss jazz singer Andreas Schaerer and Japanese koto player Michiyo Yagi are this year's artists in residence at the Saalfelden Jazz Festival.
Andreas Schaerer will be artist in residence at the Saalfelden 2023 Jazz Festival with four different formations. He will be performing with the Finnish guitarist Kalle Kalima, the American bassist Tim Lefebvre, his Swedish colleague Björn Meyer, the Swiss percussionist Julian Sartorius and the Serbian "Professor of Creative Music Technology" Svetlana Maraš.
First held in 1978, the Saalfelden Jazz Festival takes place annually in August in Saalfelden am Steinernen Meer in Austria (in the wider Salzburg area). Since 2016, there has also been a smaller offshoot festival, Drei Tage Jazz, which takes place in January. The anniversary edition in 2019 attracted a total of 25,000 visitors over five days. A total of 80 concerts were held on various stages, around 60 of which were free to attend.
