Gozo concert displays music created with Fabrizio Cassol

In an upcoming concert in Għarb, Gozo, nine emerging musicians will be presenting new music developed throughout an intercultural composition residency, under the direction and mentorship of jazz celebrity Fabrizio Cassol.
Hailed as one of the top saxophone players in the jazz world, the Belgian jazzman and composer is mostly known for his work with the trio Aka Moon. In recent years, he has been actively advocating intercultural communication through music and has worked incessantly to bring together young musicians coming from different musical backgrounds and traditions.
Cassol is currently leading a music residency in Gozo with young musicians from France, Greece, Italy, Malta and Tunisia. Part of a larger project – the MEDiterranean INcubator for Emerging Artists [Medinea] – the residency is designed to impart a unique artistic experience of innovation and creation that stems through the diversity of musical aesthetics and Mediterranean expressions, and which hosts all styles of music using elements of improvisation, including jazz and traditional music, among others.

With the aim of establishing cooperation and relationships with small and local communities, as well as...