Musicians from 12 countries gathered for the traditional international jazz festival, which opened yesterday in the southwest BG town of Bansko. Twenty-four jazz formations are going to perform in the six festival nights?
Secial guests to the fest are the 28-year-old Italian jazz musician and guitar player Marco Turco, the German musicians Joe Poznac and Thomas Gertiken, as well as the BG jazz figures Asen Doykin, Angel Zaberski Jr., Kamelia Todorova and Mario Stanchev (on the photo above), who is currently working in Lion, France.