1999News

German jazz band comes to play with Dominicans

The Blue Print Stage band from Germany is visiting Santo Domingo as the last leg of the jazz group’s tour of the Americas commemorating the 50th anniversary of the German Federal Republic. The tour took them to the US, Cuba, Jamaica, Haiti and now to Santo Domingo. On Saturday, 17 April, the group will give a presentation at the Ruins of the San Francisco Monastery at 8:30 pm. On stage with them will be Dominican artists Jaques Mart?nez (guitar), Ania Paz (piano), Eglis Estrella (singer), Patricia Pereyra (singer), Sandy Gabriel (saxophone) and Esar Sim?n (bass guitar). Members of the band are Nadja Baroudi (drums), Tilman Ehorhor (saxophone), Marcus Gnadt (bass guitar), Martin Hornung (piano).The band will give a lecture at the National Conservatory on 20 April. For more information, contact Britta Peterson at the German Embassy. The activity is coordinated by the National Theater and the Commission of Historic Monuments as part of the program, United for Culture. Tickets are RD$100 and are for sale at the National Theater and the German Embassy.