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0 >Jaak Sooäär and Aleksei Kruglov performing in Narva and Ivangorod on International Jazz Day on April 30, 2021. Source: ERR
A concert was held at the castles in the border cities of Narva, Estonia and Ivangorod, Russia last week to mark International Jazz Day.
Guitarist Jaak Sooäär and saxophonist Aleksei Kruglov last played together in Moscow before the coronavirus pandemic started. On Friday, they held a 40-minute concert with Sooäär performing in Narva on Hermann Castle and Kruglov standing on the Ivangorod Fortress across the Narva River. That s why we played together here and also we wanted to show that music does not have borders. Music still needs to be played and played together and music connects people, in my opinion, it s very important, Sooäär told ETV s current affairs show Aktuaalne kaamera .
Musicians blend jazz rhythms across Estonia-Russia border April 30, 2021 at 8:00 pm
NARVA, Estonia (AP) Two jazz musicians gave an unusual concert Friday on the Estonia-Russia border, where Estonian guitarist Jaak Sooäär and Russian saxophonist Alexey Kruglov performed from castles on the opposing banks of the river that separates their countries.
The musicians combined rhythms on International Jazz Day as an act of friendship, despite the deteriorating relations between Russia and Estonia. The coronavirus pandemic has limited opportunities for cross-border contact.
“As the border stayed closed, I have friends on the other side of the border with whom I wanted to play with, so we decided to do it,” Sooäär said before the concert.