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During the early years of the festival jazz events were organised at numerous places in Maribor (eg Satchmo Jazz Club), however since 2004 all events have been moved to the building of Narodni dom Maribor.
Since 2000 the festival has included also documentary films and occasional workshops, jam sessions and exhibitions (eg Searching For the Sound-Off, an exhibition of Slovene music photography curated by well-known Slovene jazz photographer Žiga Koritnik).
The festival programme attracts both local audiences and also specialised audiences from all parts of Slovenia and neighbouring cities (Graz, Zagreb etc). The festival has been supported by the Ministry of Culture and Maribor Urban Municipality as well as by several embassies (Germany, Canada, Austria, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, the USA and Australia) and international agencies and foundations such as British Council Slovenia, Pro Helvetia, Goethe-Institut Ljubljana and other occasional sponsors.
In 2004 the Izzven Festival hosted around 40 performers from 14 countries. Alongside Afro-American jazz traditions the festival focuses on European jazz developments, with performers coming from the London, Berlin and Vienna jazz festivals. Thus in 2004 the programme presented Satoko Fujii, Screaming Headless Torsos, Peter Broetzmann and Nels Clin, Hamid Drake and Assif Tsahar, Wilbert de Joode, the avant hip hop musician Daelek, Wien 3, The Clogs, Kammerflimmer kollektief, Arto Lindsay, Sisteme D, Pangelis Karayorgis Trio, Jon Balke and Slovene artists Bratko Bibič, The Madleys, Lolita and Jure Pukl. The programme in 2005 included Ernst Glerum, Koch-Schütz-Studer with Hardcore Chambermusic, Headfake freat, Doug Wimbish & Will Calhoun, Daniel Karlsson's Pan Pan, Matt Darriau's Paradox Trio, Belgradeyard Soundsystem, Samo Šalamon New Quartet, Frank Gratkowski Double Quartet and Joe McPhee trio.
Perhaps the festival concept is best described by Ken Vandermark, Chicago's best-known saxophone player and arguably one of the best saxophonists in the world, who was the youngest recipient of the highly-acclaimed McArthur Genius Award (only four musicians in the history of jazz have ever received it):
'The IZZVEN Festival represents the direction I'd like to see music festivals take in our time. Through integrating various "genres" and putting music that uses different methods and materials side by side (instead of only programming music from a certain "category"), this festival gives the audience an opportunity to make its own connections between what it hears. Based on my experiences, all good music is tied together, it crosses cultural and stylistic boundaries, and I believe it's time for music to be experienced this way in performance. During it's ongoing history, this is what the Izzven Festival has done. There are few music festivals like it in the world, and it indicates a better way for music to be presented and experienced: without borders.'
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