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The concerts of Winter Jazz<\/strong> from February 1st to March 24th offer new meetings, exciting discoveries, fresh sounds and albums. The focus is on the Nordic and Estonian. The most loved events of Winter Jazz will be the concert dedicated to the 90th birthday of the Grand Old Man of Estonian jazz Valter Ojak\u00e4\u00e4r<\/strong>.<\/p>\n <\/body> <\/html><\/p>\n The season will begin with the group of Norwegian singer Greta Aagre<\/strong> and composer-remixer Erik Honor\u00e9<\/strong>. Erik Honor\u00e9 is known as one of the artistic directors of Punkt Festival. Their last album \u201eYear of the Bullet\u201c (2012) gained attention internationally. Greta Aagre has performed in different line-ups on concert as well as theatre stage, her warm voice and detailed expression and tasteful soundscapes of Erik Honore create a cosy emotional atmosphere. Acknowledged Estonian trumpet-player Aleksei Saks will perform as a guest of the group.<\/p>\n Internationally known UMA<\/strong> will present their new album \u201ePeidus pool\u201c \u2013 \u201eHidden half\u201c. One of the best and most diverse Estonian singers Iris Oja<\/strong> will sing songs based on the poetry of Anzori Barkalaja. Songs of nature and human relationships were born from the cooperation of trumpet-player Aleksei Saks<\/strong>, guitarist Robert J\u00fcrjendal<\/strong> and singer Iris Oja.<\/p>\n Kadi Quartet<\/strong> is band of Estonian singer Kadi Vija<\/strong>, consisting of young talented musicians. Kadi has lived in Finland from 2005 and has studied singing at Helsinki Metropolia University, but also at Berklee College of Music in Boston; at the moment the young singer-songwriter is a student of Sibelius Academy, as are her band-members. The quartet performs \u2013 for the first time in Estonia \u2013 their own songs, but also jazz standards.<\/p>\n Valter Ojak\u00e4\u00e4r<\/strong> has made an unforgettable and priceless impression on Estonian music as a musician, music historian, writer and radio host. He can be called th father and Grand Old Man of Estonian jazz. His extensive work was prized with the life-time achievement award of the Republic of Estonia in 2008. On Maestro\u2019s birthday his music will be performed by Raivo Tafenau band<\/strong> and Liisi Koikson<\/strong>.<\/p>\n