Speakers:
Programme
JAB 2026
The programme comprises 7 components:
- JAB Conference — round‑table discussions and panel sessions on: promotion of jazz projects; audience engagement strategies; grant support and funding opportunities; and other related topics.
- JAB Workshops — masterclasses delivered by leading jazz musicians.
- JAB Showcases — a platform for presenting new musical projects to Russian and international experts.
- JAB Matchmaking — one‑on‑one meetings with key leaders of the jazz industry.
- JAB Listening — public listening sessions featuring the best tracks from albums released in 2024–2025.
- Jazz Educators Forum — an all‑Russian conference dedicated to jazz education.
* Organizing committee of Jazz Across Borders reserves the right to make changes in the program of the Forum & Festival.
June 12 – Grand Hall
1015
Official Opening Ceremony of the 8th Jazz Across Borders forum & festival
1030
The Cultural Mission of Jazz: Past, Present, Future JAB Conference, Jazz Educators Forum
1045
Jazz and Local Identity: Finding Your Unique Style JAB Conference
1300
Music: From Creativity to Business. Developing the Music Industry in the Context of the Creative Economy JAB Conference
Speakers:
- Marina Mongush
- Sergey Babich
- Nadezhda Boychevski
- Olga Demina
- Artem Kosmarsky
- Anton Pankratov
1500
Jazz Clubs: Concert Business in Times of Turbulence JAB Conference
1615
Practical Work with an Orchestra Jazz Educators Forum
Featuring:
- Jazz Academy Big Band
- Pavel Ovchinnikov
1730
The Specific Features of Performing Latin Jazz Music Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Artur Gazarov
- Marianna Savon
- Lev Slepner
- Vitaly Epov
1845
Vocal Stylistics Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Alina Rostotskaya
- Tatyana Shishkova
- Elizaveta Kaboeva
June 12 – Small Hall
1145
Arrangement Techniques for Instrumental Ensembles and Orchestras Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Kristina Krit
- Vladimir Fyodorov
1300
Fundamentals of Jazz Interpretation in the Context of Ensemble and Orchestra Work Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Denis Melnikov
- Pavel Ovchinnikov
- Sergey Bogdanov
1500
Issues in Piano Performance Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Daniel Adiyants
- Oleg Starikov
- Yakov Okun
1730
JAB Showcases
- Alexander Dovgopoly Project
- Anna Ivanova & Band
- Daniel Adiyants Trio
- Evgeny Abramov and SAKHRA
June 12 – Aud. 1
1145
Jazz in the Music School: More Than Just a Teacher Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Elena Khudobina
- Klementina Sineglazova
- Natella Bogdanovich
1300
Roundtable: «Secondary Vocational Education» Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Adam Teratsuyan
- Sergey Yemets
- Dmitry Kokshin
- Olga Yushkova
1500
Roundtable: «Higher Music Education» Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Kirill Moshkov
- Boris Mochalin
- Yury Krasilnikov
- Ekaterina Mylnikova
- Irina Austin
1615
JAB Matchmaking
- Alexander Filippov
- Clarence Ford
- Desmond Frankfort
- Carolyn Savage
- Georgia Jones
- Ren Yuqing
- Ovagem Sultanyan
- Dmitry Sheremet
1730
Adapting Jazz History Studies for Different Skill Levels Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Natalya Rikker
- Svetlana Kukina
- Zinaida Kartasheva
- Mikhail Mitropolsky
1845
Improvisation: From Narrow Frameworks to Creative Expression Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Alexey Podymkin
- Dina Sineglazova
- Yulia Asadullina
June 12 – Aud. 3
1145
Jazz Content Lab: What Works in 2026 JAB Conference
1300
Technology and Jazz: Helpers or Competitors? JAB Conference
Speakers:
1500
Record Labels: How to Successfully Promote Jazz Music Today? JAB Conference
Speakers:
- Alexandra Guseva
- Roman Manzh
- Nadezhda Boychevski
1615
JAB Listening
1730
Summit of Jazz Orchestra Leaders JAB Conference
1845
New Jazz Initiatives in the Regions: Success Stories JAB Conference, Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Alexander Filippov
- Tim Dorofeev
- Denis Rybakov
- Andrey Stuzhev
- Yulia Skugarevskaya
- Sergey Korneev
June 13 – Grand Hall
1000
Council Meeting: Pop‑Jazz Music (FUMO)
Participants:
- Igor Butman
- Larisa Dolina
- Daniil Kramer
- Pavel Ovchinnikov
- Kirill Moshkov
- Adam Teratsuyan
- Boris Mochalin
- Kristina Krit
1200
Open Meeting with People’s Artist of Russia Igor Mikhailovich Butman JAB Conference, Jazz Educators Forum
1315
Meeting of Participants of the Jazz Educators Forum and Jazz Across Borders with S.G. Novikov, Head of the Public Projects Department of the President of the Russian Federation JAB Conference, Jazz Educators Forum, Jazz Producers School
1500
Practical Masterclass with Allan Harris JAB Workshop
Featured artist:
- Allan Harris
1615
Brand and Music Project Collaboration: How and Why JAB Conference
1615
Roundtable of Private Educational Institutions and Individual Entrepreneur‑Educators Jazz Educators Forum
- Nadezhda Tolstaya
- Mariya Voloshina
- Marina Vinogradova
- Dmitriy Semenishchev
1730
Jazz Projects as Drivers of Event Tourism Development JAB Conference
1845
Education Across Borders: International Methodologies and Experience JAB Conference, Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Artem Badenko
- Anton Boyarskikh
- Oleg Butman
- Arkady Ovrutsky
- David Melkonyan
June 13 – Small Hall
1500
Drum Performance in Ensembles and Big Bands: Key Features Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Oleg Butman
- Arkady Baklagin
1615
Vocal Improvisation Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Anastasia Baleva
- Elizaveta Kaboeva
1845
JAB Showcases
June 13 Aud. 1
1500
Jazz for Musicians with Classical Training JAB Showcases
Speakers:
- Andrey Lipatov
- Elena Lobachevskaya
- Alexander Vinitsky
- Natalya Rikker
1730
Toolkit for the Modern Teacher of Theoretical Disciplines Jazz Educators Form
Speakers:
- Polina Nikolaeva
- Yulia Asadullina
- Olga Shulgina
- Ekaterina Mylnikova
1845
Jazz Vocal Ensembles and Choirs Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Olga Oleynikova
- Natalya Ilyina‑Korchagina
- Oksana Ferenchuk
June 13 – Aud. 3
1200
Professional Reputation of a Jazz Artist: Why It Matters More Than Personal Branding JAB Workshop
Speaker:
- Alexandra Poblinkova
1500
From Click to Sold Out: Online Strategies for Promoting Music Events JAB Workshop
Speaker:
1615
Communication Skills in the Music Industry: Strategies for Effective Interaction JAB Workshop
Speaker:
1730
Psychology of a Jazz Musician: How to Manage Anxiety and Burnout JAB, Jazz Educators Forum
Speaker:
1845
Preparation for Competitions and Concert Performances Jazz Educators Forum
Speakers:
- Natalya Kozhevnikova
- Irina Koshil
- Lyudmila Svarovskaya
- Natalya Savinkova
JAB Conference
round-table and panel discussions on promoting jazz projects, working with the audience, online education, grant support and funding of jazz projects amid the environment of uncertainty.
JAB Matchmaking
one-on-one meetings with Russian and foreign jazz experts.
JAB Workshops
Workshops with world-renowned masters of jazz are an important part of the Forum Fest. Professional skills and secrets to technical mastery were shared with JAB participants by: Patti Austin, one...
JAB Showcases
JAB Showcases festival enables Russian and foreign jazz musicians to show off their creativity before a wide range of music industry professionals (promoters, program directors of festivals and clubs, record...
Partners
2025
Президентский Фонд Культурных Инициатив
Фонд поддержки и развития музыкального искусства
Фонд поддержки и развития музыкального искусства – некоммерческая организация, основанная Народным артистом России Игорем Бутманом в 2014 году для поддержки и развития джазовой сцены и образования в России. За годы своего существования Фонд провёл ряд крупнейших джазовых мероприятий в истории нашей страны, включая Международный день джаза в Санкт-Петербурге (2018 год, совместно с ЮНЕСКО и Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz).
С 2017 года Фонд проводит единственный в России профессиональный международный джазовый форум-фест Jazz Across Borders, ежегодно собирающий в Санкт-Петербурге сотни музыкантов и профессионалов российской и зарубежной джазовой индустрии. Фонд регулярно поддерживает единственную в России Академию Джаза, международные конкурсы молодых исполнителей «Мир Джаза» и «Детский Триумф Джаза», а также инициирует и финансирует стажировки студентов Академии и иных юных талантливых музыкантов в России и за рубежом.
Igor Butman Music Group
Форум Джазовых Педагогов
Меганом – Академия творческих индустрий
Таврида Арт
Радио JAZZ – jazzfm.ru
IPQuorum
Вконтакте
Soroka media
Городской журнал о Москве
Ревизор.ru
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