The DC Jazz Festival®, a 501(c)(3) non-profit service organization, and its programs are made possible, in part, with major grants from the Government of the District of Columbia, Muriel Bowser, Mayor DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program of the U.S. The virtual 2020 DC JazzFest attracted a record-breaking 200,000+ attendees of all ages, ethnicities and income levels. DCJazzFest has grown in size and stature each year. Our signature programs are the annual DC JazzFest, presented since 2005 the free-round, year-round, DCJF Education Program, which gets kids “jazzed” about learning the Charles Fishman Embassy Series, which showcases emerging and established artists and DCJazzPrix, our international jazz band competition. Throughout the year, DCJF nourishes the community with music education programs that extend our reach into underserved communities and enhance the quality of life for DC public and charter school students. DCJF presents a selection of the jazz genre’s most acclaimed artists as well as emerging artists, and provides enhanced exposure for the rich treasure trove of musicians from the Washington, DC area.

She has worked as a volunteers’ coordinator during NonFiction Photo Festival 2021, which helped her to get to know the cultural scene in the Netherlands a little better.The DC Jazz Festival® (DCJF) organization provides enriching and entertaining jazz performances and programs that introduce students and adults from all walks of life to jazz, our nation’s singular original art form.

Since January 2021 she lives with her husband and two cats in Groningen. The whole experience she gained from such different positions helps her understand the complexity of event production.Īs an actress she has performed at more than 40 theater festivals in Poland and abroad, including Edinburgh Fringe Festival and Mianyang Children’s Theater Festival in China. In her twenties she has co-organized or has been involved (at various levels - from being a volunteer to taking care of the artists) in many theater festivals in her home city, Poznan - the capital of the Polish alternative theater. Each year Ewa has produced two theater festivals – Sopot Non-Fiction (the first and the biggest festival of documentary theater in Poland) and Sopockie Konsekwencje Teatralne.Įarlier Ewa has worked as a director’s assistant in The Dramatic Theater of the Capital City of Warsaw, as a sales manager in a publishing house and also as a lease manager. BOTO also hosted a lot of festivals, including Literacki Sopot (the biggest literary festival in Poland), Sopot Jazz Festival and Two Theaters Festival of the Polish Radio and Television. During her time as a manager BOTO has become one of the most important jazz scenes in Poland. She organized concerts, exhibitions, cultural meetings and produced performances. In the period 2017 – 2020 she has worked as a manager of BOTO Theater in Sopot, Poland.

Ewa Pradzynska-Kostecka is an event producer and culture manager.

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