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The Marseille Jazz des cinq continents festival goes on a cruise
Because jazz is also a journey, in 2025 the nomadic spirit of the Marseille Jazz des cinq continents festival is setting sail with PONANT cruises for two exceptional voyages: a beautiful “Music and Cinema” odyssey in the Aegean Sea and a wild adventure to the heart of North American jazz, from Canada, the stronghold of contemporary jazz, to New York, the cradle of black American music and the leading edge of world jazz.
A blue dream
Organising a “jazz festival at sea” – what a strange idea! Is it? But it clearly strikes a chord, as the key to the partnership between PONANT and the Marseille Jazz des cinq continents festival. For these two creators of unique experiences, it all begins in Marseille, both an anchor point and a departure point for wonderful journeys to the farthest reaches of the world and music. Or when the blue note echoes out over the blue of the ocean waves…
Hughes Kieffer, Festival Director, talks to us about this synergy between the Festival and the PONANT company, two transmitters of emotions, whose minds are wide open to the world:
“On land, as part of the festival, the relationship between the audience and the artists is at the heart of my concerns. But this is even more the case on the boat…”
Photo credits: ©VK92; ©Clara Lafuente; ©iStock
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