Jarasum Jazz Festival Adds Tigran Hamasyan, Four Others to Final Lineup
South Korea's Jarasum Jazz Festival (자라섬 재즈 페스티벌), now in its 23rd year, has announced a second batch of acts — billed as "New Artists: Part 2" — for its final lineup. The five additions span Armenia, South Korea, Spain and Australia. Organizers have confirmed the festival will return to Jarasum island this autumn, but have not yet released exact dates or ticketing details.
Who's on the new list
- Tigran Hamasyan — the Armenian pianist, described by organizers as one of the most distinctive jazz pianists working today, known for weaving Armenian traditional music, progressive rock and jazz together.
- JSFA — a South Korean jazz-funk group.
- Andrés Coll Cosmic Trio — a marimba, violin and drums trio from Ibiza, Spain, featuring Andrés Coll, Ramón López and Mateusz Smoczyński.
- Afrolatin Jam All Stars — a Latin-rhythm collective from Barcelona that organizers say crosses genres, generations and borders.
- Ritual Diamonds — a South Korea–Australia project combining Korean ritual percussion with Australian bass performance.
What the lineup tells us so far
This second wave joins acts already announced earlier as part of the festival's final lineup. Three of the five acts come from outside Korea — Spain and Australia among them — while JSFA and Ritual Diamonds involve Korean musicians, with Ritual Diamonds specifically framed as a Korea-Australia collaboration. Instrumentally, the batch ranges from solo piano and jazz-funk to a marimba-and-strings trio and a percussion-and-bass-driven experimental act, rather than clustering around one jazz subgenre.
What hasn't been announced yet
Organizers have not released the festival's exact dates, ticket prices, or an on-sale link.
Event details
- Event: 23rd Jarasum Jazz Festival
- Dates: this autumn — exact dates not yet announced
- Location: Jarasum island, South Korea
- Tickets/price: not yet announced