Sonja Horbelt: ‘the Melbourne Women’s International Jazz Festival aims to feature role models for female student musicians’

“We’re seeing more women artists in jazz, but perhaps not at the rate we’re expecting. I think one of the biggest challenges is to encourage young players to pursue music at a tertiary level and beyond.”

Nat Bartsch | image by Hannah Dingli

Nat Bartsch Trio at Sydney Women’s International Jazz Festival

“This is unusually beautiful music… exceptionally expressive, finely articulated playing. All round.” (John Clare, australianjazz.net)

Nat Bartsch Trio | Photo by Samara Clifford

Nat Bartsch Trio | John Clare reviews two releases

Before we run out of space it must be emphasised that this is unusually beautiful music. But even in the most euphoric music you can, in a certain mood, feel a touch of melancholy. Surely it is just the realisation that no golden age lasts forever, nor any life…