Why San Jose Jazz Winter Fest has a Ukrainian connection

Courtesy of Vadim Neselovskyi Pianist Vadim Neselovskyi will perform “Odessa,” his suite about his native Ukraine, during the San Jose Jazz Winter Fest.

There is no silver lining to Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, which has displaced millions and killed many thousands of combatants and Ukrainian civilians while threatening to spiral into a wider conflagration. But as the world’s attention has turned to a nation fighting for its survival the war has created surprising opportunities for Ukrainian musicians.

In an unprecedented collaboration, San Jose Jazz has teamed up with Olga Bekenshtein, a young Ukrainian producer who founded Kyiv’s Am I Jazz? festival in

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