8:00 p.m. – YAREMI KORDOS & ROLAND ABREU

AFRO-CUBAN GROOVES | Cuba

Yaremi de las Mercedes Kordos – vocals / guitar
Roland Abreu – double bass

The voice and musical personality of Yaremi Kordos join forces with double bassist and composer Roland Abreu on a musical journey centered on Afro-Cuban rhythms, the Latin musical tradition, and the freedom of jazz improvisation.

Voice, guitar, and double bass create a direct musical dialogue, where rhythm, melody, and improvisation are intertwined with deep Afro-Cuban musical roots.

A dynamic, rhythmic opening for the final night of RIJF 2026.

9:00 PM – RIJF ALL-STAR INTERNATIONAL BAND

Jazz Across the Water – Mediterranean Bridges

Eleonora Rousou – vocals/flute | Cyprus
Gent Rushi – piano/accordion | Albania
Dimitris Vasilakis – saxophones | Greece
Nestor Vasilakis – saxophones | Greece
Şenay Lambaoğlu – vocals | Turkey
Lakis Tzimkas – double bass | Greece
Kostas Anastasiadis – drums | Greece
Guido Spannocchi – saxophones | Austria / UK

An international ensemble created specifically for RIJF 2026, embodying the philosophy of Jazz Democracy: musicians from different countries, cultures, and generations come together to create on stage through dialogue and improvisation.

Eleonora Rousou, with her distinctive blend of voice and flute, joins Albanian pianist and accordionist Gent Rushi, the Greeks Dimitris Vasilakis, Nestoras Vasilakis, Lakis Tzimkas, and Kostas Anastasiadis, Şenay Lambaoğlu, a well-known jazz singer from Turkey as part of the sister city partnership with the Bodrum Jazz Festival, and the Vienna-born, London-based saxophonist Guido Spannocchi.
The closing concert of RIJF 2026 transforms the Rhodes stage into a truly international meeting place.

Different countries. Different generations. Different musical voices. One common language: jazz.