Oscar Lavën’s New Angles in Jazz

After a sell-out debut last year, tenor saxophonist Oscar Lavën returns to Hanover Hall on August 3 to perform a selection of originals and standards with some of Dunedin’s finest musicians. Lavën is one of New Zealand’s most accomplished jazz instrumentalists and soloists - he performed for many years as the lead tenor in the Rodger Fox Big Band, as well as recently releasing a critically acclaimed album titled “Questions in Red”, which was performed at the Dunedin Jazz Club in 2023.

Lavën is in town to adjudicate the Dunedin Youth Jazz Festival and considering that he plays all the saxophones, clarinet, bassoon and trumpet to a professional level, he should have some advice to pass on to our young players! Lavën is a jovial character who enjoys collaborating with different musicians and this spirit of adventure will be expressed at the featured artist concert to close the Dunedin Youth…