Guitarist Sandro Zerafa is this week teaming up with some of the most important musicians in the European jazz scene for a concert at the Manoel Theatre.

Zerafa will appear with bass player Yoni Zelnik, who can be heard with Avishai Cohen’s trio Triveni among others, Yonathan Avishai, who is currently touring with Omer Avital’s band, and Cuban drummer Lukmil Perez, who can be heard with Jacky Terrasson, Givoanni Mirabassi and Jean Michel Pilc.

Zerafa is one of the most active guitarists on the Paris jazz scene. A graduate of the Lyons Conservatory, he is the winner of several awards at La Defense jazz contest and a founder member of the Parisian-based jazz musicians’ collective and recording label – Paris Jazz Underground.

He has recorded three award-winning albums as a leader and 14 albums as a sideman. He has performed and recorded with musicians as diverse as Chico Buarque, Manu Katché, Joe Cohn, Youn Sun Nah, Sergio Krakowski, Rick Margitza, Logan Richardson among others.

He has toured extensively in France, Italy, Switzerland, Belgium, Brazil, S.Korea, Germany, Poland, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Morocco.

He has been the artistic director of the Malta Jazz Festival since 2009.

The concert is being held at the Manoel Theatre on Wednesday at 8pm. Tickets for for the concert may be obtained by sending an e-mail to bookings@teatrumanoel.com.mt, online at www.teatrumanoel.com.mt or by calling 2124 6389.