As noted on the House of Music website, Zoltán Tordai, born in 1981, began playing with the Rajkó Orchestra at the age of 11 and founded his first band at 16. The Zoltán Tordai Quintet was formed in 2010. His artistic mission is to introduce young people to traditional Hungarian popular music, Hungarian folk music, and Hungarian classical music. This philosophy will be on full display this evening, where a new musical universe will emerge from the meeting of different musical worlds with klezmer, gypsy music, and swing in its focus.

Zoltán Tordai, who will be traveling from Debrecen to the Újlipótváros neighborhood of Budapest for this event, was awarded the special prize at the ‘Prímás’ Competition in 2015 and was honored with the Hungarian Silver Cross of Merit in 2022. The evening’s guest is actress Klári Varga, recipient of the Jászai Mari Award (of acting), who won the ‘Best Actress Award’ at the 30th Hungarian Film Festival and received the Award of Excellence this year. She is a member of the Csokonai National Theatre in Debrecen, with notable performances including the role of Mrs. Jourdain in The Bourgeois Gentleman, alongside Csaba Pindroch.

The band members are: Zoltán Tordai – violin, József Seres – cimbalom (a Hungarian hammered dulcimer), Mátyás Tordai – double bass, Géza Váradi – clarinet, Zoltán Váradi – viola.

Tickets: HUF 4,900 – 5,900

Place: Hegedűs Gyula Street Synagogue

Address: 1136 Budapest, Hegedűs Gyula u. 3