Váczi Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 26 August
contemporary
- 26 Aug 2026 8:00 PM
- Opus Jazz Club
What happens if we cross a violin with a tárogató? We get the first member of the Glissonic family of instruments, the Glissotar. Winner of both the Grand Prize and the Audience Prize at the Guthman Musical Instrument Competition 2022 in Atlanta, this unique instrument is the brainchild of Dániel Váczi, developed in collaboration with designer Tóbiás Terebessy.
The main novelty of the Glissonic family of instruments is that instead of holes, the pitch can be controlled with a longitudinal slot and a magnetic strip, so that – like on a violin string – long glissandos, tremolos and microtonal tones can be played, and the instrument can also be used to produce unusual, special effects.
In 2026, the Glissopipe – the second member of the instrument family, resembling a flute – was unveiled as part of a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Dániel Váczi exploits the potential of this new instrument with his trio.
His partners are two great figures of the Hungarian free and experimental jazz scene, Máté Pozsár, with whom Dániel also plays in the Decolonize Your Mind Society band, and Zsolt Sárvári Kovács, with whom Dániel has been playing in various bands for twenty-five years.
The band’s first album, Rebus, was released in 2021, followed in 2024 by Interplanetary Posts and, most recently, Urobo.
In their current program, they draw on the material of these albums, complemented with new compositions and concepts. The evening’s guest will be the outstanding Swedish saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jonas Kullhammar, who is one of the first musicians to play the Glissotar. Over the course of his almost 30-year career, he has toured the world and participated in more that 200 recordings. His focus is mainly jazz and improvised music, but he has also done work with some of Sweden's biggest rock and pop acts such as the Hives and Dungen. Jonas' biggest passion and focus in music is improvisation, and this concert will be something very special since these four musicians have never met before – the audience will be able to witness music’s power to bring people together in the moment.
The main novelty of the Glissonic family of instruments is that instead of holes, the pitch can be controlled with a longitudinal slot and a magnetic strip, so that – like on a violin string – long glissandos, tremolos and microtonal tones can be played, and the instrument can also be used to produce unusual, special effects.
In 2026, the Glissopipe – the second member of the instrument family, resembling a flute – was unveiled as part of a successful Kickstarter campaign.
Dániel Váczi exploits the potential of this new instrument with his trio.
His partners are two great figures of the Hungarian free and experimental jazz scene, Máté Pozsár, with whom Dániel also plays in the Decolonize Your Mind Society band, and Zsolt Sárvári Kovács, with whom Dániel has been playing in various bands for twenty-five years.
The band’s first album, Rebus, was released in 2021, followed in 2024 by Interplanetary Posts and, most recently, Urobo.
In their current program, they draw on the material of these albums, complemented with new compositions and concepts. The evening’s guest will be the outstanding Swedish saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist Jonas Kullhammar, who is one of the first musicians to play the Glissotar. Over the course of his almost 30-year career, he has toured the world and participated in more that 200 recordings. His focus is mainly jazz and improvised music, but he has also done work with some of Sweden's biggest rock and pop acts such as the Hives and Dungen. Jonas' biggest passion and focus in music is improvisation, and this concert will be something very special since these four musicians have never met before – the audience will be able to witness music’s power to bring people together in the moment.
Place: Opus Jazz Club Budapest
Address: 1093 Budapest, Mátyás u. 8
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