98 result(s) for bmc
Baló Project, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 13 February
- 13 Feb 2025 7:47 PM
- contemporary
The Baló Project was founded in 2015 with the aim of presenting the same music in several lineups, always in a slightly different way.
The members choose musical devices according to the ideas they want to express, drawing on elements of jazz, rock, folk and contemporary music.
Their main ambition is to become so immersed that their creative energies can be unleashed and unite with their ...
Julie Sassoon, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 February
- 5 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian
Whoever immerses themselves in the ...
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Transparent Sound New Music Festival in Budapest, on from 11 January for a Month Featuring International Artists
- 6 Jan 2025 10:16 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- community & culture
On Saturday, January 11, the Transparent Sound New Music Festival will kick off with over twenty programs under a collective theme, with the title “Polychrome,” for almost a month in several Budapest venues, the organizers announced.
Gábor Gadó & Veronika Harcsa Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 19 December
- 19 Dec 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Gábor Gadó and Veronika Harcsa are two artists who are known primarily as jazz musicians, yet their work is increasingly shifting towards classical and contemporary music.
Another step in this direction was their previous album Shekhinah in 2023, and this year the dialogue between classical and jazz musicians continues in the songs of The Language of Flowers.
But while Shekhinah features ...
Tether Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 17 December
- 17 Dec 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Tether Trio is the new, genre-exploding project co-led by Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann and internationally renowned saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht (both from New York). Together with Amsterdam-based pianist Harmen Fraanje, they weave together explorative improvisation and melody-driven songs, allowing their music time to breathe, unfold, and claim its required space.
The trio creates ...
Duch Focus: Ponga, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 19 September
- 19 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Ponga is a music group that thrives on the possibilities of free improvisation, which is at the core of everything they play. Their performances blend compositional forms, infectious grooves, and unconventional melodies, often originating from experimentation and free play. In Ponga, every member of the trio – violist Yanna Pelser, guitarist Timon Koomen, and drummer/percussionist Remco Menting – ...
Alto For Two, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 18 September
- 18 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Alto For Two is a project led by two of the most innovative saxophonists in Europe today: Kika Sprangers and Irene Reig, and it features a repertoire of their own compositions.
The coming together of these two artists, with their unique musical backgrounds, results in an eclectic and distinctive musical offering with a varied sound palette translated into the quintet format. Alto For Two just ...
Mao Legendary Albums - Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 10 September
- 10 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The trio led by the father of modern jazz piano, Bill Evans (1929-1980) forms a pinnacle of jazz history unlike no other, especially in the outstanding line-up of Scott La Faro on bass and Paul Motian on drums.
They regarded each other as equal as no other group ever before them.
The fourth LP of the trio is based on the recording they made in 1961 at the Village Vanguard, New York, a part ...
Baló Project, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 13 February
- 13 Feb 2025 7:47 PM
- contemporary
The Baló Project was founded in 2015 with the aim of presenting the same music in several lineups, always in a slightly different way.
The members choose musical devices according to the ideas they want to express, drawing on elements of jazz, rock, folk and contemporary music.
Their main ambition is to become so immersed that their creative energies can be unleashed and unite with their ...
Julie Sassoon, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 5 February
- 5 Feb 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
“Sassoon is a fascinating original, her piano world inhabited by Keith Jarrett’s lyricism and driving hooks and Steve Reich’s minimalism … This is music that splices lyrical shapeliness with bursts of take-no-prisoners abstraction, but Sassoon’s sensitivity to that balance is as alert here as her listeners have come to expect.” – John Fordham / The Guardian
Whoever immerses themselves in the ...
Kurtag at 99: Hungarian Public Media Person of Year Celebrated on His Birthday With Concert
- 31 Jan 2025 8:12 AM
- community & culture
Kossuth laureate composer, pianist and teacher Gyorgy Kurtag, who is Public Media Person of the Year in 2024, will celebrate his 99th birthday on Feb 19 with a concert held at the Budapest Music Centre (BMC).
Transparent Sound New Music Festival in Budapest, on from 11 January for a Month Featuring International Artists
- 6 Jan 2025 10:16 AM
- http://hungarytoday.hu/
- community & culture
On Saturday, January 11, the Transparent Sound New Music Festival will kick off with over twenty programs under a collective theme, with the title “Polychrome,” for almost a month in several Budapest venues, the organizers announced.
Gábor Gadó & Veronika Harcsa Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 19 December
- 19 Dec 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Gábor Gadó and Veronika Harcsa are two artists who are known primarily as jazz musicians, yet their work is increasingly shifting towards classical and contemporary music.
Another step in this direction was their previous album Shekhinah in 2023, and this year the dialogue between classical and jazz musicians continues in the songs of The Language of Flowers.
But while Shekhinah features ...
Tether Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 17 December
- 17 Dec 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Tether Trio is the new, genre-exploding project co-led by Grammy-nominated vocalist Theo Bleckmann and internationally renowned saxophonist Timo Vollbrecht (both from New York). Together with Amsterdam-based pianist Harmen Fraanje, they weave together explorative improvisation and melody-driven songs, allowing their music time to breathe, unfold, and claim its required space.
The trio creates ...
Duch Focus: Ponga, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 19 September
- 19 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Ponga is a music group that thrives on the possibilities of free improvisation, which is at the core of everything they play. Their performances blend compositional forms, infectious grooves, and unconventional melodies, often originating from experimentation and free play. In Ponga, every member of the trio – violist Yanna Pelser, guitarist Timon Koomen, and drummer/percussionist Remco Menting – ...
Alto For Two, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 18 September
- 18 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Alto For Two is a project led by two of the most innovative saxophonists in Europe today: Kika Sprangers and Irene Reig, and it features a repertoire of their own compositions.
The coming together of these two artists, with their unique musical backgrounds, results in an eclectic and distinctive musical offering with a varied sound palette translated into the quintet format. Alto For Two just ...
Mao Legendary Albums - Bill Evans: Waltz For Debby, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 10 September
- 10 Sep 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The trio led by the father of modern jazz piano, Bill Evans (1929-1980) forms a pinnacle of jazz history unlike no other, especially in the outstanding line-up of Scott La Faro on bass and Paul Motian on drums.
They regarded each other as equal as no other group ever before them.
The fourth LP of the trio is based on the recording they made in 1961 at the Village Vanguard, New York, a part ...