33 result(s) for budapest jazz orchestra in Events
Modern Art Orchestra: Miles Davis 100, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 1 April
- 1 Apr 2026 6:30 PM
- contemporary
The Modern Art Orchestra’s three-part concert series pays tribute to this year’s centenary of a jazz icon through the legendary collaboration of Miles Davis and Gil Evans.
The evenings built around three inescapable milestones of jazz history – Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain – are not straightforward reinterpretations of the iconic albums, but rather trace the arc of a ...
Classical & Jazz: The Love Affair, House of Music Hungary, 14 January
- 14 Jan 2026 7:30 PM
- contemporary
"...the only European musical work of its time, which is not just a flirt but a real love affair with jazz" – Leonard Bernstein praised Darius Milhaud's 1923 work The Creation of the World with these words, which indeed was among the first to fuse this then-new style with classical music.
The concert of the Tálas Áron Trio (Tálas Áron – piano, Tóth István – double bass, Csízi László – drums) ...
Alerant Jazz Night: Szendőfi Péter Fusion Jam Trio, Budapest Jazz Club, 8 January
- 8 Jan 2026 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The traditional sound is fused with timbres commonly used in modern music today, while the free improvisational sections characteristic of jazz dominate the concerts just as much as the precisely composed and orchestrated themes.
Péter Szendőfi – drums, Miki Birta – guitar, Vince Bartók – bass guitar
Budapest Jazz Orchestra - Christmas Concert, Budapest jazz Club, 21 December
- 21 Dec 2025 6:00 PM
- contemporary
Starting from the traditional big band genre, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra accompanied the development of jazz from the 1920s to contemporary jazz in its productions. In recent years, the BJO has performed with such greats from the United States as George Duke, Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine, Jane Monheit, Ken Peplowski.
Guest: Orsi Urbán & Adrienn Fehér
Morgan James & the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 31 August
- 31 Aug 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Jazz, opera, Broadway musicals: Morgan James is at home in all three. Her amazing voice, enthralling personality and striking on-stage presence were enough to convince Scott Bradlee to invite her to appear in Postmodern Jukebox videos and tour with the band from 2014.
She dedicated her first album, recorded in New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, to Nina Simone. In 2016, she covered the entire ...
Scenes from Four Countries, Italian Institute Budapest, 6 May
- 6 May 2025 2:28 PM
- contemporary
Croatian Radio television Jazz Orchestra feat. Javier Girotto
Italian-Argentinian composer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist Javier Girotto has been a key figure in Italian and European jazz for decades.
A veteran of collaborations with major players on the global jazz scene, he frequently explores his roots in traditional Argentine music — both in chamber settings and with string or ...
Kristóf Bacsó Triad, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 2 April
- 2 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Saxophonist-composer Kristóf Bacsó occasionally extends his musical horizon with guest musicians, as was the case when he recorded an album with bassist Lionel Loueke (Pannon Blue), creating a kind of fusion of Hungarian-focused contemporary jazz and West African-influenced improvisational music, and then, with his own band, Kristóf Bacsó Triad, he recorded another album together with guest ...
Modern Art Orchestra, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 21 March
- 21 Mar 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The Modern Art Orchestra's À la MAO... series aims to present compositions and adaptations, sometimes originals, by members of the orchestra in a new context. In recordings and concerts, the orchestra has created a repertoire that is unparalleled in the history of Hungarian jazz.
Some of these pieces have never been heard before by old or new followers, arranged in a new thematical, stylistic ...
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 ...
Modern Art Orchestra: Miles Davis 100, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 1 April
- 1 Apr 2026 6:30 PM
- contemporary
The Modern Art Orchestra’s three-part concert series pays tribute to this year’s centenary of a jazz icon through the legendary collaboration of Miles Davis and Gil Evans.
The evenings built around three inescapable milestones of jazz history – Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess, and Sketches of Spain – are not straightforward reinterpretations of the iconic albums, but rather trace the arc of a ...
Classical & Jazz: The Love Affair, House of Music Hungary, 14 January
- 14 Jan 2026 7:30 PM
- contemporary
"...the only European musical work of its time, which is not just a flirt but a real love affair with jazz" – Leonard Bernstein praised Darius Milhaud's 1923 work The Creation of the World with these words, which indeed was among the first to fuse this then-new style with classical music.
The concert of the Tálas Áron Trio (Tálas Áron – piano, Tóth István – double bass, Csízi László – drums) ...
Alerant Jazz Night: Szendőfi Péter Fusion Jam Trio, Budapest Jazz Club, 8 January
- 8 Jan 2026 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The traditional sound is fused with timbres commonly used in modern music today, while the free improvisational sections characteristic of jazz dominate the concerts just as much as the precisely composed and orchestrated themes.
Péter Szendőfi – drums, Miki Birta – guitar, Vince Bartók – bass guitar
Budapest Jazz Orchestra - Christmas Concert, Budapest jazz Club, 21 December
- 21 Dec 2025 6:00 PM
- contemporary
Starting from the traditional big band genre, the Budapest Jazz Orchestra accompanied the development of jazz from the 1920s to contemporary jazz in its productions. In recent years, the BJO has performed with such greats from the United States as George Duke, Joe Lovano, Peter Erskine, Jane Monheit, Ken Peplowski.
Guest: Orsi Urbán & Adrienn Fehér
Morgan James & the Budapest Jazz Orchestra, National Concert Hall Budapest, 31 August
- 31 Aug 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Jazz, opera, Broadway musicals: Morgan James is at home in all three. Her amazing voice, enthralling personality and striking on-stage presence were enough to convince Scott Bradlee to invite her to appear in Postmodern Jukebox videos and tour with the band from 2014.
She dedicated her first album, recorded in New York’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, to Nina Simone. In 2016, she covered the entire ...
Scenes from Four Countries, Italian Institute Budapest, 6 May
- 6 May 2025 2:28 PM
- contemporary
Croatian Radio television Jazz Orchestra feat. Javier Girotto
Italian-Argentinian composer, saxophonist, and multi-instrumentalist Javier Girotto has been a key figure in Italian and European jazz for decades.
A veteran of collaborations with major players on the global jazz scene, he frequently explores his roots in traditional Argentine music — both in chamber settings and with string or ...
Kristóf Bacsó Triad, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 2 April
- 2 Apr 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Saxophonist-composer Kristóf Bacsó occasionally extends his musical horizon with guest musicians, as was the case when he recorded an album with bassist Lionel Loueke (Pannon Blue), creating a kind of fusion of Hungarian-focused contemporary jazz and West African-influenced improvisational music, and then, with his own band, Kristóf Bacsó Triad, he recorded another album together with guest ...
Modern Art Orchestra, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 21 March
- 21 Mar 2025 8:00 PM
- contemporary
The Modern Art Orchestra's À la MAO... series aims to present compositions and adaptations, sometimes originals, by members of the orchestra in a new context. In recordings and concerts, the orchestra has created a repertoire that is unparalleled in the history of Hungarian jazz.
Some of these pieces have never been heard before by old or new followers, arranged in a new thematical, stylistic ...
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 ...