31 result(s) for years jazz in Events
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 – ...
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 ...
Letters from Chopin To Bartók, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 30 August
- 30 Aug 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Hungarian-Polish cultural relations have for long embellished the historical friendship of the two nations. The newest chapter in this story will be a project which connects Chopin and Bartók, as their works provide the starting point to build an imaginary bridge across the ages between them by way of adapting their music and improvising on them.
All participating jazz musicians look up to ...
Falka, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 10 July
- 10 Jul 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Falka is a leaderless, special, ad hoc, open band that has been gathering for two or three days every summer for years to form a community from early evening until dawn, making the audience singing and dancing.
The group erases the gap between musicians and audience, the "we play, you listen" line-up, and welcomes musicians who are present at the concert to join in.
A very powerful energy ...
Jazz Legends, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 July
- 2 Jul 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Take 6's success can be expressed in numbers: Eight Grammy awards and ten Dove awards, seven concurrent appearances on various Billboard charts, a 44-year career, 14 studio albums, and one live album.
Müpa Budapest can proudly add that the superstar a cappella group has performed at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall once every five years to date - and always delivered something new. ...
Online Concert: Európa Kiadó: 'Apocalypse Taken Lightly', Palace of Arts Budapest, 24 June
- 24 Jun 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Online broadcasts free of charge. Európa Kiadó, founded by the guitarist, singer and director Jenő Menyhárt at the start of the 1980s, began as a ground-breaking Hungarian alternative pop group that soon gained legendary status.
The band has seen numerous iconic line-ups over the last 40 years. Today, the fivesome consists of János Bujdosó, András Kálmán, András Koroknay and Lajos Gyenge ...
Klára Hajdu Quartet, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 21 June
- 21 Jun 2024 10:15 AM
- contemporary
Klára Hajdu is an outstanding singer-songwriter and teacher of the Hungarian jazz scene.
She has performed in clubs and festivals in many cities in Europe and the USA. Her own quartet has been a renowned jazz ensemble for more than a decade and a half, and its members are all leading figures on the Hungarian scene.
Their four albums to date are played on radio stations from Europe to ...
Glissonic Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 12 June
- 12 Jun 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
What happens if you 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 ...
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...
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 – ...
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 ...
Letters from Chopin To Bartók, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 30 August
- 30 Aug 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Hungarian-Polish cultural relations have for long embellished the historical friendship of the two nations. The newest chapter in this story will be a project which connects Chopin and Bartók, as their works provide the starting point to build an imaginary bridge across the ages between them by way of adapting their music and improvising on them.
All participating jazz musicians look up to ...
Falka, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 10 July
- 10 Jul 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Falka is a leaderless, special, ad hoc, open band that has been gathering for two or three days every summer for years to form a community from early evening until dawn, making the audience singing and dancing.
The group erases the gap between musicians and audience, the "we play, you listen" line-up, and welcomes musicians who are present at the concert to join in.
A very powerful energy ...
Jazz Legends, National Concert Hall Budapest, 2 July
- 2 Jul 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Take 6's success can be expressed in numbers: Eight Grammy awards and ten Dove awards, seven concurrent appearances on various Billboard charts, a 44-year career, 14 studio albums, and one live album.
Müpa Budapest can proudly add that the superstar a cappella group has performed at the Béla Bartók National Concert Hall once every five years to date - and always delivered something new. ...
Online Concert: Európa Kiadó: 'Apocalypse Taken Lightly', Palace of Arts Budapest, 24 June
- 24 Jun 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
Online broadcasts free of charge. Európa Kiadó, founded by the guitarist, singer and director Jenő Menyhárt at the start of the 1980s, began as a ground-breaking Hungarian alternative pop group that soon gained legendary status.
The band has seen numerous iconic line-ups over the last 40 years. Today, the fivesome consists of János Bujdosó, András Kálmán, András Koroknay and Lajos Gyenge ...
Klára Hajdu Quartet, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 21 June
- 21 Jun 2024 10:15 AM
- contemporary
Klára Hajdu is an outstanding singer-songwriter and teacher of the Hungarian jazz scene.
She has performed in clubs and festivals in many cities in Europe and the USA. Her own quartet has been a renowned jazz ensemble for more than a decade and a half, and its members are all leading figures on the Hungarian scene.
Their four albums to date are played on radio stations from Europe to ...
Glissonic Trio, Opus Jazz Club Budapest, 12 June
- 12 Jun 2024 8:00 PM
- contemporary
What happens if you 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 ...
Angélique Kidjo: Mother Nature - World Music, National Concert Hall, 1 May
- 1 May 2024 7:45 PM
- contemporary
As incredible as it may sound, the multifaceted Afropop star Angélique Kidjo, one of the pivotal African performing artists of the past more than thirty years, is still yet to make an appearance in Hungary.
Until now, that is, as we are fortunate that her tour celebrating a career of over forty years will take her to Müpa Budapest, where the five-time Grammy Award-winning singer/songwriter ...