MAgyar Jazz 2020 / LISZT ÜNNEP 2021

Rezső Jónás: Platform C – world premiere

Zsolt Kaltenecker: Two Pieces for Solo Electric Keyboard – world premiere

Dezső Oláh: Lost Dreams – world premiere

Krisztián Oláh: 11:11 – world premiere

Dániel Ferenc Szabó: The Universe is a Big Dark Room – world premiere

Árpád Tzumo: Catch Me If You Can – world premiere

Featuring: Dániel Jónás [1], István Babindák [1] – clarinet, Kristóf Bacsó [6], Kálmán Oláh Jr [1], Balázs Rabóczki [1], Dániel Varga [5] – saxophone, Kornél Fekete-Kovács [6] – trumpet, Géza Jónás [1], István Tóth Jr [5, 6], Péter Oláh [3] – double bass, Damján Ocsovay [5], Rezső Jónás Jr [1], Árpád “Tzumo” Oláh [6], Dezső Oláh [3] – piano, Zsolt Kaltenecker [2] – keyboards, Richard Szaniszló [3] – vibraphone, Elemér Balázs [6], Adonisz Fábry [1], András Lakatos “Pecek” [3], Dániel Ferenc Szabó [5] – drums, Oláh Krisztián Quartet [4]

The members of the quartet: Krisztián Oláh – piano, Kálmán Oláh Jr – saxophone, György Orbán – double bass, Dániel Serei – drums

The songs entered into the small jazz formation category of Müpa’s Composition Competition were written for the most diverse ensembles, as regards both the number of players and the instruments, and the award winners cover a broad spectrum from solo keyboards plus electronics to a septet. The six compositions performed at the concert offer a vivid illustration of the musical thinking that inhabits the broad range between free improvisation and fixed forms, as well as the efforts of the various generations that are active at the same time, from the doyens to career starters.

Of course, the compositions represent very different musical and artistic universes: one of the pieces seeks musical answers to philosophical questions, another was inspired by the atmosphere of a popular film, and yet another by abstract musical structures.