Roberta Gambarini: suddenly I was there, hanging out with James Moody
“It was inevitable for me to move to the US”, Roberta Gambarini explains, “and to learn jazz from the most authentic source.”
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Five jazz songs that changed the genre forever ~ by Nóra Fehér
Here, we take a look at five famous jazz songs and composers that have helped to shape the genre into what it is today.
Miles’s Smile: The Duality of Love and Hate ~ by Nóra Fehér
Miles Davis – a jazz genius whose his personal life and controversial behavior have sparked a love-haterelationship among fans…
Nesrine Belmokh: now I am cellist and singer at the same time
My music includes where I come from: the Algerian Arabic milieu. It includes European classical music. It includes rock and soul.
Yellowjackets celebrates its 40th anniversary with an amazing party
Yellowjackets has seen – and survived – many changes in style and members, and now they are back for another round anniversary.
Arturo Sandoval, a trumpeter with a vibrant personality
Arturo Sandoval’s life is rich in stories and notes. His music is just as vibrant as it was decades ago. Hear it for yourself!
Monsieur Bartók: The influence of Béla Bartók in contemporary jazz
Béla Bartók made a huge contribution to the evolution of jazz, helping it to get to where it is today after a journey of some 130 years.
Chick Corea composed this work shortly before his death
Chick Corea was scheduled to return to Müpa Budapest in November 2021, with a piece to celebrate the institution’s 15th anniversary.
Gabi Szűcs: the femme fatale has no success in finding happiness
Jazz singer Gabi Szűcs investigates in her concert what is really like to be labelled as femme fatale. Are these women better lovers than wives?
Jazz musicians need to be as open as the genre itself! – remembering János Gonda
He did so many things that it is almost impossible to imagine how it could be only one person’s life work.
The second Marsalis son speaks his mind about music, family, or society
Wynton Marsalis seems like the a true prototype of being a “musical second born” – both in terms of subversion and innovation.
Everyone can possess the instinctive ability for improvisation – interview with jazz musician Krisztián Oláh
Krisztián Oláh, his quartet, and the Budapest String Orchestra give a great concert topped up with a world premiere.
Gábor Gadó: we will send positive energies with so much love
Gábor Gadó’s music is a mixture of jazz and classical traditions. His meditative, philosophical, very intimate art can be heard at a concert soon.
Elemér Balázs: I can’t even wish a better life for me
We just have to add a jazzy world to early music. That gives us a perfect mixture but we still maintain respect for the original piece.
Hungarian Jazz Association celebrates with national stars Charlie and Tamás Berki
The concept is that every active jazz musician will be on stage who has shaped Hungarian jazz life during the last decades.
Music lovers, don’t be upset: Müpa will welcome us soon again!
The new season will happen just like any others before, and we can already buy single and season tickets for the planned concerts.
Medical student in Pécs: Classical Chill Out enhances our student experience fundamentally
For beginners in the world of classical music, this is a good place to start – says international student Tuva Stranger on the Classical Chill Out concerts.
An eternal mystery: Cécile McLorin Salvant lets her hoarse voice fly
Three years after her first Budapest concert, she is coming back as part of a duo with New Orleans pianist Sullivan Fortner.
Jazz Spring welcomes three great female jazz musicians this year
Jane Monheit can thank Ella Fitzgerald, Ida Nielsen to Prince, and Tia Fuller to Beyoncé that their career had a great start.
Constant, Real-time Composition
Naturally, people have expectations and prejudices regarding such a famous piece, but the final result works in a way similar to jazz standards…
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