Archive - ALTER-NATIVE 27
Tuesday – 5 November – 1900 – Small Hall
CentriFUGA Contemporary
Music Workshop
Szőcs
Márton – violin, Tornyai Péter –
viola, Zétényi Tamás – cello, Szalai András – dulcimer, Horváth Bálint – piano
Conductor: Kedves Csanád
CentriFUGA is a Contemporary
Music Workshop based in Budapest, Hungary. Prior to formally establishing the
group with a debut concert at FUGA on the 16th on February, 2014, there have
been several joint projects of the founding members, Máté Balogh, Csanád
Kedves, Péter Tornyai and Judit Rajk. Among CentriFUGA’s foremost goals are
nourishing the contemporary music scene in Hungary, bringing together young and
senior composers with performers and creative people. CentriFUGA’s workshop has it's doors open to anyone interested in the
worlds of new music, with a mission to engage every young musician and artist
open to contemporary art.
Wednesday – 6 November 1900-2030
Hobo’s Woodstock
Földes
László Hobo –
vocals
With
the participation of: Gál István – drums, Igali Csanád –
keyboards, Kiss Zoltán – guitar, Pengő Csaba – bass guitar,
double bass
It’s been 50 years since Woodstock. That
festival; that summer in 1969 was the peak of rock, with spirituality and music
that could still have an effect on the world, and reflected the spirit and
philosophy of an entire generation. From then on, this feeling would only
become fainter, and music, more commercial, a process in which, incidentally,
sixties’ stars also took part in, or still do today. Yet the generations that
followed entered the genre under different social conditions and with different
intentions, and although the popularity of music grew as further generations
reached adulthood, the progressivity and spirituality of yesteryear began to
ebb, and today – understandably so – are only present as nostalgia. Even if the
greatest, such as Bob Dylan, Eric Clapton, Neil Young, Rolling Stones or the
Who did not stray from the path. Tonight I would like to show the feelings,
thoughts and music of the sixties, the ones which had set me on my path and
which are still important for me today. So much so that I have translated them,
and have been playing them continuously for decades.
Thursday – 7 November – 2030 – 2200
I Was Born in a Storm
Földes
László Hobo –
vocals
With
the participation of: Gál István – drums, Igali Csanád –
keyboards, Kiss Zoltán – guitar, Pengő Csaba – bass guitar,
double bass
At the end of March this year I played a
difficult show at the Budapest Arena. I endeavoured to combine poetry and
theatre as well as video sequences, also using documentary photographs in an
attempt to emphasise the intention. The “outtakes” today are meant to represent
instead the cheer and togetherness between people.
Friday
– 8 November – 1900 – 2000 – Small Hall
Debussy soirée with Harcsa Veronika and Anastasia Razvalyaeva
Harcsa
Veronika – vocals
Anastasia Razvaliaeva – harp
Multi-faceted
singer Harcsa Veronika takes the stage alongside Anastasia Razvaliaeva, a
harpist born in Russia and winner of the Junior Prima
Prize. The two young musicians will perform lieder composed by Claude Debussy
based on poems by Paul Verlaine and other poets in a novel and daring approach
befitting the great composer. The artists show a new side of these well-known
Debussy lieder through the ethereal sounds of the harp and “sotto voce”, a
singing technique more akin to speech.
Friday
– 8 November – 1945 – 2045
CSOMA
– Opera Cinematique
movie-concert
Szemző Tibor – narrator, Kéringer László – vocals, Gőz
László – conches,
bass trumpet, Regenye Zoltán – sound design
It has been exactly 200 years since, on 23 November 1819, Kőrösi Csoma
Sándor (Alexander Csoma de Kőrös) set off from the Szeklerland to seek out the
origins of Hungarians. Yet it is not only because of this that we consider
Csoma significant; not only because during the 58 years of his life, he
performed invaluable scientific work; but also because the quality of his
character points to the singular greatness of man. On the occasion of this 200-year
anniversary, we wish to pay tribute to his memory and his character with this
movie concert, which follows his life and both his physical and spiritual
journey, and is the stage version of the successful, multiple award-winning
film, “A Guest of Life – Alexander Csoma de Kőrös”
(http://csomafilm.szemzo.hu).
Saturday – November 9 – 1900 –
Jazz&Blues Club
Midnight
Buzz
Angelina Rudneva –
vocals, Costi Popescu – drums, Tudor
Asciu – bass, Lucian Brăgar – keyboards
The Braşov-based band, founded in December 2017, play
new jazz, fusion and groove. They perform their own songs exclusively,
alternating chill moments with energetic parts, always surprising their
audience with the dynamics of their compositions.
Saturday – November 9 – 2000 – Beer House
Balázs Elemér
Group
Horváth Cintia – vocals, Szakonyi
Milán – vocals, Komjáti Áron – guitar, Balázs József – piano, Pecek Lakatos Krisztián – double bass, Czibere
József – percussion,
Balázs Elemér – drums
Balázs Elemér Group, one of the most popular bands in Hungary was
founded by Balázs Elemér, a widely recognised jazz drummer both at home and
internationally. The band, whose members are part of the Hungarian jazz elite,
has achieved significant results at home since its inception (Fonogram Prize,
2005), and has also been featured at several prominent European jazz festivals
(Vienna, London, Berlin, The Hague, Prague, Bratislava, Skopje). The Group has
developed an exceptionally unique sound centred on melody and unconventional
rhythms, made even more colourful by the intriguing contrast between the male
and female vocals. Their music is extremely varied; they have a propensity for
exploring the ethno genre, and draw inspiration from the most diverse musical
cultures.