Concerts

Wednesday – 6 November – 18:30 – 20:20

Written and performed by Hobo László Földes; On guitar: Zoltán Kiss

Director: Attila Vidnyánszky

I’ve been following pop music for almost 60 years and have been in touch with it for quite a long time, albeit on an alternate path. For many years I’ve been thinking of writing down in some form the many things I know about the profession and my colleagues. The story I write and perform is not about me, I just pass on what I know. The main reason is to have a living record of this perspective as well, not just of the gutted or glossed over past and the pathetic present.(Hobo)

Friday – 8 November – 20:30

Orkid are:

Vlad Ilicevici – guitars, synths, vocals

Radu Pop – percussion, synths

Mihnea Dumitrescu – bass

Orkid have prepared a special concert for ALTER-NATIVE, combining music and animated visuals. As two of the Orkids come from the area of visual productions – Vlad being a screenwriter and film director and Radu, an animator and graphic artist –, Orkid is a cinematic product with an emphasis on animation, illustration and design. The trio of nervous shoegazers from Bucharest define their style as post-traumatic blues. Their defining trait is an affection and respect for whales, orcas and all manner of other sea, land and alien beasts. With diverse influences ranging from punk and garage to post-metal, from indie and blues to math, prog and even academic music, Orkid have put out 5 studio albums to date.

Saturday – 9 November – 16:30 – 17:10

Suite “The Nutcracker” – Senzonshō (Ethereal Bells) version

Chiyo Hagiwara is a Japanese pianist who is well known in Japan for introducing to the Japanese public the Transylvanian genius composer’s, Carl Filtsch’s works. Since 2020, she started her special project, by inventing a special, unique style of playing the bells, calling it Senzonshō. The magical sound of these bells is so exquisite, delicate and out of this world, the best way to describe it is Ethereal. Chiyo Hagiwara composes works for piano and creates music for Senzonshō as well by combining the bells with various other instruments. Concerning her compositions she is being advised and guided by the composer Csíky Boldizsár. In 2023, she won the online composition contest, “Okayama Cup”, and she took Absolute First Prize at the “UK International Music Competition”.

Sunday – 10 November – 17:15 – 18:15

Tibor Cári – composer, keyboards, electronics

Boróka Vajda – voice

Attila Kiss – guitars, voice

Attila Szabó – cello

The idea of the project was born a few years ago; I’d already had some songs made out of Shakespeare’s sonnets set to music. I thought it would be exciting to write a full concert repertoire of them. So the first concert was born 3 years ago. This year I rethought the project and wrote several new songs. Its musical landscape is very colourful and eclectic, mixing several styles of music, going from jazz to electronic minimalist music. Shakespeare’s sonnets are diverse and pluck on many emotional strings. And this is reflected in the music. (Tibor Cári)