Concerts

HOBO László Földes – vocals, Zoltán Kiss – guitar, Zoltán Nemes – keyboard

The old, has-been hack – a.k.a. Hobo – has had the audacity to expand the repertoire of the unconscionable performances he’d previously inflicted on his audience to a hitherto unused genre, that of the puppet theatre, and to this end has created a musical work entitled Medvevára (Bear Castle). The performance is a journey back in time to a knight’s castle several hundred years ago. The goal is to assess, or rather compare the world of yore to that of the present, and to trot out the result; namely, that life wasn’t much prettier back then either. (Hobo)

It is the acoustic version of the score from the performance that the audience at the ALTER-NATIVE Film Festival will be treated to on 5 November, supplemented by a handful of story-like songs from the artist.

Ábel Czegő – drums, Dániel Jakab – piano, Iringó Metz Gyurka – violin, voice, shepherd’s pipe, Balázs Némethi – bass, Ferenc Ségercz – traditional woodwinds, saxophone

Dzsingisz Quartett is a band made up of teenagers under Feri Ségercz’s watchful presence. The band is known for its innovative approach in which jazz meets traditional folk music. Spontaneous improvisations and energetic rhythms blend together with traditional melodies, creating a unique and captivating soundscape. This fusion enables them to appeal to both younger audiences as well as lovers of authentic music. Dzsingisz Quartett is a fresh sound on the Romanian musical palette, paying tribute to tradition from a modern and innovative perspective.

Miklós Rózsa’s Complete Piano Works

Krisztina Fejes – piano

Though Miklós Rózsa’s name is known worldwide primarily as a legendary film composer, his classical compositions – his piano pieces, his chamber music, his concertos and symphonies – have to this day been seldom played on concert podiums. Yet these pieces are outstanding creations in 20th-century Hungarian music history that form a unique blend of Hungarian musical tradition, European compositional thought and an international musical perspective. For Krisztina Fejes, taking on Rózsa’s oeuvre goes far beyond the art of performance. Th first significant result of her years-long work is the solo album released by Hungaroton, which is the first to compile Miklós Rózsa’s complete solo piano works in a single release and at the same time represents the beginning of a new era. The goal for the following years is to gradually progress through the entirety of Miklós Rózsa’s heritage of classical music.The 2026 concert tour of Transylvania and Romania marks the first international showcase of this artistic programme; and it is also a cultural mission aimed at re-establishing a living connection between Miklós Rózsa’s legacy of classical music and the Central-European and internationalconcert scene.