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Incorporating Latin American serenity and sweet melancholy, Cafuné's repertoire is made up of special pieces of traditional South American guitar music.

Mihály Borbély, who is equally at home in the fields of folk and world music, jazz and contemporary music, and who is extremely popular both in Hungary and abroad, is one of the leading figures of Hungarian jazz as a performer and composer.

Returning with a line-up that changes from time to time, the collective will soon be releasing a new album, from which they will now give the audience a musical taste.

Chamber music artpop is the most reliable expression to describe the specific genre of Mozes & Kaltenecker, a group with a strong jazz background.

Program: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet in C major „Dissonanzen”, K. 465 Igor Stravinsky: Three Pieces for String Quartet Béla Bartók: String Quartet No. 1

There will also be a premiere in the spring series, but most of the plays have already been performed, but usually only once, but in the current arrangement, they will be able to show new associations and new connections.

Ill Considered continue to astound with their energetic and touching music, fusing free improvisation with a deep understanding of groove.

Featuring: János Szemenyei – actor Danubia Orchestra Conductor and Host: Máté Hámori

Formed in the spring of 2020, this trio brings together the talents of pianist Sámuel Baló, bassist Márk Miskolczi, and drummer Ambrus Richter. With a shared passion for spontaneity and creativity whilst searching for sincerity and energy in music, they captivate audiences with their dynamic performances, individual compositions and on the spot music-making.

Featuring: Danubia Orchestra Conductor and Host: Máté Hámori

The D.A.S. Trio has been active since 2014. On this evening they will present their second album Netto Tetris, which will be released on the day of the concert, and they will also invite guest artist Kejdi Barbullushi.

Kocsis-Holper Zoltán doktori koncertje a Kodály Kórussal

Ég alatti 5 has been playing energetic music since 2015. The backbone of their repertoire is formed by their own compositions, which in style and drive are reminiscent of the hard-bop and modal jazz of the 1960s, yet unique in character.

A collection of short pieces ranging from wide soundscapes to carefully crafted melodies, small and refined instrumental pieces with an improvised dimension that suggest real life stories but leaves enough space for the listener to wander.

Zsigmond Gerlóczy, a twenty-eight-year-old pianist from Budapest, is a versatile, inquisitive musician.

For over 20 years Grencsó and Jordan have savored their international connection. From the early performances together at Gödör at Deák tér, Jelen near Blaha Lujza tér, and Trafó in Budapest, they have inspired each other into a whirlwind of improvisation.

Organ Grinder's Suite, paying homage to the relevant trios of the genre, earned critical acclaim and the trio is regularly perfoming its material. In the meantime they already started to work on new compositions, thus the audience of Opus already can hear some of these on the present concert.

The band is currently working on their latest album, on which Milán will be the guest again, so in addition to the quartet's best-known songs, this concert will also offer an insight into the material of the album to be released this autumn.

Inspired by the beauty and vastness of the universe, the band Alpha Trianguli starts its journey into the infinity of sound worlds.

Dániel Kinczel's trio takes the listener into the world of the pianist-composer's works, which were born as a love child of cool jazz and impressionist music, but also inherited some blues features.

Ágnes Lakatos and Kálmán Oláh's duo album Soaring, released in 2022, is a true musical soaring, which is realized in exciting improvisational dialogues, in the artistic expression of the nuanced freedom given by the jazz genre.

Each member of the band is also an accomplished soloist, Fusion Circus' concerts are an exciting blend of colours and rhythms, a fusion of sounds.

The band absorbs the material of the original recordings, sticking to the arrangements, forms and compositional features. As improvisation is at the heart of jazz, solos are invented by the players at the moment.

Műsor: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: B-dúr zongoraverseny, K 595

Pianist-composer Lóránt Péch founded his trio in 2023 with the aim of performing his own compositions in combo arrangements.

The Piastrella Trio their repertoire is predominantly influenced by fusion and modern jazz music, and the young musicians are inspired by great composers such as Chick Corea, Keith Jarrett, and Jesus Molina.

Mário Rafael is one of the most talented pianists of the young generation of Hungarian jazz. The music of his trio transcends stylistic categories, and in their compositions collective improvisation plays a major role alongside lyrical melodies.

Formed in Rotterdam in 2022, the trio plays original music with a free improvisational approach and strives to create an abstract and energetic world of sound.

Raquel Kurpershoek Jaldón, born in 1998, became known after winning talent contests from 2016. She learned Cuban, Brazilian, and Indian music in Rotterdam and flamenco singing in Spain. She also studied sign language. In 2020, her documentary Traslasierra about flamenco and the deaf won awards internationally.

The quartet's performance is a curiosity on the Hungarian jazz scene. Their intense and characterful musical world is elevated to an even higher level by their dynamism and creativity, which is enhanced by the exciting compositions of László Vörös, the virtuosic vibraphone solos of Richárd Szaniszló, the melodic bass playing of Ádám Bögöthy and the complex and colourful rhythms of Tamás Hidász.