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Many people were surprised when, after a successful two-year streak during which they won the A38 talent competition known as Talentométer and conquered stages across Europe, including Müpa Budapest, makrohang split up. They then caused another, more pleasant surprise with the news in 2023 that they would be reviving what they themselves call their “jazz for metalheads” sound.

Veronica Swift returns to Müpa Budapest for the second time, promising to revive several noble traditions at the concert to open this year’s JazzTime programme.

John Coltrane, who was born a hundred years ago, recorded a landmark album in 1963 with the singer Johnny Hartman.

What more could we want from any performing artist than mastery of their instrument, exceptional musical talent, an original, high-quality and entertaining performance style, and the ability to establish a special rapport with fellow musicians?

“The sky does not begin with the stars, but at the tips of blades of grass.” On this special evening dedicated to his own compositions, Károly Binder revisits the most important stations of his creative career together with outstanding musicians with whom – as the quote from Mór Jókai suggests – he started out from the tips of blades of grass.

The Free Style Chamber Orchestra is unique in Hungary in that it combines the sound of a jazz quartet with classical strings, woodwinds, and the hurdy-gurdy.

Nicole Zuraitis énekel, zenét szerez, hangszerel, szöveget ír, zongorázik, produceri munkát végez, tanít, szerzői közösséget épít – és most nagy örömünkre a Müpában is bemutatkozik.