Fracanapa, Libertango ...
When I first heard Piazzolla's music, it had this extraordinary effect on me, I got goose-pimples.
David Yengibarjan (1976, Yerevan)
Though he has been living in Hungary only since 1995, he is one of the most well-known and sought-after accordionists. He has participated in a great number of theatrical and film productions both as a performer (Bertolt Brecht: Jungle of the Cities, Andor Lukáts: Portugal, Joye Sergent: Crime and Punishment) and as a composer (Ferenc Molnár: Liliom, András Szoke: Three, György Farkas: Blood Line, András Fésos: Street Heart Beat).
His recognition in Hungary has been accompanied by requests and invitations to perform abroad; he has played in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Vienna, and Edinburgh. He founded his own group, the Trio Yengibarjan, in 1999, after recording the film music of Holstein Lovers (which has a tango theme) with Ferenc Snétberger and József Barcza Horváth. His aspiration is to create a fusion of the Argentinian tango, the “New Tango” of Astor Piazzolla, and various types of folk music.
Gábor Juhász (1968, Budapest)
Began playing music - the tamboura, the mandolin and later the guitar - at the age of four. His passion for the guitar and jazz music led him to the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he was a pupil of Gyula Babos. With Károly Binder, teacher of piano at the Academy, they formed the Pangea Group, open to all kinds of folk music.
It is from this group that the still active Tin-Tin Quartet evolves, in which Gábor Juhász currently plays with Szabolcs Szoke, András Monori and Iván Nyusztay. In Zoltán Lantos' Mirrorworld Quartet, gratify his deep interest in the music of India, and he plays jazz in Off Course, Bosambo, the Elemér Balázs Quintet, and in Márta Téli's group.
József Barcza Horváth
Studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatory of Music, subsequently at the Ferenc Liszt Teachers' Training College of Music. Won the title of "best bass-player" at the Jazz Juniors Competition in Krakow in 1995; in 1997 won secon place at the International Bass-player's Competition in Debrecen. Between 1995-97 he was a member of the Gustav Mahler Youth Symphony Orchestra led by Claudio Abbado, then played with the Budapest Festival Orchestra for a year.
Since his high-school years he has taken an active part in Hungarian jazz life, and has participated on the albums and at the concerts of such famous artists as Kirk Lightsey, Benny Bailey, Tony Lakatos, Rick Margitza, Márta Téli, Gábor Gadó and the group Off Course.
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