Live Jazz in Budapest

Fri, Jul 3, 8:00 PM

SamSaRa | Lantos – Juhász – Nyusztay (HU)

Opus Jazz Club / Ferencvaros / Map

SamSaRa, the influential Hungarian world music ensemble of the turn of the millennium, takes the stage at Opus in a reimagined form. The group was founded in 2000 by two renowned and open-minded jazz musicians, Zoltán Lantos and Gábor Juhász, along with two outstanding Hungarian experts and players of Indian percussion instruments, Péter Szalai and Iván Nyusztay. Both Lantos and Nyusztay spent several years in India to master the techniques of playing classical Indian instruments and the authentic harmonic and rhythmic world of the local music. Drawing on his experiences, Lantos even had a special, resonant stringed violin custom-made for himself, which allows him to produce a rich sound that combines the advantages of two Indian instruments – the plucked sitar and the bowed sarangi – with those of the traditional violin. The trio plays Indo-jazz, that is, it brings elements and colors from Indian classical music into the world of jazz. This music has a spacious atmosphere, an airy quality, and an ancient fragrance, the influence of which is impossible to resist.

Tue, Jul 28, 8:30 PM

S.K.Y. Chronicles-Sárközy Fanni and her friends - MAGIA

Budapest Jazz Club / Ujlipotvaros / Map

An exceptional evening at the Budapest Jazz Club, where music does not merely sound — it surrounds and envelops the listener. Fanni Sárközy, internationally acclaimed pianist, vocalist, composer, and improvisational artist, is an active figure on both the American and European music scenes. With her classical foundations, deep passion for jazz, and distinctive stage presence, she creates a unique musical world where improvisation, emotion, and artistic freedom naturally intertwine. MAGIA is more than a concert: it is a shared musical space where boundaries dissolve, words are replaced by sound, and composed structures give way to the freedom of the moment. Special guests of the evening: Attila László, one of the most outstanding guitarists and composers of the Hungarian jazz scene, whose playing is defined by virtuosity, depth, and remarkable musical sensitivity. Zoltán Lantos, internationally recognized violinist and composer, a key figure in Hungarian world jazz. Fanni Sárközy – vocal, piano, Tamás Stencli – saxophone, György Szentgallay – bass-guitar, Attila Móré – drum Guest: Att