Júlia Karosi & Dániel Szabó (HU)

About

Over the past decade, Júlia Karosi has performed her distinctive vocal repertoire on stages both in Hungary and abroad. She approached jazz from a classical background, which has left its mark not only on her high-level vocal technique and expressive tone, but also on her musical world and repertoire. In addition to her own compositions, she frequently draws on folk songs and works by classical composers ranging from Bartók and Kodály to Gershwin – yet even in these arrangements, she is always drawn to the personal, to what she can convey about herself and our contemporary world using the tools of jazz. Dániel Szabó is an internationally renowned, versatile jazz pianist and composer. In recent years, he has collaborated with world-famous artists such as Peter Erskine, Chris Potter, and Joe LaBarbera. His album Visionary topped the charts in the American jazz magazine JAZZIZ, and in the spring of 2022, he was invited to perform the final movement of Chick Corea’s Jazz Piano Concerto posthumously, alongside John Patitucci and Dave Weckl. The duo’s repertoire is based on original compos