Impclasspro at Jazzfest Budapest at Premier Kultcafé

CLASSICAL PIECES – INTERMEZZI IMPROVISED

The renowned Liszt Prize-winning clarinetist Csaba Klenyán, the Liszt Prize-winning jazz pianist Kálmán Oláh, who has also received prestigious international awards not only as a performer but also as a composer, and one of the most distinguished and most employed double bass players in Hungary, József Horváth Barcza, have performed together in classical and jazz productions both at home and abroad.

The special feature of their concert, based on collective improvisation, is that they bridge the gap between the works with their joint improvisations, for example after or before an authentic performance of works by Haydn, Bach and Bartók....

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CLASSICAL PIECES – INTERMEZZI IMPROVISED

The renowned Liszt Prize-winning clarinetist Csaba Klenyán, the Liszt Prize-winning jazz pianist Kálmán Oláh, who has also received prestigious international awards not only as a performer but also as a composer, and one of the most distinguished and most employed double bass players in Hungary, József Horváth Barcza, have performed together in classical and jazz productions both at home and abroad.

The special feature of their concert, based on collective improvisation, is that they bridge the gap between the works with their joint improvisations, for example after or before an authentic performance of works by Haydn, Bach and Bartók.

This kind of improvisation is spontaneous, free music-making, free of rules, and its aim is to create a contemporary, lively connection with the work being performed or yet to be performed. This can be as simple as a single motif or a characteristic harmony, or a single rhythmic solution.

The three artists reflect on the works of the great masters in such a way that it is in no way a stylistic break, but rather! They build on classical music, tradition and the freedom of jazz in their improvisation, preparing the pieces, then weaving them on and thinking them through, while retaining their own individuality.

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