Take the Mol Train: David Helbock Trio (a) at Opus Jazz Club

“...I think this musician with his 'pianocap' is one of the most exciting players of the young european jazz scene. The listener experiences something new when David Helbock plays. And it's never 'top-heavy' music – it's music that thrills the body and the mind...”
(Roland Spiegel - Bavarian Radio)

Multi-award-winning Austrian pianist David Helbock (born 1984) created an international stir in the last couple of years. Two rewards and the audience prize at the world biggest jazz-piano-solo competition of the Jazzfestival Montreux, a lot of enthusiastic/international reviews for his CDs and the most important prize in Austria 2011 - the Outstanding Artist Award - David Helbock, the pianist coming from Koblach, a small Austrian village, is with no doubt, on his way up to a great international musical career with his projects, like Random/Control (a great success at the Opus last autumn), a duo with Simon Frick, or the David Helbock Trio....

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“...I think this musician with his 'pianocap' is one of the most exciting players of the young european jazz scene. The listener experiences something new when David Helbock plays. And it's never 'top-heavy' music – it's music that thrills the body and the mind...”
(Roland Spiegel - Bavarian Radio)

Multi-award-winning Austrian pianist David Helbock (born 1984) created an international stir in the last couple of years. Two rewards and the audience prize at the world biggest jazz-piano-solo competition of the Jazzfestival Montreux, a lot of enthusiastic/international reviews for his CDs and the most important prize in Austria 2011 - the Outstanding Artist Award - David Helbock, the pianist coming from Koblach, a small Austrian village, is with no doubt, on his way up to a great international musical career with his projects, like Random/Control (a great success at the Opus last autumn), a duo with Simon Frick, or the David Helbock Trio.

The latter dates back in 2010 when Helbock moved from his old home Vorarlberg to the Austrian capital and met the two Viennese Raphael Preuschl and Herbert Pirker. “The two are very active in various formations and have been a well attuned rhythm section since 15 years”, Helbock says, “their playing goes perfectly with my compositions.” Raphael Preuschl (born 1977) is not plucking a double bass or an electric bass, but a bass ukulele. “It sounds very loud and percussive, in some way quite African, which suits my music well”, Helbock explains happily. Herbert Pirker (born 1981) plays his drums accordingly dynamical, sometimes almost eruptive. In lyrical passages highly sensitive, in fast moments with pronounced energy and hard beats that almost resemble rock aesthetics. Pirker works with jazz-players (e.g. Louis Sclavis) as well as with pop bands. He is certainly not a quiet drummer; his powerful entries accentuate the occasionally ragged charm of Helbock’s pieces.

After two years of intensive touring in countries like Mexico, Malaysia, China, Russia, Marokko, Ethiopia, Australia and many more (including an enormusly successful gig at the Opus back in fall 2013) the David Helbock Trio recorded their debut CD Aural Colors for the Berlin-based Label Traumton, which released on January 30th 2015.

Tickets are available for 1500 HUF on the spot, in the national JEGYPONT network of Interticket, at jegy.hu and here.

Please don't forget your table reservation, as seating at the Opus jazz Club can only be guaranteed in this case. Tel: (+36 1) 216 7894.

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