Szabolcs Sári Septet
The band has been operating since 2011, mainly performing their own songs written in the American spirit of the 50s. The band released their first album in 2014, Kartal Blues.
Ágnes Ávéd-Brezánszky
After graduating as a clarinetist (2004, University of Debrecen), I started to get acquainted with jazz music.
I studied singing at the Ferenc Erkel Music School, and then at the jazz singing department of the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music.
My teachers: László Hunyadi, Ágnes Lakatos and Orsolya Urbán.
During my university years I played regularly in the Debrecen Philharmonic Orchestra. I have been teaching children to play the clarinet at the Százhalombatta Music School for ten years.
Benjámin Centgráf
I’m Benjámin Centgráf. I have been playing drums since I was 6 years old, I studied classical percussion at the music school, then I started playing light music at the music conservatory under the hands of Csaba Pusztai, who has become a very good friend of mine since then. With his help, I was admitted to the Academy of Music, where I graduated in 2016. Since then, as a largely session musician, I have also toured in a variety of productions. I enjoy the challenges, I started to take studio work and drum recordings more seriously.
Márk Miskolczi
My name is Márk Miskolczi, I was born in 1987 in Budapest. Between 2007 and 2009 I strengthened the Faculty of Chemistry and Bioengineering of the Budapest University of Technology, then in 2010 I was admitted to the Department of Biology of the Eötvös Lóránt University of Science. From 2009 to 2012, I was a student of the ETŰD School of Music and the Secondary School of Music, where my teacher was Péter Nagy. Then in 2012 I was admitted to the jazz bass department of the Liszt Ferenc University of Music, where I obtained first a Bechelor and then a Master’s degree under the supervision of Tibor Csuhaj-Barna. I regularly participate in the Thália and Mikszáth Theaters. I am a member of Silence Fiction and BG5. My most important concerts are also related to these bands, I played with the BG5 band on the World Music Day at Bartók Radio, and later at the Academy of Music, where our guest was Mihály Borbély. I also played at the Academy of Music with my band called Silence Fiction, where the guests were Károly Binder and Mihály Borbély. I had the good fortune to play together with Al di Meola and Tamás Szarka as part of a production, and I helped out and toured with the Budapest Jazz Orchestra several times.
Szabolcs Sári
I’ve been trumpeting since I was eight, I’ve been writing music almost since I was a kid, but in my college years I became really interested in composing. I strive to write and perform diverse, demanding pieces of my own. I love and value tradition.
I graduated from the Liszt Ferenc University of Music in 2005 with a degree in classical trumpet, and in 2015 with a degree in jazz trumpet. My teachers were Ottó Koch, Lajos Rónai, András Kis, Gábor Huszár, István Sztán, György Geiger, János Hámori.
Former and current orchestras: Ernő Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra, Musica Hungarica Salonorchester, Vác Symphony Orchestra, Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Heureka Pop Orchestra, Fugato Orchestra, Budapest Operetta Theater Orchestra, Modern Art Orchestra. Jambalayah, Chameleon Jazz Band, Sári Szabolcs Septet, In Memoriam Chet Baker Trio, Ray Charles Band, Ratty Jazz Band, Coda Nostra Big Band.
Performers I played with: Richard Bona, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Magdolna Rúzsa, Kornél Fekete-Kovács. Ed Neumeister, Kálmán Oláh, Dezső Oláh, Edina Mókus Szirtes.
Ádám Szabó
I played the clarinet from the age of eight to the end of high school, then I became acquainted with alto saxophone and jazz – this genre immediately captivated me.
For years, the XVI. I played in a district big band, meanwhile I took lessons from István Elek and Gábor Kollman. I also learned a lot from the great talents at the jam sessions, who have now become dominant players in the genre.
Nóri Varga
I am Nóri Varga, I was born on January 26, 1985 in Hajdúböszörmény. Besides my three little girls, the music that can’t be missed in my life. I hadn’t even trumpeted in half a year when the Jazz Melon Big Band was formed, where they were very welcome to see it as a trombone. That’s when I dropped into the world of old jazz. After high school, I graduated from the Kőbánya Music Studio, where I could learn from Fekete Pisti, Kornél Fekete-Kovács, Ferenc Schreck. During this period I played in a ska-punk band in Debrecen, Skafunderz, with whom I lived a lot of festivals and got to many places. My desire to study did not decrease, so I made a successful admission to the jazz trombone department of the Liszt Ferenc University of Music. During my university years, I joined a band representing amazing, authentic Cuban genres, CubaRitmo. At university, I delved even deeper into big band music under the direction of Attila László, with whom I was also lucky to have a great Müpás concert, where we could accompany Patti Austin with the LFZE senior big band. I already had to postpone my graduation concert because I was wearing my twin daughters, Abigél and Árven, in my tummy in 2011. In 2014, my third little daughter, Ameli, arrived. I’ve been playing in the Catsby electroswing band for a while since 2017, here came Ruby Harlem, which has been a matter of my heart ever since. I got into the wind section of Beatrice, where the bigger concerts can only be imagined with us. They invite me to play more and more band sessions (e.g. Ladánybene 27, The Biebers, Király Király and Linda) so I can try myself in many styles. It is a great honor to be the first woman on stage among the 11 instrumental musicians of the Studio this summer. My latest formation is the Red Shoes, where female energies dominate. With Alexandra Pádár and Lilla Dakos, we enjoy music, where we compose not only acoustically, but also with live electronic accompaniment. As a novelty, I am influenced by the fact that I also play music with a DJ, it is a kind of improvisation, which is very exciting, because you have to be at home in a lot of styles.
Tivadar Varga
I am Tivadar Varga I was born in 1993. I started my music studies at the age of five. After graduating from primary school, I won admission to the Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music in Békéscsaba. In the third class of the conservatory, I switched to jazz piano and moved to Budapest. After high school, I started my studies at Kálmán Oláh at the Liszt Ferenc University of Music in 2012 with a successful admission, then I graduated as a jazz piano artist in 2016 and as an art teacher in 2018. During my university years, I was lucky enough to perform as a duo with Attila László and Károly Binder. It was a great honor for me to be able to play a solo in the great hall of the university at the 50th anniversary concert of the University of Jazz.
