Travel Tip: Jazz in Hungary
Budapest Jazz Festival

The Festival is eight years old this year and has elected to place Spanish and Belgian jazz into central focus. The idea came from the rotating presidency of the EU in which Spain will be succeeded by Belgium, followed by Hungary.

The festival line up includes: pianist Kálmán Oláh who is turning towards flamenco jazz, the Barcelonan drummer Marc Miralta and the double bass player Mátyás Szandai come together for a collaboration with acoustic guitar virtuoso Ferenc Snétberger, Spanish saxophonist Perico Sambeat and Belgian jazz man Steve Houben (also saxophone), Belgium’s trumpeter Bert Joris with Hungary’s best known big band, the Modern Art Orchestra. The Rooms Trio, the legendary Hungarian father of folk jazz, Mihály Dresch, Mátyás Szandai, drummer Hamid Dreak and the pianist Lafayette Gilchrist.