Marina Džukljev, Bálint Bolcsó
Marina Džukljev (1983) is a pianist, educator and active performer in the fields of free improvisation, classical, contemporary and applied music. Born in Novi Sad (SRB), she started to play the piano at the age of 7, and graduated classical piano at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. During her education she won many national and international prizes as a soloist and as a chamber musician in Serbia and abroad. After finishing her studies, she devoted herself to contemporary and free improvised music, firstly with the Szilard Mezei ensembles, and has so far performed in countless ensembles and improvisational formations and performed in major venues and festivals throughout Europe. As a side person, as well as an author, she released music for labels: Leo records (UK), FMR records (UK), Klopotec (SI), Interstellar records (AT), WMAS (SRB), Slam Production (UK), Inexhaustible Editions (SI/HU), kuda.org, and others.
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In each project, Marina is fully dedicated to the quest for new sonoric capabilities of piano playing and a non-traditional approach, by using the extended techniques of instrument playing in a genuine and inventive way. The unity of wide spectrum of expressive elements can be heard in her music: abstract, experimental, free jazz - all are embraced by the heritage of history of pianism. Over many years, Džukljev worked as a promoter, activist, organizer, and producer by organizing a large number of music workshops, concerts, lectures, and festivals of improvised, experimental music and contemporary academic music. She led the workshops for improvised music in Slovenia, Serbia, Germany and Hungary.
Bálint Bolcsó was born in 1979 in Budapest. He creates instrumental, vocal and electroacoustic works, interactive sound installations, and applied music for film, dance and theatre, and uses live electronics in both composed and improvised music situations. Many of his compositions explore unique situations such as placing an improviser into an interactive environment, researching the limits of a MIDI controlled concert organ or controlling an instrumental ensemble by a laptop performer. His compositions have been performed at the Bartók Festival, Budapest Autumn Festival, Making New Waves, Wien Modern, mise-en music festival (New York), CAFe Budapest and Transparent Sound New Music Festival, among others. As an avid participant in the Budapest free improvisation scene, he often collaborates with local and international musicians. Recent performances and releases include duos with Jonas Kocher, Christian Kobi, Zsolt Sőrés, István Grencsó, Bálint Baráth, Attila Gyárfás and Oli Mayne. He is a member of various groups including the Budapest Improvisers Orchestra and the Hermina Artist Collective. He teaches computer music at the University of Pécs and at the Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest.