KFT

The KFT ensemble ran at the 1981 Pop and Dance Song Festival of the Hungarian Television. Five million TV viewers saw the broadcast, in which they performed their song Babu or, with a painted face and a puppet-like movement, so that they became known nationally in virtually a single day, barely six months after its formation. In the following years, their hits – were born, including Africa, the Lake Balaton Summer –, which still retain their popularity. Their astringent humorous poems are an indispensable part of their concerts, sometimes humorous, costumed scenes are connected to some of their songs. Interestingly, in the Hungarian art world, KFT was the first to appear on the Internet with its own website.

They rarely performed in the 1990s, but have been touring the country ever since 2001. At times, mainly in connection with anniversaries, larger concerts are held, such a memorable event was the UFÓSHOW, which made it spectacular with huge screenings and animations at the Opera House, the Ball staged at the Opera with the participation of company members, or the KFT Big Band concert at the Budapest Congress Center.

After 16 years, the band released new studio recordings in 2024, the album What Not to Do, in April, and has been available on vinyl and CD since September.

After the concert of the highly successful first House of Music (which also included a pop-up exhibition), KFT is now returning to the House with a year-end concert, in a renewed line-up as András Laár left the band and joined KFT in Nedvig Balambér. At this concert, singer András Szekeres, familiar from both Junkies and Stereomilk, will also join Tibor Bornai, András Márton and II. To Miklós Lengyelfi, ie the Limited Liability Company.