Júlia Karosi Quartet
Júlia Karosi has toured the stages of Hungary and abroad with her individual vocal performances over the past decade. The singer came to jazz from classical music, which has left its mark not only on her high vocal technique and expressive tones, but also on her musical world and repertoire. In addition to her own compositions, she prefers to use folk songs and pieces by classical composers from Bartók to Kodály and Gershwin - but even in these arrangements she is always interested in the personal, in what she can tell about herself and our world today through the tools of jazz.
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In his performance, Kodály's Epigrammas, the pieces of Mikrokozmos and Bartók's astonishingly beautiful choral work Bánat sound like Central European evergreens, equally suitable for improvisation and experimentation, as do Gershwin's now standardised works Summertime and I got the Rhythm. And the essence of all these musical inspirations can be heard in the singer's own compositions: songs from Hidden Roots, Stroller of the City Streets and the internationally acclaimed Without Dimensions, released in 2020, are the result of collaborations with distinguished composers and musicians, and become truly original jazz pieces that can be heard on any stage from Japan to New York. On Without Dimensions, Julia's regular Hungarian bandmates were joined by multiple Grammy-winning New York guitarist Ben Monder. The songs offer a unique insight into our musical heritage, as Júlia's own compositions are combined with Bartók and Kodály arrangements. The album has received considerable professional acclaim abroad: it was voted Album of the Week by Jazz Weekly, and received a four-star rating from BBC Music Magazine, in addition to positive reviews in the US and major German-language jazz magazines. At their September concert, the band will also give a taste of their forthcoming album Inner Voice.
Opus Jazz Club
Adventurous European jazz and great Hungarian cuisine in the heart of Budapest
