Bacsik 100 | Bacsik Elek-emlékkoncert

May 22 of this year marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the internationally renowned musician Elek Bacsik. Bacsik lived in Paris from the late 1950s to the mid-1960s, where he became popular primarily as a guitarist and played with such world-renowned stars as Dizzy Gillespie, Michel Legrand, Quincy Jones, Kenny Clarke, Clark Terry, and Elvin Jones. The two albums he recorded in France have since been reissued multiple times. In America, he achieved success primarily as a jazz violinist, where he also recorded two albums. The artist, who passed away in 1993, has been commemorated in numerous articles and books.

Elek Bacsik articulated his artistic philosophy as follows: “For the Roma, national borders, races, or cultures do not represent barriers. To us, the whole earth is like a boundless universe. This is our mission in life—to show how open the world is. I can achieve this through my music, which is my love and my life.”