International Jazz Day: HANG (FR)

On the occasion of International Jazz Day, on April 30 at Fonó Budai Zeneház (Fonó Music House), a special concert by Hang joins the global celebration of jazz. UNESCO declared this day the International Day of Jazz in 2011 to highlight the genre’s spirit of freedom, its power to build communities, and its role in fostering dialogue between cultures. Hang’s music connects to this openness in its own distinctive voice.

The French–Hungarian formation draws from Hungarian and Transylvanian folk songs, as well as from the poetry of Attila József, Miklós Radnóti, and contemporary poets. Folk poetry, urban lyricism, and present-day texts meet and reflect each other within the music. In the shared creative space of Baltazar Montanaro, Martin Mey, Damien Dulau, and Áron Porteleki, elements of free improvisation, orally transmitted musical traditions, song forms, minimalism, and noise music come together.

Traditional melodies take on a contemporary form: organic soundscapes, electronic textures, noise collages, unique instrumentation, and improvisational musical processes shape the overall sound. Polyrhythmic structures, subtle harmonic work, and the role of silence create a spacious and emotionally powerful musical world, where melodies continue to communicate even when the meaning of words recedes into the background. Hang’s concert also offers a renewed perspective on the relationship to roots—expressed through a contemporary musical language attuned to the questions of the present.

Ticket purchase: in advance 3000 HUF, on the day of the concert 3500 HUF