Youth in focus

As a pianist and Artistic Director of György Cziffra Festival, János Balázs has for many years been a committed supporter of young talents and the emerging generation of artists. Within the framework of the Festival, outstanding young musicians are not only recognized each year with various awards, but are also given concert opportunities to demonstrate their artistic potential.

On this occasion, two young artists take the stage: one of them is Ali Lugosi, recipient of the Cziffra Festival’s Creative Artist Award, and the other is Tivadar Varga, who has also been honoured with the same distinction. Ali Lugosi first came to prominence in the Virtuózok classical music talent show, and has since earned wide professional recognition as a young clarinetist. Tivadar Varga studied under Kálmán Oláh, Attila László, and Mihály Borbély; he founded his own trio in 2018 and has been a member of the Budapest Ragtime Band since 2020.

Their programme, built on light, familiar melodies, evokes the atmosphere of the approaching spring, while the combination of clarinet and jazz piano reveals a refined harmony at the intersection of musical genres.

(The event is jointly organised by the Cziffra Festival and the Liszt Institute – Hungarian Cultural Centre Brussels.)

Supported by the Ministry of Culture and Innovation and the National Cultural Fund.