DATE AND VENUE

26 June 2007, Esma Sultan

CONCERT INFO

ROBY LAKATOS violin
LASZLO BONİ second violin
ROBERT FEHER doublebass
FRANTİSEK JANOSKA piano
ATTİLA RONTO guitar
JENO ISTVAN LİSZTES vibraphone

CONCERT PRORGAMME

French chansons, Russian songs and Tzigan melodies on the Bosphorus...

Lasts 110’ inc. interval.

Celebrated Hungarian violin genius Roby Lakatos is a universal artist who defies definition with his scorching virtuosity and versatile repertoire covering diverse styles. Likened to Stéphane Grapelli, admired by genius violinists like Yehudi Menuhin and Vadim Repin, Lakatos became Deutsche Grammophon’s first “non-classical” artist as a “gypsy genius, classical virtuoso, jazz improviser and composer” or “the devil’s fiddler” as he is usually called. Developing an impromptu style where gypsy music and jazz elements fuse, Lakatos has such a technical competence that astonishes even the best classical violinists with his pizzicato with his constantly shifting diabolic left hand. Promising one of the most interesting concerts of the 35th Festival, Lakatos will intensify the Festival energy even more with an unusual and unique programme of French chansons, Russian songs and Hungarian Gypsy melodies alongside classical works in the Hungarian tradition.