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Binder-Borbély Duo
Two great musicians, who call themselves "Citizens Of Jazzland", have stepped out into a unified world without borders.
They brought with them an incomporable wealth of improvisation, of technical know-ledge, of the creation of rhythmic and
melodic fantasies, as well as very shade of tone and dynamics, and also an excellent ability in creating a balance between
musical liberty and constraint. They have absorbed unusual metres, enchanting, dancing and painful, joyful and plaintive
melody patterns from southern and South-Eastern Europe, Asia Minor and other areas, unexpected and even surprising throbbing
rhythms and grafted all of these on their own music. They have fulfilled the moral duty of every musical artist by cheering
up or saddening the listeners, causing them to contemplate, placing them into a gentle state of ecstasy. And in addition -
what few manage to do - they have given a charatic experience to the music lover listening to their "SOUNDS".
Emil Petrovics
composer
Károly Binder
The Budapest-born pianist-composer, a definitive contemporary and jazz musician, is a teacher at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music.
He has enjoyed numerous successed both in Hungary and aboard. He is a musician on grand scale, who has used his talent to synthesise
new musical trends, different music cultures, composition and improvisation techniques. His musical career is best reflected in his
collaborations with leading Hungarian and important foreign musicians and last but not least in his recordings. He is the chairman
at the Jazz Department at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music from September, 2000.
He won the International Jazz piano Festival in Kalis in 1981, and the Hungarian Radio Jazz Competition in 1986 with his
composition "Kontinenspiel". In 1989 he got the eMeRton prize for Best Solo Artist, and his album called Dance Music was
Jazz Record of the Year in 1991.
Mihály
Borbély
 He
studied classical clarinet
and jazz
saxophone at Béla Bartók
Conservatory and Ferenc
Liszt Music
Academy in Budapest. Through his career in addition
to his original instruments (clarinet and alto saxophone) he
has specialised in playing unusual wind instruments (tárogató,
folk flutes,
kaval, dvojnice,
fujara, ocarina,
bombard, zurna)
as well as soprano and tenor saxophone.
He is
one of the founding members of the
famous Vujicsics folk group,
and he is equally active
participant – either as a
leader or as a soloist – in
various world music, jazz and
contemporary music
groups (Mihály
Borbély Quartet, Balkan Jazz Project, Quartet B,
Borbély-Dresch Quartet). He also a
member of
various line-ups
(Binder-Borbély Duo, Eastern
Boundary Quartet, Attila László Quintet, Kálmán Oláh Sextet).
He has participated in countless
recordings and has given concerts
in Hungary, throughout Europe, in
the USA, in Mexico
and in Australia, and has
performed at large festivals with
Hungarian and international
musicians in different genres
mentioned above. Some
of the groups
and musicians he has worked with:
Paul Bley, Steve Coleman, Allegre Corea, Joe Fonda, Kyle Gregory,
Trilok Gurtu, Tony Lakatos,
Herbie Mann,
Bob Mintzer, Michel
Montanaro and his
„Vents
d’Est”,
Zbigniew Namyslowski,
Gerard Presencer, Rova
Saxophone
Quartet,
Saxophone Summit
(Michael Brecker-David
Liebman-Joe
Lovano), Arnie
Somogyi
„Improvokation“, Michael
Jefry Stevens, Jirí Stivín,
Jens Winther, Yurodny.
The
Bokros Ensemble, Nikola
Parov, Márta Sebestyén,
Sebő
Ensemble, Hungarian World
Music Orchestra,
Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Modern Art
Orchestra, Mihály Dresch,
István Grencsó, Imre Kőszegi,
Zoltán Lantos „Mirrorworld“, Attila László
Band,
Kálmán Oláh
and the Trio
Midnight,
Syrius, Béla Szakcsi
Lakatos,
as well as Péter Eötvös, Hungarian National
Philharmonic
Orchestra,
UMZE
Chamber Ensemble,
Group 180.
Teaching is an important
part of his life and musical philosophy.
He has been
active in educating young
musicians since 1979. He has been a
teacher at Béla Bartók Conservatory since
1986, and at the Jazz
Department of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy
since 1990. In the latter
he was head of
department between
1997 and 2000. Apart from the above
mentioned activities he has also
given lectures and lead
courses at various places both in
Hungary and abroad, e.g.
Birmingham
Conservatory, DISTIL England/Scotland, Royal
Academy
of
Music, London
(GB); Conservatoire de
Lyon (F); Hochschule für Music C.M von Weber,
Dresden (D); Morelia Conservatory (MEX); Lamantin
Jazz Camp,
International
Clarinet, Tárogató
and
Saxophone Camps,
Szombathely Bartók Seminar,
International Creative Music Education Institute
(H), etc.
He got several prizes and awards such
as "Best soloist"
of the Karlovy Vary Jazz
Festival, State
prize "For
Minorities" (as a member of the
Vujicsics ensemble),
three eMeRTon prizes,
Artisjus Music Foundation
Prize, „Jazz
Album of the Year“ for the
Mihály Borbély Quartet "Meselia
Hill"
(Gramofon, 2005), Knight's Cross
Order of
Merit of the
Republic of
Hungary.
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