15 to 16 October 7 p.m.	Fon� Budai Zeneh�z
ETHNO '99 15 October Gy�rgy Szabados Grencs� Kollekt�va Saxophone Ensemble of the South-Alf�ld Tin Tin Quartet 16 October Dresch Quartet Ir�n Lov�sz Mak�m Workshop K�roly Binder Battuta The term "ethno" must be understood in a rather metaphoric wide sense: the ethno-contemporary and the ethno-jazz generic definition is characterized by the lack of strict styles and the simultaneity of different systems of form. The Ethno festival-series is ten years old this year. With respect to its profile it is primarily defined by chamber-like, contemporarily inspired productions applying improvisational possibilities at a high degree. The only limit is some kind of ethnic orientation - the presentation of those musical trends of our age in which a synthesis of Hungarian folk music and the music of neighbouring peoples, Eastern and archaic cultures with other trends and compositional methods can be observed.

23 October 8 p.m.	Traf�
the ex - photo: Brad Miller HUNGAROCARROT DAY Kampec Dolores David Thomas and the Two Pale Boys (Great Britain) The Ex (the Netherlands) All the three bands which give concerts this year (Thomas with his ex-band, The Pedestrians) performed at the first HungaroCarrot Festival that was held in the Pet�fi Csarnok in 1988 one year after the Carrot Festival of Warsaw. The Ex that used to be an angry anarcho-punk band plays a fine mixture of jazz, noise-music and different ethnic styles today. They have played together with a long list of outstanding musicians during the past decade and they have played at the most significant festivals. There is no compromise in their materials - neither from the musical nor from the social point of view. David Thomas's original band the Pere Ubu made a deep impact on generations of musicians and performers since the end of the 70's: the classic figure of Pere Ubu transferred a reformulated rock-context. The American singer's trio with the "two pale boys" is the latest exciting chapter Thomas's chamber-like style using several extreme sound-arrangements.

26 October 7.30 p.m.	Magyar R�di�, M�rv�nyterem
Jazz Saxophone Evening of J�zsef Hangya Nagy (awardee of the Dezs� Ablakos Lakatos jazz saxophone talent contest)

29 October 8 p.m.	MU Sz�nh�z
SENSE OF SPATIAL CONNECTIONS Visual and Audial Spaces Ren� Clair: Entr' Acte (1924) Music by Gy�rgy �rvai Germaine Dulac: La coquille et le clergyman (1926) Music by Andrea Szigetv�ri - G�bor T�th * music by Mih�ly Dresch Mih�ly Kert�sz: My Brother Is Coming (1919) Music by Andrea Szigetv�ri (with the participation of dr. M�ri�s) The soundlessness of silent movies means a challenge even today: Besides the well-known works of Clair and Dulac the audience can also see My Brother is Coming, a propaganda film prepared by Mih�ly Kert�sz (whose name became known as a result of Casablanca) during the 1919 Communist regime of Hungary. The program includes live instrumental improvisation (Mih�ly Dresch), electronically generated sound material (Gy�rgy �rvai), music composed on computer and improvised electronic music (Andrea Szigetv�ri-G�bor T�th) as well. (In joint organization with the Institute of Cinematography and the MU Theater)

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