The Szemző Aquatic Quartet’s Cinema Concert

The legendary Hungarian ensemble 180 Group, if you will, was formed around the Szemző Quartet in 1979, as indicated by the name Aquatic Quartet. The evening’s program features two works: a joint composition, Tunnel, inspired by Franz Kafka’s short story Eisenbahnreisende, and a cinema concert based on Szemző’s research on the Danube, whose 8 mm film footage and text are the result of a joint work with Alexandr Krestovský, and which was presented two years ago, in a different concept, but also as part of the Transparent Sound New Music Festival.

The Aquatic Quartet will make its debut in Hungary on this evening. The band came together in the fall of 2023 at the commission of the Tranzit House in Cluj-Napoca, under the direction of Szemző and Fluidian. Similar to their concerts there, composer Emil Gherasim Fluidian’s incomparable soundscapes created with guitar and electronics are accompanied by László Gőz on bass trumpet, trombone and other wind instruments. Alexandr Krestovský from Prague handles the textual aspects of the pieces, while Tibor Szemző plays various flutes and also serves as the narrator of Tunnel.

The concert will also serve as the release of the new issue of the Hungarian journal entitled Új Forrás, which focuses on Szemző’s work. The language of this presentation is Hungarian.

Filmlab & scan: Szilas Szilárd, Vándor Csaba

Technikai támogatás: Nagy Ágoston (Binaura), Keresteš Szabolcs, Tóta András

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With the friendly support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation.