The Hungarian ambassador of Hammond organ – Mátyás Premecz

One of the Friday performers is the Kéknyúl Hammond Band, which was established by Mátyás Premecz, the Hungarian ambassador of Hammond organ. The other members: Márk Badics (drum), István Bata (bass guitar), Gergő Kováts (baritone saxophone), Zsolt Csókás  (guitar), Andrew Hefler (vocals), András Jász (saxophone) and Csaba Puskás (trumpet). We asked Mátyás Premecz about music,…

World famous drummer – Elemér Balázs

The first performer of Saturday will be the Elemér Balázs Group. The popular band was established by Elemér Balázs in 2000. Since then they performed in several Hungarian and international concerts with great success. They also won some prizes. Beside of the leader and drummer, Flóra Kiss, Milán Szakonyi, József Balázs, Áron Komjáti, Krisztián “Pecek”…

Gere Jazz Festival in 2018

At Gere Attila Winery the 7th Gere Jazz Festival will be held on 8th and 9th of June, 2018. The location is the Gere Estate as usual. Thanks to the different thematic from year to year, this time the participants can experience a real Italian dolce vita feeling among the vineyards of Villány. Beside of…

The winemaker musician – Olivier Libaux

Hungarian performances of the world star formation, Nouvelle Vague, providing actually the final acts of the Festival, are always preceded by huge expectations. Being the favourite of the audience, this French group has performed several times in the Hungarian Palace of Art (MÜPA), as well as on the A38 event ship in Budapest so far.…

Grown up with music – Sena

On Friday the guests can dance to the songs of the Ghanaian-Hungarian rap-diva, the singer of the well-known Irie Maffia: Sena. On this night she performs with her own band.  Her partners are well-known musicians of the Hungarian jazz- and pop scene in the first place Mátyás Premecz the ambassador of Hammond organ. With the…

Created her own style – Eszter Váczi

On Friday, the second concert of Gere Jazz Festival will be one of the stars of the Hungarian jazz – Eszter Váczi and her band who also creates quality in pop music.  The quartet is unique in sound and appearance and in its songs the lyrics is also important not only the music. The own…

The freedom of improvisation – Veronika Harcsa

Gere Jazz Festival will be opened by Veronika Harcsa and Bálint Gyémánt on Friday. Each Hungarian concert of the singer who spent more and more time in abroad is a real special event. In the performance of Veronika charm and intellect coupled by refined singing technique. The skilled guitar play of Bálint Gyémánt makes these…

V. GERE Jazz-Festival – Latin fiesta

Villány, GERE Estate (10-11.06.2016.) 5 years is not a great period in a life of a festival which was established as a convention, but it is just enough to mean a kind of landmark and give reason to celebrate. In accordance with its original aim the GERE Jazz Festival arrange Gere wines, fine dining and…

The magic of bossa nova – Rozina Pátkai

The Pátkai Rozina Quintet colors the Latin jazz program of GERE Jazz Festival with its bossa nova style concert on Saturday. After the birth of her two daughters, with two degrees in her pocket Rozina decided to be a singer. She volunteered to the conservatory learnt, and taught, meanwhile she picked up Portugal language then…