The first Samaria Jazz Festival starts in Šamorín

Šamorín 27 July (TASR) – A two-day jazz festival called "Samaria Jazz Festival" is held in Šamorín at the Mozi Club, co-organized by Jazz Club DS. It brings music formats from Slovakia and Hungary. Two years ago, five musical bands will be played, while the festival also gives the opportunity to young Slovak jazz artists. "A few years ago, we started a series of jazz concerts in Šamorín and we discovered that they were interested in these concerts.That's why we said we're going to try to do the first year of the festival, " for the TASR was presented by the president of the civic association Jazz Club DS Igor Vida. He added that it is a low-budget festival with Slovak and Hungarian participation

On Fridays, visitors can listen to two concerts. First and foremost, the AMC Trio Unit will perform in Slovakia, a group of three international musicians playing modern jazz or, in their compositions, going beyond the jazz stage and reaching various musical genres. Followed by Borbély – Dresch Quartet of Hungary. It is a joint formation of two instrumentalists and Novazzi, in which we find traces of jazz and folk music of the Carpathian Basin.

On Saturday, visitors can hear the Hungarian-Slovak Farkas Attila Trio from Kolar. His principal Attila Farkas won two years ago a prize in a competition of young talents of Slovak jazz. Vintage Dolls from Hungary will perform as a vocal trio, accompanied by a group of five members with a thirty and forty year old dance music program inspired by Andrews Sisters and Boswell Sisters. At the end of the festival will be a new project of Peter Lipa Slovak, called The Grand Buffet, which combines electronics, hip-hop, soul and funk

The Mozi Club asbl Šamorín performs various cultural events of literary character and smaller musical scale for a few years in an old cinema. For six years, the DS Vida Jazz Club has been organizing jazz concerts in and around Dunajská Streda, as well as other non-profit and non-commercial cultural events. In addition, since 2008, he has organized the improvised music festival called Are you free. Costs associated with concerts are mainly covered by grants, collected entries and sponsorship contributions