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Bea Palya and Jelena Poprzan
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world music, jazz, popular music
Bea Palya and Jelena Popržan
“MY SILKS” – DIVAS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Bea Palya’s series entitled “My Silks” has been running with great success since 2015. At these concerts, where she also performs with her excellent band, Palya always introduces a female vocalist less familiar to the Hungarian audience. The events focus on bridging musical worlds and the meeting of two voices, as the artists perform both their solo material and together in the form of duets. The tenth guest in the series is the Serbian artist Jelena Popržan, who accompanies her own singing with a five-string viola, using electronics and loops to create multi-layered soundscapes. Born in Vojvodina and now based in Vienna, Popržan gained recognition as part of the contemporary-avant-garde duo Catch-Pop String-Strong. Her debut solo album, released in 2020, blends chamber music, progressive folk and jazz with effortless ease. A vocal timbre that is at once expressive and unconventional will combine with the singer’s boundless energy for what promises to be an unforgettable evening.
Program and cast
vocals - Bea Palya
vocals, viola - Jelena Popržan
Featuring:
double bass - György Orbán
drums, percussion instruments - Dani Szabó
wind instruments - Balázs “Dongó” Szokolay
cimbalom - Jenő Lisztes
Palace of Arts Müpa Budapest
When Müpa Budapest, Hungary and its capital's new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than 100 years of Hungarian cultural history. As a conglomeration of cultural venues, the building has no precedent in 20th century Hungarian architecture and has no peers in the whole of Central Europe.
The creators of this ambitious project, the Trigránit Development Corporation, prime contractor Arcadom Construction and the Zoboki, Demeter and Partners Architectural Office, were driven by the desire to create a new European cultural citadel as part of the new Millennium City Centre complex along the UNESCO World Heritage-listed Danube waterfront. The result is a facility whose construction quality, appearance, functionality and 21st century technological infrastructure makes it ideally suited to productions of the highest standard. The building is also highly versatile and equipped to host performances of any genre and almost any scale.
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