Illnyi Katica: The Reloaded Jazzy Violin – Inspired by Stphane Grappelli – Concert Compilation AlbumUPC 5999546013030NEW YEARS CONCERT MUPAThe Reloaded Jazzy Violin (Live)2014 January 4INSPIRED BY STPHANE GRAPPELLIOne little song can change your life.I’m a classical musician, and I grew up in such a background. Among my studies at the Academy of Music I also learned singing, dancing and acting. I had the opportunity to perform on stage many kinds of arts: one-woman shows, classical concerts. I sang and danced operettas and musicals, and I was also interested in all kinds of folk music. One day, by chance, I happened to meet one of Stphane Grappelli’s CDs. I wonder why I haven’t met the music of Stphane Grappelli until the age of 26.I have always loved jazz but I never considered the violin to be a typical jazz instrument. All I can remember are, while listening to Grappelli’s first song, I knew that a new era had come to my life. I just listened and listened to his music night and day, and I couldn’t get enough of his play. Fanatically I started to collect all his records. I studied with great admire his improvisations performed with unique charm.For me, as a classical musician learning the technique and style of how to play jazz violin was a great challenge. I have to say, classical musicians have drawback in comparison with jazz musicians. Actually, we are taught to play exactly the same thing that is written in the note. For this, since our childhood we are systematically “instructed” to get out of the ability of how to improvise. It’s a long lasting experience which requires a lot of patience to learn how to forget reading the note for a while.During the years I picked up many improvisations from Grappelli’s recordings and these were the first songs that I practiced still from the note of course. Much later after many picked up improvisations, practice and music listening. I started to obtain a routine of how to play “unboundedly” and started to enjoy the endless freedom of the improvisation when you let your fantasy fly and can play showing your present feelings.Stphane Grappelli in the style of jazz was unique and unforgettable. Even classical violinists accept his perfect technique. His life-work is extraordinarily rich. In his playing you can always meet a charm, his positive way of life and his endless respect to music. His performance is never an art for art’s sake but full of feelings, and it’s moreover extremely charming and amusing. I consider him to be a great master, even if I never had the chance to meet him in person. His playing is as if a wise man talked about Life. Moreover, perhaps the following is the greatest thought I got from him: For an artist the most important mission is not only to play the instrument but also to have the ability to hand thoughts over through the music.HUNGARIAN DESCRIPTION: A Liszt-djas hegedmvsz olyan jazz standardeket ad el hegedn, melyeket kedvenc eladja s pldakpe, Stphane Grappelli, vilghir francia jazzhegedstl ismert meg. Grappelli egyedlll mvszi jtka inspirlta arra, hogy komolyzenszknt megismerkedjen a jazz mfajval. Azta Illnyi Katict rendszeresen lthatjuk s hallhatjuk jazz koncerteken, kiszlestve ezzel az amgy is sznes mfaji sokoldalsgt. E koncertalbum is bizonytja, hogy a jazz lehetsget ad a ktetlenebb muzsiklsra, az improvizls hatrtalan szabadsgra, melyben a mvsz egyszeren csak megnyitja fantzijt s gy tud jtszani, ahogy abban a pillanatban rez. A lemez zrfelvtele kln rdekessg, mert Magyarorszgon mindeddig nem kerlt eladsra Gershwin Porgy s Bess cm operjbl kszlt heged-tirat. A Mvszetek Palotjban felvett darab bemutatsa olyan szakmai bravr, mely itthon s klfldn egyarnt nagy figyelmet kapott. Illnyi Katica heged, nek Dobsa Sndor zongora (5, 6, 9, 16.) Bolba Tams zongora Tth Gyula gitr Olh Szabolcs gitr (3, 10, 15.) Balzs Gbor basszusgitr Hrs Viktor basszusgitr (3, 10, 15.) Vgh Balzs dob Kovcs Zsolt dob (3, 10, 15.) Grf dm trombita, szrnykrt Fekete-Kovcs Kornl trombita, szrnykrt, krt Mester D&aa