Juhász-Holló-Papesch-Pettik-Babindák Quintet
The Juhász-Holló-Papesch-Pettik-Babindák Quintet is a fresh addition to the jazz-world music scene. It’s a seamless fusion of jazz and world music, performed side by side, intertwined, and layered in every imaginable way.
The Quintet is a true celebration of virtuosity and
innovation, blending diverse influences to create a unique musical experience.
Members:
István Babindák, Gábor Juhász, Aurél Holló, Péter Papesch, Ádám Pettik
Gábor Juhász is a Budapest Award-winning jazz guitarist and composer who has alsoreceived the Gramofon and Artisjus awards, as well as the Aegon Award. Since 1990, he has been teaching, currently at the Bartók Conservatory’s jazz guitar department. In 2021 and 2022, he was named Jazz Guitarist of the Year by the Hungarian Jazz Portal, based on critics' and audience votes. in 2006, he founded the Juhász Gábor Trio and has performed with internationally renowned artists such as Archie Shepp, Palle Mikkelborg, Erik Truffaz, Randy Brecker, and Béla Szakcsi Lakatos.
Aurél Holló is one of the most versatile figures in Hungary’s contemporary music scene. He is a member of the Amadinda Percussion Band and the UMZE Kamaraegyüttes, and has also performed at concerts by Presser Gábor as well as with the Budapesti Fesztiválzenekar.
By his own account, actively and simultaneously engaging with different musical genres creates the balance he needs for creativity and continuous renewal.
Since 1996, he has been a teacher of classical percussion and chamber music at the Bartók Konzervatórium.
His work as a member of Amadinda has been recognized with several major awards: the Officer’s Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary in 1997, the Kossuth Prize in 2004, and the Bartók–Pásztory Prize in 2008.
Péter Papesch began playing bass guitar at the age of 21 as a self-taught musician. He collaborated in India with Ilaiyaraaja, the renowned film composer. His duo with accordionist Aleks Maslakov won first place in the jazz category and third place in the world music category at the Castelfidardo Accordion Festival in Italy. Péter has performed in prestigious jazz clubs in cities like New York, Washington, Paris, Tokyo, and Stuttgart, and has appeared at the Montreal Jazz Festival with Besh o droM.
Ádám Pettik is a percussionist and vocalist, best known as the founding member, frontman, and leader of Besh o droM, the first internationally significant world music band from Hungary. Before this, he collaborated with renowned musicians like Peter Ogi and Félix Lajkó. As part of Besh o droM, Ádám contributed music to films by Miklós Jancsó and theater productions by Róbert Alföldi. He also developed a unique percussion instrument called Peckdrum, which serves as a drum kit alternative. He plays this innovative instrument in the Juhász-Holló-Papesch-Pettik-Babindák Quintet.
István Babindák Hailing from a talented Roma family in Csata, István Babindák moved to Hungary at a
young age and quickly established his musical career. In 2015, he founded Valami Swing, a band that created its own style, blending hot jazz and cool swing. István frequently collaborates with violin virtuoso Roby Lakatos and was named Clarinetist of the Year in 2020 and 2021. He is also a composer for several theater productions, children’s plays, and puppet shows.