Félix Lajkó

'Remeny, Hope'

(CDA004)

Musicians:
Félix Lajkó - violin, zither, vocals
Antal Brasó - viola
Ferenc Kurina - double bass

Guests:
Alilovic Gojko - double bass
Róbert Ambrus - drums, percussion, derbuka
Michael Babinchak - cello
Gábor Bizják - horn
Ferenc Csonka - violin
Mihály Dresch - saxophone
Ilic Dragana - vocals
Jusic Lejla - vocals
Juric Josip - trombone
Zsolt Kelemen - viola
Mihály Kurina - cimbalom
Manojlov Mirko - double bass
Petrovic Alexandar - tambura
Tibor Takács - drum, gong
Károly Varga - viola
Endre Vas - violin

CD release from Félix Lajkó featuring unpublished concert recordings from Budapest, Paris, and Zima. Included are pieces from the soundtrack of Shakespeare's Otello, directed by Péter Fekete for Szigligeti Theatre, Szolnok, Hungary.

Félix Lajkó is a natural improviser and plays his best in a live environment, this CD captures his essence of his talent.

Félix Lajkó was born in Yugoslavia on December 17th in 1974. He started playing the zyther when he was 10 and won all the possible prizes in this category in Yugoslavia and Hungary. He first had a violin in his hand when he was 12, and completed the six years of musical school in just three years time. He then finished his formal studies and turned towards concerting. Played jazz with Dresch Quartet, contemporary music with the Hungarian piano composer and player Szabados György and was a member of the Ensemble Ritual Nova of Boris Kovac.

'My music is based on the delicacy and colourfulness of my instrument. I do not play any new types of musical genre, I only follow my own path and improvise and write music. I cannot see differences between musical styles and ways, so I play folk-, classical-, rock-, blues-, and improvisational music. I have written music to several theatre plays and films for Yugoslavian and Hungarian directors. I wrote a musical piece for the festival commemorating the Sarajevo Cultural Olympics.'
Felix Lajko

"He is a fiddle player from Hungary and is one of my all time favourite players. His first album, 'Lajko Felix Es Zenekara', was given to me years ago after a concert in Berlin and is long unavailable. I listened to it non-stop through the making of 'Ocean Songs' and it is one of those albums you just find yourself coming back to...He is a reminder that the fire is still there."
Warren Ellis (Dirty Three/Nice Cave)

'I had heard that Lajko is regarded with awe in the Balkans, but was still unprepared for the impact of hearing and seeing him at such close quarters.... he attacks his violin with such ferocity that broken threads cascade from his bow during each number. There is a tendency for Balkan musicians to fit into one of several generic categories – gypsy, folk, Klezmer, etc – but Lajko seems to have invented a style of his own, and any reference to existing genres would be misleading. Each of his instrumental songs had a clear structure, and yet each seemed open to the spirit of the moment.'
Charlie Gillett, BBC LDN

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Felix Lajko

'Remeny, Hope'

(CDA004)

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