Shirley Brill & Clarimona Együttes Presented by Liszt Academy

The Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music organizes the Klaxo 2022 clarinet-saxophone festival between 12–15 March. At this international gathering on the Solti Hall stage of the Liszt Academy, we can welcome the most significant clarinettists and saxophonists on the classical and jazz scene, in addition to which there is an exhibition of instruments, master classes and a teacher extension training programme to further enhance this four-day series. Instrument makers such as Buffet Crampon, Selmer, Schwenk & Seggelke and Yamaha take part in the organization of the event. Daily tickets are available for the festival. The third concert stars Shirley Brill and Ensemble Clarimonia, as well as Jure Pukl. Clarinettist Shirley Brill won the 2007 Geneva International Competition and the 2006 Markneukirchen International Competition, plus she was awarded a special prize at the ARD competition in Munich. She has appeared at top festivals like the BBC Proms, Schubertiade, Davos Festival and Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival, and has played in concert with the likes of Daniel Barenboim, Sabine Meyer, Emmanuel Pahud, Janine Jansen, Tabea Zimmermann, and Jerusalem String Quartet. She was visiting professor at the Berlin Hanns Eisler College of Music, she teaches at the Barenboim–Said Academy, and since October 2018 she has been a professor of Saarbrücken College of Music. Jochen Seggelke established Clarimonia clarinet and basset horn ensemble. As one of the founders of Schwenk & Seggelke, which is also exhibiting at the festival, he represents performance art and instrument making at the same time. In the course of his career, Jure Pukl has worked with Dave Liebman, Branford Marsalis, Esperanza Spalding, George Lewis, Maceo Parker and Vijay Iyer. His performance style includes stylistic notes of avant-garde, free jazz and contemporary improvization. His eight albums have been critically acclaimed all over the world with rave reviews in Downbeat, the New York Times, Jazzwise, Jazz Podium and All About Jazz.

The full programme of the festival can be viewed at lfze.hu/klaxo.