On the Spot – 115th Anniversary Gala of the Trombone Department A Zeneakadémia saját szervezésű programja

The concert celebrating the 115th anniversary of the foundation of the Trombone Department has particular significance. The fact is that the launch – in academic year 1897-98 – of trombone instruction at the Liszt Academy was a symbolic beacon of the intentions of the then director, Ödön Mihalovich, in his modernization drive: the Liszt Academy, as one of the world’s leading music academies, would appear before the general public teaching an increasing number of instruments. The gala concert provides a platform for the performance of a cross section of trombone music, with instrumentalists including the very best Hungarian exponents of the art teamed up with international stars: jazz legend Jiggs Whigham, Jacques Mauger, who went from first trombonist at the Paris Opera to a global solo career, and Irvin Wagner, the highly influential professor of trombone at the University of Oklahoma.

Prof. Jiggs Whigham's participation at this event is made possible in part by a grant from the Conn-Selmer company, maker of the King 'Jiggs Whigham' model trombone and mouthpiece.