Upper Austrian Abbey Concerts: Béla Korény & Friends

He doesn't fit into any mould: Béla Korény is an artistic director, pianist, composer and entertainer.

His professional spectrum is just as broad as his musical one: jazz melodies are just as much a part of it as classical music, Viennese songs and film music. In his programme "Schnitzel, Gulasch und Gefilte Fisch", Béla Korény dedicates himself to the great Austro-Hungarian entertainers of the first half of the 20th century. With songs and texts by Walter Jurmann, Hermann Leopoldi, Karl Farkas, Fritz Rotter and Georg Kreisler, among others, he travels with his guests to the cultural metropolises of Vienna, Budapest, Berlin and Hollywood and bears witness to the great influence and international creativity of these early entertainers. Michael Schade and Ethel Merhaut are at his side as his musical partners, guiding him through the evening with humour, charm and bravura.