OBSESSION
Ferenc Snétberger acoustic and electric guitars
János Egri  bass 
Elemér Balázs  drums
guest: Irén Lovász - vocal (#10)
release date: 1997
Enja tip 888 834 2
 

1. Wanton Spirit (3:44)
2. E-Bossa (3:36)
3. Szivárvány 4:28 (for Attila Zoller)
4. FS Five (6:27)
5. Gypsy (4:25)
6. Hanging Out (3:36)
7. Obsession (6:14)
8. I Remember (6:07)
9. Song To The East (6:36)
10. Páva (4:51)

Release notes:

Born in 1957 to a poor gypsy family in Hungary, Ferenc Snétberger was inspired by his fathers music since his childhood years. "My father was the best guitar player around. He had a style that was very much his own." French tourists who listened to him playing in bars occasionally compared his music to Django Reinhardts. When Ferenc was 13 years old, his father allowed him to attend a music school where he learned to play the classical guitar. He soon fell in love with the music of J.S. Bach and won several awards at classical competitions.
At the same time, Ferenc played at weddings and in night bars and was familiar with jazz, bossa nova, gypsy style and other popular musics. So in addition to his classical training, he decided to study the jazz guitar at the Budapest Conservatory. "You couldnt develop your own style at the conservatory," Ferenc says. "So when I heard Egberto Gismonti at a festival one day, it was a tremendous experience. This was just the direction I wanted to go myself." Besides Gismonti, it was the music of jazz guitarists Wes Montgomery and Jim Hall that inspired Snétberger not to aim at a classical career. Instead, classical technique and esthetics became an integral part of his individual stylistic mix that includes jazz improvisation, Brazilian rhythms and gypsy roots on the highest level of virtuosity and soulfulness.
On his new album, "Obsession," Snétberger presents a beautiful jazz/bossa-oriented trio music that comes out of the tradition of Brazilian guitarist Laurindo Almeida and American samba pioneer Charlie Byrd while touching new dimensions of artistic shaping. Says German weekly Die Welt: "Ferenc Snétberger proves to be a cosmopolitan musician, a mediator of multi-cultural values. High art of guitar playing!

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Duo With Anders Jormin @ JazzFest Budapest | 2024 April 28

SNÉTBERGER-JORMIN-BARON | 24.01.22 | BUDAPEST | MOMKULT | GETCLOSER CONCERTS

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SNÉTBERGER BRIDGES KONZERT MÜPA BUDAPEST 2021.10.21.

GLB JAZZFESTIVAL ITALY | September 2016

GLB JAZZFESTIVAL ITALY | September 2016

BUDAPEST| ASSISI SANT FERENC CHURCH |2016-10-01

BUDAPEST| ASSISI SANT FERENC CHURCH |2016-10-01

TITOK ALBUM RELEASE TOUR OCT. 17

TITOK ALBUM RELEASE TOUR OCT. 17

FERENC SNÉTBERGER- TONY LAKATOS |  FRANKFURT AM MAIN | GETHSEMANEKIRCHE | NOVEMBER 17

FERENC SNÉTBERGER- TONY LAKATOS  |  FRANKFURT AM MAIN | GETHSEMANEKIRCHE | NOVEMBER 17

with CONCERT BUDAPEST & ANDRÁS KELLER AT PALACE OF ARTS IN BUDAPEST

with CONCERT BUDAPEST  & ANDRÁS KELLER  AT PALACE OF ARTS IN BUDAPEST

JTI TRIER JAZZ AWARD 2018

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Tehran | Festival SHOW OF HANDS | Septemeber 2018

Tehran | Festival SHOW OF HANDS  | Septemeber 2018

MOSCOW | TCHAIKOWSKY CONSERVATORY | OCTOBER 2018

MOSCOW | TCHAIKOWSKY CONSERVATORY  | OCTOBER 2018

BUDAPEST | LISZT ACADEMY |  SNÈTBERGER AND KELLER QUARTET | Dec 18

BUDAPEST | LISZT ACADEMY |  SNÈTBERGER  AND KELLER QUARTET | Dec 18

Hamburg | Elbphilharmonie | Trio feat. Anders Jormin Joey baron | Febr. 19

Hamburg | Elbphilharmonie | Trio feat. Anders Jormin  Joey baron | Febr. 19

Budapest | Liszt Academy | Oct. 19 with Arild Andersen & Markus Stockhausen

Budapest | Liszt Academy | Oct. 19 with Arild Andersen & Markus Stockhausen

Zsidó Kulturális Fesztivál 2015

Zsidó Kulturális Fesztivál 2015

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra I Budapest National Theater I 2015

Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra I  Budapest National Theater I 2015

Open Air Concert I Eszterházy CastleI I Snétberger Quartet & guests I 2015

Open Air Concert I Eszterházy CastleI I Snétberger Quartet & guests I 2015

Snétberger I Anders I Baron I zeneakadémia 2015

Snétberger I Anders I Baron I zeneakadémia 2015

Budapest I Liszt AcademyI Snétberger Quartet I Markus Stockhausen 2014

Budapest I Liszt AcademyI Snétberger Quartet I Markus Stockhausen  2014

Pécs I Kodály Központ I Quartet & Michel Godard I 2014

Pécs I Kodály Központ I Quartet & Michel Godard I 2014

Open Air I Budapest I 2014 I Concerto Budapest I Quartet I Michel Godard & students

Open Air I Budapest I 2014 I Concerto Budapest I Quartet I Michel Godard & students

Budapest I Liszt Academy I 2013

Budapest I Liszt Academy I 2013

with Richard Bona, Pécs, Kodaly Center, 2013

with Richard Bona, Pécs, Kodaly Center,  2013

Berlin, Philharmonie, KMS, with Nádor String Quartet, 2010

Berlin, Philharmonie, KMS, with Nádor String Quartet, 2010

WITH BOBBY MCFERRIN | VESZPRÉMFEST 2005

WITH BOBBY MCFERRIN  | VESZPRÉMFEST 2005

WITH FRIENDS | LISZT ACADEMY 2006

WITH FRIENDS | LISZT ACADEMY 2006

TRIO NOMAD | FEAT. ARILD ANDERSEN & PAOLO VINACCIA | VESZPREMFEST 2005

TRIO NOMAD | FEAT. ARILD ANDERSEN & PAOLO VINACCIA |  VESZPREMFEST 2005

Berlin 1988 © Gyula Traumberger

Berlin 1988 © Gyula Traumberger