Press
Párniczky Quartet
5 start (out of five) – Gramofon Magazin, Summer issue 2018
„Bartók Electrified is a consistent, great continuation of the outstanding composer of modern music.”
Mathias Bäumel, Jazz Zeitung https://www.jazzzeitung.de/cms/2019/01/bartok-immer-wieder-neu/
„Bartók’s music is airy and creates a character space. And this musical space is what the Párniczky Quartet can grasp, and gives back freely and perfectly. Mastery and fresh impetus for Bartók’s repertoire.”
Raphaël Benoit, Citizen Jazz
https://www.citizenjazz.com/Parniczky-Quartet.html
„Bartók Electrified is an excellent fresh and modern jazz project built on one of the greatest composers of the 20th century.
Do not miss it!” - SK Jazz
https://www.skjazz.sk/news/showNew/cd-parniczky-quartet-bartok-electrified
„Bartók Electrified is a great job, let yourself be tempted by the ideas of the Párniczky Quartet.”
Andrea Aguzzi, NeuGuitars https://neuguitars.com/2018/08/09/review-of-bartok-electrified-by-parniczky-quartet-bmc-2018-on-neuguitars-blog/
Notable releases of 2018 – W. Royal Stokes (Jazz Times, The Washington Post)
https://www.wroyalstokes.com/blog/2018/12/29/notable-releases-of-2018
Nigun
“The Live Inem Sargfabrik is a special album, the best Nigun made until now.
In addition, it's beautiful soundwise. More than just two musical worlds meet.”
JazzMa, Balint Bereczki, September 2016.
http://www.jazzma.hu/lemezpolc/kulfoldi-eloadok/nigun/live-inem-sargfabrik/kritika/nigun-live-inem-sargfabrik
“… Nigun’s new CD is the best Hungarian concert album of the year for me.”
Riff, Olasz, September 2016.
http://www.riff.hu/index.php?article=1029
“ … Parniczky is one of the best guitarists in Hungary, moreover he has a unique character.”
ES, Zoltan Vegso, September 2016.
“Nigun’s music is not the consistent repeat of Balkan scales, but the rediscovery of the spirit of Jewish melodies though music. The concert was a huge success. They even had to play two encore songs, which were from their traditional klezmer repertoire and brought the feel of old Jewish weddings, and the powerful energy of their traditional dances into the house.”
- Anita Kolener/Balint Bereczki JazzMa, 2014
http://www.jazzma.hu/hirek/2013/07/26/debreceni-jazznapok-ilyen-volt-az-elso-nap/
"One will love the new album of Nigun whom are interested in how the old melodies take a new lease on life. Not word- for-word but redefined with an extraordinary, very unique and creative vocabulary.
- Balint Bereczki, Jazzma.hu August 2013
http://www.jazzma.hu/lemezpolc/hazai-eloadok/nigun/lebedik-at-the-budapest-jazz-club/kritika/nigun-lebedik-at-the-budapest-jazz-club
“The trance flowed off the stage and spread through the audience of Nigun.”
- Tamas Such, Hir6, 2009
http://hir6.hu/cikk/27707/090303_csaban_jatszott_a_nigun_jazzpresso_1
"If you did not hear them, you can be sorry.”
- FN Figyelonet Tudosito, 2009
http://www.fntudosito.hu/riport/3582
“And then came total calmness. The closing number reflected the concept of the entire concert: vigorous start, incredible solos, abatement, and then back to the basis. I can only congratulate and urge all – whether or not they were present at this one – not to miss the next concert.”
- Antropos Cultural Online Portal, 2006
http://antropos.hu/nigun-koncert/
“The musical material which born from the meeting of two musical worlds makes clear points, yet speaks through a universal language. Parniczky’s melodic developments and improvisations clearly coming from a musician who found his unique voice, which also naturally fits with Peter Bede’s jazz and folk based spontaneous musical communication.”
- Gabor Turi, Gramofon Classical and Jazz, Summer 2014
http://www.gramofon.hu
"Nigun had started their musical program with crossing East European Jewish music and jazz. Nowadays they speak more in the language of contemporary jazz, based on a complex composition thinking of the band leader. This effort is verified with awesome solos.”
- Gabor Turi, Magyar Nemzet 2013. August
http://mno.hu/magyar_nemzet
“The name of the band means ‘song without words’. Without words, yet poetry… making my soul dance.”
- Csaba Szogi, Magyar Szo, May 2009
http://www.magyarszo.com
“...on every occasion, the music born carries deep values and has international relevance.”
- Zoltan Vegso, Life and Literature, May 2009
http://www.es.hu
“Nigun is not trying to jump on the klezmer jazz bandwagon of recent years, but becoming a marked feature in the field of our improvisational music through the intense use of original material. 5 points out of 5.”
- Peter Szigeti, Gramofon Classical and Jazz, 2004 Summer
http://www.gramofon.hu