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Concert with László Mező
May 20, 2012
Performing at the United Hungarian House in Los Angeles with László Mező cello player

The concert starts at 7PM
Budapest Scoring
May 11, 2012
Forming Budapest Scoring

The company provides quality recording services contracting Central Europe's finest musicians
Remembering 1848
March 18, 2012
Photo and article in the "Magyar Hírlap" newspaper

Concerts in California with the Special Request
January 28, 2012
Performing in California with the Special Request band from Hungary

January 28th - Los Angeles

February 4th - San Francisco

February 10th - Los Angeles

Austrian performance
December 31, 2011
Performing in Bad Kleinkircheim at new year's eve

Playing in the Austrian Alpes at a private party of ministers and well-known Hungarian celebrities
Jazz with Kornél Fekete-Kovács
October 23, 2011
Remembering the revolution in 1956 in the UHH

Kornél Fekete-Kovács is one of the best Hungarian jazz musicians, flugelhorn and trumpet player. He is also an extraordinary jazz composer-arranger. http://www.feketekovacs.com
Writing arrangements for the Eurovision 2011 participant
September 01, 2011
Arranging songs for Wolf Kati and the Sunny Dance Band

Kati was the Hungarian participant at the Eurovision festival this year
Orchestrating film music for the upcoming sessions
July 11, 2011
The film scoring sessions will be on July 25th in Budapest

Recording with Hungarian symphonic orchestra including the Budapest Strings ensemble
Film scoring sessions
April 18, 2011
Recording film music with 53 piece symphonic orchestra

The sessions take place in Budapest in the MRT nr.22 studio
Scoring a major US movie
January 07, 2011
Recording music with jazz big band and children choir

Recording with the Budapest Jazz Orchestra and the children choir of the Zoltán Kodály Hungarian Choir School
Jazz gigs in Irvine
November 17, 2010
Monthly performance at the US Irvine with recently formed jazz trio. Following date: November 17th, 8pm

The trio includes Ryan Rost on double bass and Matt Lesser on drums
Concert in Texas
October 10, 2010
Performing in Houston with famous Vietnamese singers

The concert takes place at the University of Houston
Arranging choir piece
October 03, 2010
Writing symphonic arrangement on a Christmas song for a choir in San Jose, CA

Arranging the composition of Duy Tran
Scoring shorts
September 04, 2010
Scoring short movies for the Miskolc International Film Festival

Working with director/producer Leslie G. Wood
Performing in Germany
August 28, 2010
Doing a gig with the Special Request band in the Swartzwald (Black Forest)

Vietnamese concert in Westmister
June 06, 2010
Performing with famous Vietnamese singer Khanh Ha and Tuan Nhoc in the Rose Theatre, Westmister

Band members are Greg Valentine, Matt Lesser, Csaba Bese, Nick, and Luan Hoang music director
President of Californian American-Hungarian Assiciation of Art
May 21, 2010
Bálint has been elected president of the Californian Hungarian-American Art Association. The new association was formed by the Hungarian Consulate and the United Hungarian House in Los Angeles

The goal of the association is to gather and represent Californian living Hungarian artists
Big band arrangement for the Hungarian Theatre
May 17, 2010
The musical Sweet Charity will come up in the program of the Hungarian Theatre by music director Péter Puskás.

Bálint does big band arrangements which will be performed by the Budapest Jazz Orchestra.
Record Production with Keith Fahey
April 15, 2010
To seek a newer world; or “Are you ready for happiness?” That's the title of the new album by Keith Fahey singer-poet. The album is a vocal-piano duo featuring Fahey and Bálint on the piano.

Besides a pianist Bálint also worked as a music producer and sound engineer.
TV show in Paris
March 16, 2010
Performing in the TV show of popular French tv host Patrick Sébastien

Playing with Jeanne Mas in the studio of the French Television in Paris. You can watch it clicking here
Play performance in Chicago
March 14, 2010
The theatre play "Youths of March" created by Agota Hodi is debuting in Chicago. The music was composed by Bálint

Touring in France with Jeanne Mas
March 07, 2010
One-month concert tour in France with Jeanne Mas. The shows are featuring the biggest French stars from the 80ies

Performing in Perigueux, Toulouse, Besancon, Amneville, Brest, Vannes, Lille, Troyes, Paris and Chalon Sur Soane
Playing with Zera Vaughan in Hollywood
February 09, 2010
Show in Hollywood with Zera Vaughan and her band at Crane's Hollywood Tavern

Concert starts at 9PM
Scoring the Odd Pair
February 01, 2010
Scoring the movie of the Italian director and filmmaker Christian Filippella

Best Big Band Arrangement
November 14, 2009
Bálint's composition "Adventures of Piedone" was awarded for the best big band arrangement on the Hungarian Jazz Composition Contest

The contest was organized by the Hungarian Jazz Federation. Pieces were performed by the Budapest Jazz Orchestra
Scoring a film about the Mexican ghost story
November 11, 2009
Scoring Leyenda, a movie by Felicitas Villareal

The movie is about the Mexican legend La Llorona
Concerts in the San Francisco Bay Area
November 07, 2009
Giving concerts in North California

The concerts take place in Portola Valley at the Woodside Priory concert hall. On November 7th Bálint will perform on the piano followed by the Desert Water band.On November 21st Bálint will accompany the great cello player László Mező Jr.
Jekyll and Hyde in Austria
August 07, 2009
Performing the musical in Klagenfurt with Hungarian Musical Theatre

Three shows will take place in Klagenfurt, Austria on August 6-8 with international guest stars.
Performing in Hungary during the summer
June 30, 2009
Playing with Hungarian bands at jazz festivals and other events

Performing in cities such as Szolnok, Esztergom, Budapest and at the Lake Balaton
Concert tour in Paris
May 16, 2009
Performing in Paris with famous French singer Jeanne Mas

The concerts will take place in the famous concert hall "Olympia" on May 16th and 17th. Jeanne Mas legendary French singer selected band members from Los Angeles. 
Performing in Los Angeles
May 10, 2009
Bálint will give a short concert on the Hungarian Cultural event called Széchenyi Tea.

The evening is organized by the famous Kossuth-awarded actress Eva Szörényi. It will take place in the United Hungarian House in Los Angeles.
Music for theatre play
March 15, 2009
Bálint was asked to compose music for the play "Youths of March" written by Agota Hodi

The play will be performed on March 15 at the event of the Hungarian Consulate in the United Hungarian House in Los Angeles. Bálint will perform on piano.
Choir Piece awarded
February 10, 2009
Bálint's choir piece was awarded in a competition posted by the Jesuit Order

The piece "Suscipe Domine" was written for the 100 year anniversary of the Jesuit Order. It will be performed by the Musica Sacra choir as well as the Cantate  choir - multiple golden medal and grand prize winner of the Choir Olympics. Bálint dedicated this piece to his grandfather. You can listen to it performed by Bálint and his family clicking here: http://www.balintsapszon.com/download/suscipe_domine.mp3
Working on two records
January 10, 2009
Working on the records of the Cotton Club Singers and the band Group'n'Swing

Making arrangements for the famous Hungarian jazz vocal quartet and writing a piece for the new album of Group'n'Swing. 
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