Sándor Kármán, founder of the Cegléd Drum Museum – dies – write Hungarian jazz. The drummer, festival organizer and member of the Hungarian Jazz Association was 71 years old.
Through long and dedicated work he created the Cegléd Drum Museum, where as a result of his decades of passionate collection a display of the history of percussion instruments in the twentieth century can be created, where there are such anecdotes as the exhibition of American jazz legend Peter Erskine.
Sándor Kármán was also the organizer of the Cegléd Drum and Percussion Gala, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.
This year, Sándor Kármán received the András Pernye Award from the Hungarian Jazz Association, proposed by János Gonda, who passed away this year. The other two awards presented in September (Janus Gonda Prize, Gabor Sabo Prize) went to Gabor Winand, who also died in 2021.
For some reason, I was already a fan of musical instruments when I started making music. They were such sacred things to me that after a country performance, when I got home at dawn, I did not hide in bed until I had cleaned and tidy them. Then I saw Giola Kovacs playing the 1968 “Róna jazz” in Cegléd, which absolutely fascinates me, and I realize that this instrument can be taken more seriously than I could have imagined as a teenager. As a result, I dig myself into the topic with racist force. I began to communicate with the world’s leading percussion manufacturers. I am looking for information inside and out. The knowledge gathered inspired me to organize my first exhibition at Cegléd in 1979, entitled History of the Drum. My second exhibition entitled “A Centennial of Jazz Drum” was held in 1990 in Kecskemét
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