{"id":11977,"date":"2026-03-18T14:50:24","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T12:50:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/event\/100-years-of-oscar-peterson"},"modified":"2026-07-05T08:28:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T05:28:15","slug":"100-years-of-oscar-peterson","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/varnasummerfest.org\/en\/program\/100-years-of-oscar-peterson","title":{"rendered":"100 Years of Oscar Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"

04.07. 7:00 PM \u2013 Varna State Opera, Stage Filial<\/strong><\/p>\n

CLASSIC\u2013JAZZ
\n\u201c100 Years of Oscar Peterson\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trio<\/strong>
\nKristina Miller \u2013 piano
\nGergo Borlai \u2013 drums
\nTibor Fonay \u2013 bass<\/p>\n

Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson and his music have always felt at home in jazz clubs and in concert halls alike. In its crossover panel \u201cClassic – Jazz\u201d , the \u201cVarna Summer\u201d festival pays tribute to one of the legends of jazz. It was through another project, \u201cJazz at the Philharmonic\u201d, produced by legendary Norman Granz with the idea to elevate jazz from nightclubs to prestigious concert halls, that Oscar Peterson made his debut at the Carnegie hall. Only 24 at that time, he delivered a dazzling solo set that had stunned the audience and the critics and became part of the jazz lore. From this moment on, Oscar Peterson became a fixture of the global jazz circuit and performed only with jazz giants like Ray Brown, Roy Eldridge, and Ella Fitzgerald. He won eight Grammy Awards, including one for Lifetime Achievement.
\nOscar Peterson was born in Montreal just a few months before the first festival concert in Varna in 1926. Now, a legendary concert of his trio concerts at the Konzerthaus in Vienna in 1968, will be re-played by a classical pianist and two jazzmen. Kristina Miller studied in St. Petersburg, Munich, and Vienna. She won the International Berlin Piano Competition and has toured across Europe, the USA, and Australia as a soloist and chamber musician. She admits she\u2019 been inspired by Oscar Peterson\u2019s music since her early childhood.
\nLos Angeles and Barcelona-based Hungarian drummer Gergo Borlai have appeared in more than 500 albums, he had won 3rd place in Modern Drummer\u2019s Poll for \u201cBest All-Around Drummer\u201d in 2019 and is \u201cGolden Drumstick\u201d prize-winner, as well. In 2020, he was considered for a Grammy Award nomination in two categories with his solo album The Missing Song. A year later, the world\u2019s most historic drum company, Gretsch, released the Gergo Borlai Signature Snare Drum. Besides being a band member and session\/studio musician on world-renowned productions with multi-Grammy Award\u2013winning musicians, he is a devoted educator.
\nTibor Fonay is among the most sought-after double bassists for various projects in Hungary; an alumnus of the Liszt Academy in Budapest, he won first prize at the Hungarian Radio National Bass Competition as a student and has since swept every possible jazz award in his country.
\nThese three musicians will bring the spirit of Oscar Peterson to Varna \u2013 thus bringing together the pianist and the festival that both started their journey 100 years ago.<\/p>\n

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