Rafael Mario Trio

The Rafael Mario Trio was founded in 2014. It is still active at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music (Budapest, Hungary), and has soon become a regular feature on the Budapest Jazz scene.

The trio makes up its own style using elements of various genres. From Jazz through Balkan music to Hip-Hop. They play mostly their own compositions and put great emphasis both on collective improvisation and on their genuine sound using a wide range of effects daringly.

At the end of 2017, their debut album, My Hope, was released. As the leader put it, the compositions were inspired by the positive and negative energies and life situations from their own experiences, and the emotional improvisation of the musicians make them really tangible.

With the material on the new album, the Márió Rafael Trio won the special prize of the international Hitch On Music – Jazz Juniors competition in Cracow in 2017, and the group received an invitation to a tour in 2018 to the Benelux states.