Gabor Buga Bunford
Настоящее имя: Gabor Buga Bunford
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Bunford Gabor was born on 22.06.1972 in Stari Becej. He started his musical education when he was 10 at Subotica Music School where he took classes of clarinet with professor Matija Levai. 1991. He finishes high music school with the same professor. During high school, he becames a member of "Subotica Wind Orchestra", "Subotica Philharmonic Orchestra," and "Entertainment Youth Orchestra OKUD" where he had the first contact with a saxophone with saxophonist, Feld Jene. In 1991. he enrolled in the Music Academy in Sarajevo, but after a year, because of the war, he is transferred to the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad, where he continued to study classical clarinet with professor Mihajlo Kelblija. 1994 was the year that turned Gabor’s attention to seriously deal with the saxophone by engaging with the bands such as "Flying Rabbit", "Colibri" and "Free Shop" with which he continuously plays at clubs across Vojvodina. Since 1996. he became a member of the "Review Orchestra RTV". That was the time when he begins his collaboration with Alexander DUJIN and joins his jazz quartet. With the band "Colibri" (Alexander Banjac, Robert Pongo, Istvan Mađarić) becomes the support group of vocal soloists such as Ksenia Mijatović, Tanja Jovičević, Svetlana Palada. In March 1999. Bunford participates in the competition of young jazz saxophonists in Budapest where he managed to the finals and wins the award for best foreign performer. In December 1999. He becomes a member of the Dejan Cukic’s "Slow Rhythm Band", and immediately after completing military service begins his collaboration with one of Serbian greatest singer and cantauthor, Đordje Balašević, which still continues today. In that time, along with Ivan Aleksijević, Dušan Ivanišević, Uroš Šećerov and Ištvan Mađarić, the "Yupika Quintet" was establist. With this band he appears at all domestic international jazz festivals, and abroad. In 2004., Bunford becomes a member of the support band of famous Vlado Georgijev, and soon after, a member of support band of late “King of Roma music” Šaban Bajramović. Occasionally Bunford has collaborated with Sylvester Levay, Dado Topic, Kornel Kovac, Dino Dvornik, Aleksandra Kovač, “Leb & Sol”, Jelena Tomašević, Gabor Lengyel .... As a studio musician, Bunford recorded dozens of albums. He has played on many albums of popular Serbian authors (Đordje Balašević, Vlado Georgiev, Šaban Bajramović,Zdravko Čolić, Željko Vasić, and many others) In 2006. Bunford graduates in the class of clarinet with professor Nikola Srdić at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad. In 2009. he graduates his saxophone studies with professor Stojan Dimov, at the same univercity. He currently lives with his family in Subotica, where he works as a professor of saxophone at the Music School Subotica, and as the assistant professor at the Academy of Arts in Novi Sad in the department of saxophone. His students have won numerous awards at national and international music competitions in Serbia. He is a member of the Novi Sad Big Band,Novi Sad Saxophone Quartett, Nightcruisers Band, and the artistic director of "Jazzik" international jazz festival in Subotica. He was awarded with the Ferenc Bodrogvari Award by the City of Subotica in 2010. for the contribution to culture development with his pedagogical work in music education.