Contemporary jazz pianist Laszlo Gardony kicks off the Fall Wood Hole Jazz series. The concert takes place at West Falmouth Public Library. Mr. Gardony is an internationally acclaimed performer who has released ten albums. He will be celebrating the release of his solo piano CD, “Serious Play” (Sunnyside Records).

Internationally acclaimed jazz pianist and composer, Laszlo Gardony is “A formidable improviser who lives in the moment,” (JazzTimes.) Gardony has performed in 27 countries and released a dozen albums during his distinguished decades long career.

After graduating from the Bela Bartok Conservatory and the ELTE Science University in his native Hungary, Gardony earned a full scholarship to Boston’s prestigious Berklee College of Music in 1983 and joined the faculty there not long after graduation.

Since then, Gardony has performed at major festivals and premiere jazz clubs around the world and has toured and/or recorded with jazz greats such as Dave Holland, Miroslav Vitous, Mick Goodrick, Bob Moses, Yoron Israel's High Standards, Matt Glaser's Wayfaring Strangers, and David "Fathead" Newman, as well as the Boston Pops, the Utah Symphony, and the Smithsonian Institute’s Traveling Duke Ellington Exhibit.