She studied at the Bartók Béla Zeneművészeti Szakközépiskola. Miskolc. Kriszta gradueted in 1998 at the Liszt Ferenc Zeneművészeti Főiskola as a Jazz singer. She has been worked with several, jazz, rock and pop project: 1998 Vedd könnyedén (Not for Sale) 2002 Új utakon (Not for Sale) 2003 Funk Radio (Freeport) 2004 But Beautiful (with Szakcsi Lakatos Béla and Tomsits Rudolf). She...
NIKI SZŐKE, virtually unknown at the time even in Hungary, astonished everyone by winning the Shure Jazz Voice World Competition at the 2005 Montreux International Jazz Festival. An incredibly talented improviser, a highly intelligent singer with a style of her own and stupendous timing, she is one of the few who’s become adored by audiences...
The Babindák-Juhász-Papesch-Pettik formation is a fresh colour on the jazz-world music palette. Those familiar with these genres need no introduction to the members of the band, all of whom are major faces. For those who may not have heard of them, it is probably not too much to use the trite but apt term ‘supergroup’. An...
He was born in Budapest in 1957. His father was a Munkácsy Award winner sculptor, his mother is a painter artist. He graduated from Ferenc Liszt Teacher Training College for Music as a singing, solfeggio and trumpet teacher. He began to work for the Postás Symphonic Orchestra as a first trumpet, later for the dance company...
Elsa Valle énekes-művésznő Kubában született, jelenleg Budapesten él. A legrangosabb havannai zeneművészeti iskola elvégzése után rögtön a híres havannai Tropicana-ban kapta első elismerését. Ezt követően a legismertebb kubai és dél-amerikai fesztiválokon lépett fel. Kiugró sikere volt az egyik leghíresebb kubai fesztiválon, a "Boleros De Oro"-n. A közönség, és a szakma is a szívébe zárta. Dél-...
Boglárka Csemer founded her first jazz quartet in 2009 and released her first album titled Boggie in 2013 on Tom-Tom Records. The album features only original pop compositions written in Hungarian, French and English. From this album she released her music video Perfume, which has travelled the world. Her first album was ranked number 4...
Chieli Minucci, a three-time Emmy-winning and Grammy nominated guitarist-composer-producer-arranger, teamed with Hungarian percussionist George Jinda to form Special EFX in 1982, a bountiful partnership that ushered the band to the top of the charts, saw them embark on extensive concert tours with stops at some of the most prestigious jazz festivals in the world, and...
The János Nagy Trio was 25 years old in 2019. Over the years, the line-up was always changing. The most important of witch took place in 2014, when the traditional trio (piano, bass, drums) switched to keyboards, violin, and drums. “Without a bass instrument, I have more freedom in terms of harmonies, rhythm, and orchestral sound....
European Mantra was formed by drummer-composer Gergo Borlai in 2001 with the purpose of creating a new musical style that had not been explored in Hungary up until then. To achieve this goal, he was looking for exceptionally talented musicians from different musical genres. He recruited Janos Nagy for the keyboardist position, who was already...
Eythor, Fridrik, Johann and Gulli were only fifteen and sixteen years old when they formed the band in Reykjavik 1977. The four teenage boys all loved playing their instruments and shared an interest in music, from heavy-rock to jazz-rock fusion and funk. Their enthusiasm and energy soon caught the attention of Icelandic recording executive Steinar...
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