Szakcsi Lakatos Béla

Pianist, composer Pianist, composer Béla Szakcsi Lakatos started playing the piano at age nine, dreaming that he would become a famous composer and an outstanding interpreter of classical music. However, while he attended the Béla Bartók Conservatory, he was introduced to jazz, an experience profound enough to divert him from further classical studies. He performed at numerous prestigious festivals from Zurich to Warsaw, from Nuremberg to Belgrade, and from North America to Asia. Some of his most important cooperative projects with internationally acclaimed musicians were the records he made together with percussionist George Jinda. Szakcsi contributed to eleven albums of George Jinda and Chieli Minucci’s Special EFX as a soloist and composer. As a result of this collaboration, Szakcsi was given the chance to sign a record contract with the GRP record company in the mid-1980s, which resulted in the following albums: Sachi, 1988; Mystic Dreams, 1989; Eve of Chance, 1992; Straight Ahead, 1994.
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Juhász Miczura Mónika

Mitsou – with her unique voice – must be mentioned amongst the most talented Gipsy artists worldwide. She has already given her voice to motion pictures like Tony Gatlif: Gadjo Dilo, Swing, Zoltán Kamondy: Kísértések. She’s also a member of the Global Vocal Meeting project which has toured all over the world. During the earlier years of her career, fans knew her as the vocalist Ando Drom. "These songs come from different Gipsy traditions such as lovári, collár, gulvári, romungo. These are the songs of my mother, my family. Songs of holidays or funerals by old Gipsy people who were able to sing with such big talent that I will probably never have. I simply sing the songs which surround my life"– Mitsou .

Dj Palotai

Known as The Driver of the Underground Music Machine, Zsolt Palotai is considered by many to be the leading underground DJ in Budapest. Over the years, the name Zsolt Palotai has become almost synonymous with the Budapest music scene. One of the founders of the legendary music club Tilos Az Á, Palotai's career as a DJ is as old as the legendary and progressive Tilos Radio, a ten-year old once-pirate underground station. His sets include some of the most refined pieces of jungle and drum'n'bass music, but actually there is no imaginable mood, that he wouldn't set the most appropriate sound for. (A38)

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