Ágnes Lakatos & Kálmán Oláh
Biography Ágnes Lakatos & Kálmán Oláh
Ágnes Lakatos
is one of the best-known Hungarian jazz singers and one of the most influential figures in Hungarian vocal jazz, both as a performer and as a teacher. She graduated in 1990 at the jazz singing faculty of Liszt Ferenc College of Music. She teaches jazz singing at the Liszt Ferenc Music Academy and at the Bartók Béla Music Secondary School. She is the member of several jazz groups and has appeared on many albums.
Kálmán Oláh
The Hungarian Jazz pianist Kálmán Oláh, has gained international reputation as an artist who masterfully combines the elements of jazz, folk and contemporary classical music. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of the 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition. Renowned for his distinctive compositional style and his original approach to playing jazz, Kálmán Oláh has appeared with scores of well-known artists including Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker, Steve Grossman, Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci, Tommy Campbell, Ron McClure, Stefano Di Battista, Philip Catherine, Palle Danielsson, André Ceccarelli, Kenny Wheeler and Ravi Coltrane, to name a few.
