Voice and Bass

Ágnes Lakatos

Associate professor, singer, vocal teacher

She started to learn singing, dancing, and playing piano at 6. Her jazz study began in 1986, at the Jazz Department of Bela Bartok Conservatory and continued at the Jazz Department of Ferenc Liszt Music Academy where she graduated in 1997.  Now she is the singing and vocal teacher at both schools.

Besides the teaching activities, she has been performing on stage permanently since the late eighties. She has been leading and conducting the Jazz Voices Choir since 2000 and won many awards abroad and in Hungary.

Studies:

1997: Liszt Academy jazz-singing teacher diploma

2014: Liszt Academy jazz-singing teacher MA diploma

2019: DLA doctor's degree

2023: Fulbright Scholarship, Chicago IL

Invited lecturer, master classes:

Since 2004, annually: Lamantin Improvisation Camp, Szombathely, (H )

2007: Debrecen, (H)

2008: Sfântu Gheorghe,(RO)

2011, 2013: Hochschule für Music Weimar (D)

2014: International Symposium on Singing in Music Education,(H) 

2015: World Voice Day, Budapest (H) 

2016: Antonio Scontrino Conservatoire Trapani, Sicily, (ITA)

2018: Eesti Muusika - Ja Teatriakademia, Tallinn (EST)

2018: Francesco Venezze Conservatorio di Musica Rovigo (I)

2022: Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (IL)

2023: Fulbright Researcher Scolarship, Chicago, IL

2024: Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Rome, (I)

2025: JEN Conference, Atlanta, (GA), presenter

2026: Music Academy Goce Delcev University, Stip, (NMK)

Major concerts:

1997, 2000: Berlin, Bukarest, (Magyar Kulturális Intézet)

2003–2008: Sepsiszentgyörgy, Sziget, Kapolcs, MOL Festival, Lamantin

2005: Riva del Garda (I)

2007: Custoza, (I)

2006: Graz, (A)

2004: Olomouc (CZ)

2011, 2013: Weimar (D)

2014, 2015: Liszt Academy (H)

2011: Bayreuth (D)

2016: Triapani Music Festival, Sicily (I)

2016: Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Mitzpe-Ramon (IL)

2018: Tallinn (EST)

2018: Rovigo (I)

2022: Zeneakadémia, Solti terem (H)

2022: Tel Aviv, Haifa (IL)

2023: Columbia College Music Center Hall, Chicago, IL

2024: Jazz Idea Festival, Rome,(I)

2024: Jazzaland Festival, Temerin, (SRB)

2024: Petrovac Jazz Festival, Montenegro (MNE)

2024: George Solti Hall, Liszt Academy, (HU)

2025: The Vick, Gaslight- Roswell, (GA)

2026: Jazz Factory Festival, Bitola, (NMK)

Current ensembles: 

East Side Jazz Company 

Voice and Bass

Lakatos Agnes Special Zone

Recordings:

2000: Ágnes Lakatos Quartet ( BMM ) 

2003: East Side Jazz Company (BMM)

2005: Eat Side Jazz Company (BMM)

2006: Jazz Voices (BMM)

2007: Jazz Jet (Jazz Jet Produkcio)

2008: Voice and Bass I. (BMM)

2013: Voice and Bass II. (Hunnia)

2014: Tibor Csuhaj–Barna: Corridors (Hunnia) 

2015: The 50th Jazz Birthday at the Liszt Academy (BMM )

2021: Lakatos Ágnes Special Zone: I’m Just Singing a Song (Hunnia)

2021: Voice and Bass feat.: Gyémánt Bálint: Black Crow (Hunnia)

Awards and honors:

2004: Gold medal at the Cantata Mondial, the world’s biggest  

vocal festival and competition, organized in Olomouc (Czech Republic)

2010: Artisjus Pedagogy Award 

2023: Janos Gonda Pedagogy Award

Contact: 

lakatosagnes2020@gmail.com 

Tibor Csuhaj-Barna 

Associate professor, jazz double bass player, teacher, and composer

He graduated from the Jazz Departments of Ferenc Liszt Academy. Since 2008 he has been the jazz double bass teacher at the Liszt Academy. He has been playing double bass since the late eighties with many outstanding bands in Hungary. Besides being on stage, he composes and arranges music continually.

Studies:

1997: Liszt Academy jazz-bass teacher diploma 

2014: Liszt Academy jazz-bass teacher MA diploma

2018: DLA doctor's degree

2024: Habilitation

Invited lecturer, master classes:

2003: Vasvár (HU)

2005: University of Debrecen, (HU)

2004–2015: Lamantin Improvisation Camp, Szombathely, (HU)

2008, 2009, 2011: Tabara de Jazz Si Musica Improvizata

Sfântu Gheorghe (ROM)

2011, 2013: Hochshule für Music Weimar (Germany) 

2016: Antonio Scontrino Conservatoire Trapani, Sicily, (IT)

2018: Eesti Muusika - Ja Teatriakademia, Tallinn, Estonia (EE)

2018: Francesco Venezze Conservatorio di Musica, Rovigo (IT)

2022: Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (IL)

2024: Conservatorio Santa Cecilia, Rome, IT

2024: Zhejiang Conservatory of Music, Hangzhou, (PRC)

2025: JEN Conference, Atlanta, GA, co-presenter

2026: Music Academy Goce Delcev University, Stip, (NMK)

Major concerts:

1992, 2000: Shetland Folk Festival (UK) 

1995, 1997: Jersey Music Festival (UK) 

1996: Tokyo, Osaka, Mie,Yamamoto, Miyako, Kyoto, Niigata (J) 

1993: Hapavesi Festival, Rakkyla Festival (FIN) 

1992: San Sebastian (E) 

1995, 1997: Azores Islands (P)

1992: Lisbon, Braga, Gimares, Evora (P) 

1992, 1993: Santiago de Compostella, Oviedo, Bilbao (E)

1994: Glasgow, Edinborough (GB)

1992: Skagen Festival (DK)

1995: Madrid (E)

1991, 1997: Dranouter Festival (B) 

1997, 2001: Dunaufest (AT)

1997, 2004: Bucharest (RO)

2000: Berlin (D)

2005: Belgrade (SRB)

1993, 1995: Tilburg Festival (NL)

1997: Andorra (AND)

2008: Sfântu Gheorghe Festival (RO) 

2007: Banská Štiavnica Jazz Fest (SK) 

2007: Palace of Arts, Budapest (H) 

2011: Bayreuth Jazz Fest (D)

2013: Weimar Jazz Fest (D)

2014: Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego (USA) 

2016: Scontrino International Festival, Trapani,Sicily, (ITA)

2016: Haifa,Tel Aviv, Mitzpe Ramon (ISR) 

2018: Philly Joe's Jazz Club, Tallinn (EST)

2018: Venezze Jazz Festival, Rovigo (IT) 

2022: Tirana International JazzFestival (AL)

2022: Jerusalem, Haifa, Rishon LeZion (ISR)

2023: Petrovac Jazz Festival, Montenegro (MNE)

2023: Columbia College Music Center Hall, Chicago,(IL)

2024: Jazz Idea Festival, Rome, (IT)

2024: Jazzaland Festival, Temerin, (SRB)

2024: Petrovac Jazz Festival, Montenegro (MNE)

2024: CEEC-China Jazz Big Band, Hangzhou, (PRC)

2024: George Solti Hall, Liszt Academy, (HU)

2025: The Vick, Gaslight- Roswell, (GA)

2026: Jazz Factory Festival, Bitola, (NMK)

Current ensembles:

Voice and Bass 

Ágnes Lakatos Special Zone 

Equinox 

Gábor Varga Trio

Recordings: 

1990: Seniors (Hungaropop) 

1991: Brass Age: Blue In Blue (GBP)

1992: Binder: Erózió (Erosion) (BMM) 

1992: Vasmalom: II. (RGCD) 

1993: Dr. Jazz Gospel Band: Deep River (Preludium) 

1996: Vasmalom: III. (RGCD) 

1997: István Regõs: Verbunkos (Verbunk) (PJ) 

1999: Attila Blaho: Bíborszív (Purple Heart) (BMM) 

2000: Ágnes Lakatos: Covered By Frost. 2000 (BMM) 

2003: East Side Jazz Company: Bora (BMM)

2003: Csűry Edit: Szervusz, szerelem… (Hungaroton)

2004: Equinox: Eclectica (BMM)

2005: Regõs Trio:Utazás Faremidóba Journey to Faremido (BMM) 

2006: East Side Jazz Company: Fata Morgana (BMM) 

2006: Voice-sing Jazzvoices Choir (BMM)

2007: Equinox: Bábszínház (Puppet Theatre) (BMM)

2007: Jazz Jet ( Jazz Jet Produkcio)

2008: Voice and Bass I. (BMM)

2008: Gábor Varga Jazz Trio: From the Danube to West (BMM) 

2012: Gábor Varga Jazz Trio: Cool Jazz (Hunnia) 

2013: Voice and Bass II.: Into the Groove (Hunnia) 

2014: Kriszta Kováts Quintet: Budapest Bámészko 

(Kossuth Könyvkiadó) 

2014: Tibor Csuhaj–Barna: Corridoors (Hunnia)

2015: The 50th Jazz Birthday at the Liszt Academy ( BMM ) 

2015: Gábor Varga Jazz Trio: Up Jazz – Cool Jazz ( Hunnia)

2016: Equinox: Mysteriuos Tales ( BMM)

2017: Equinox: Trap (BMM)

2017: Kováts Kriszta Kvintett: Játékok és szerelmek (Corvina)

2017: Gábor Varga Jazz Trio: Old School Mission ( Hunnia)

2018: Gábor Varga Jazz Quartet: Sounds of Colours (Hunnia)

2019: Equinox: Travel Through Time (BMM)

2019: Vörös Niki Quartet feat.: Gábor Subitz: Left Alone (Tribute to Abbey Lincoln) Privat Release

2020: Gábor Varga Jazz Quartet: It's Getting Cooler (Hunnia)

2021: Ágnes Lakatos Special Zone: I'm Just Singing a Song (Hunnia)

2021: Voice and Bass feat. Bálint Gyémánt (g): Black Crow (Hunnia)

2022: Gábor Varga Jazz Trio: Cool Jazz Reload (Hunnia)

2022:Gábor Varga: My Favourite Stings - Tribute to the Music of Sting

2024: Corridor Bassoon Quartet: Born of the Day (Hunnia)

Compositions:

Music for theatre: 

1997: King Ubu - for Chamber Theater of Dunaújváros, (HU)

Original music released on CD: 

2000: Covered by frost Ágnes Lakatos Quartet (BMM) 

2003: Bora– East Side Jazz Company (BMM) 

2005: Fata Morgana– East Side Jazz Company (BMM) 

2006: Voice–sing– Jazz Voices Choir (BMM) 

2008: Voice and Bass I. ( BMM )

2013: Voice and Bass II.: Into the Groove (Hunnia ) 

2014: Tibor Csuhaj–Barna: Corridoors (Hunnia)

2017: Játékok és szerelmek (Corvina)

2021: Lakatos Ágnes Special Zone: I’m Just Singing a Song (Hunnia)

2024: Corridor Bassoon Quartet: Born of the Day (Hunnia)

Contact:

csb.tibor@gmail.com