Ágnes Lakatos

Ágnes Lakatos (born September 30, 1962 in Kalocsa ) is a Hungarian jazz singer who also works as a university teacher for jazz singing .

Life

Ágnes Lakatos attended the Szent-István-Gymnasium in Kalocsa. After finishing school, she took lessons at the Béla Bartók Music Academy and completed an apprenticeship at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, which she graduated with a diploma in jazz. She is a singer in various Hungarian jazz formations with which she has performed in Germany, Italy, Austria and the Czech Republic. In addition, she has been teaching jazz singing at the Ferenc-Erkel-Gymnasium since 1988 and at the Franz Liszt Music Academy since 2004.

The bassoonist György Lakatos is her brother.

Music groups (selection)

Ágnes Lakatos is or was a member of the following formations:

• East Side Jazz Company (with István Elek, Miklós Lukács , Mihály György, Tibor Csuhaj Barna and György Jeszenszky)
• Jazz Jet
• Jazz Voices (lead)
• Lakatos Ágnes és triója
• Lakatos Ágnes Jazz Quartet
• Voice and bass (with Tibor Csuhaj Barna)

Discography

• Lakatos Ágnes és triója: Covered by Frost , 2000, BMM
• East Side Jazz Company: Bora , 2003, BMM
• East Side Jazz Company: Fata Morgana , 2005, BMM
• Jazz Voices: Voice-Sing , 2006, BMM

Web links

• Portrait of Ágnes Lakatos at the Franz Liszt Music Academy ( Hungarian )
• Entry in Who is Who Magyarországon (Hungarian)