Eszter Váczi

Eszter Váczi (born July 3, 1976 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian singer .

Life

Eszter Váczi attended the Zoltán Kodály Music School, where she was a permanent member of the school choir and received classical piano lessons for seven years . She then completed an apprenticeship at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, from which she graduated in 2001 with a diploma in jazz singing . During her studies she sang for two years with the group Jazz + Az . After completing her education, she founded her own group Váczi Eszter és a Quartet in 2002 . She received the Fonogram Prize ( Fonogram-díj ) twice for the national jazz album of the year and a platinum record .

Music groups (selection)

Eszter Váczi is or was a member of the following formations:

• Jazz + Az
• Hárshegy band
• Váczi Eszter és a Quartet (with Iván Gátos (piano), Zoltán Schneider (guitar), Bálint Gátos (bass) and Zsolt Mike or Lajos Gyenge (drums))
• Váczi Eszter és a Szbody

Discographic notes

• Jazz + Az: Kalózok , 1998
• Jazz + Az: Egynek jó , 1999
• Magyar Ugar Volume 1.0 , Sampler , 2001
• Váczi Eszter: Kicsi vagyok én ... , 2005
• Váczi Eszter & Quartet: Vissza hozzád , 2008
• Váczi Eszter & Quartet: Eszter kertje , 2011
• Váczi Eszter & Quartet: Belső tenger , 2014
• Váczi Eszter & Quartet: Mégsem múlik el , 2016
• Váczi Eszter & Quartet: Egy perc , 2017

Web links

• official website
• Váczi Eszter & Quartet
• Váczi Eszter at Sztárlexikon (Hungarian)
• Eszter Váczi in the Internet Movie Database (English)