Gusztáv Csík

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Gusztáv Csík (2017)

Gusztáv Csík (born February 6, 1943 in Erlau ) is a Hungarian jazz pianist who was awarded the Liszt Prize.

Live and act

Csík learned to play the piano in his childhood. Since the age of 16 he has performed regularly with the band in the Park Hotel in Erlau. He graduated from the Dobó István High School in Erlau, and then studied at the Miskolc Conservatory until 1962.

In the field of modern jazz he soon began to tour internationally, initially with Stefi Ákos' sextet . With Aladár Pege he performed at the German Jazz Festival in 1964 ; further tours with Pege, Dezső Lakatos Ablakos and Imre Kőszegi followed. From 1973 he taught at the National Center for Popular Music . He also entertained his trio with initially Csík János and Vilmos Jávory. From 1977 he played with the clarinetist Tony Scott , who considered him the leading European jazz pianist, and in the same year released his first album under his own name.

Csík stopped teaching in 1980 and also worked in Switzerland with Jimmy Woode and other American musicians. In the 1990s he toured Hungary with musicians such as Bobby Durham , Reggie Johnson , Alvin Queen and Wayne Dockery . In 2001 Csík recorded 14 compositions by Harry Ferruolo with his trio. He also accompanied singers such as Linda Hopkins , Peggi Blu and Joan Faulkner , with whom he now lives in Germany. He can also be heard on albums by Eddie Lockjaw Davis and János Kőrössy .

Prizes and awards

Csík was named Soloist of the Year in 1970 and 1992. In 2011 he received the Louis Armstrong Memorial Award and in 2015 the Szabó Gábor Prize. In 2016 he was honored with the Hungarian Liszt Prize. He was also awarded the Knight's Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Entry (radioswissjazz.ch)
  2. ^ Three Ladies of Blues & Gustav Csik Trio. 37th International Jazz Week Burghausen 2006
  3. ^ Louis Armstrong Memorial Award
  4. ↑ Liszt Prize
  5. ↑ Hungarian Order of Merit
personal data
SURNAME Csík, Gusztáv
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian jazz pianist
DATE OF BIRTH February 6, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Erlau