Martina Király

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Martina Király (born July 4, 1971 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian singer and composer who works in the fields of pop , soul and jazz .

Life

Martina Király was interested in popular music from a young age. Her father, who was the editor-in-chief of a youth magazine, often brought home records that she heard. She was influenced by the singer Sarolta Zalatnay and the group Locomotiv GT . She started learning the saxophone at the age of 16, but switched to singing at the age of 21. After completing a degree in English and Italian at the humanities faculty of Eötvös Loránd University , she completed an apprenticeship at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest, which she graduated with a diploma in jazz singing . One of her teachers was Márkus Tibor. She was a singer with the Equinox Jazz Quartet and the Anselmo Crew . This was followed by appearances all over Hungary, such as in 2005 at the Lamantin Jazz Fesztivál in Szombathely . In 2011 she released her first own album Ready for you . The piece Ballonkabát from this album received the 2nd prize in a competition of the radio station Jazzy Rádió and received an honorary award from the Hungarian Jazz Association ( Magyar Jazz Szövetség ) in the same year . A year later she received the Jackie Orszácky Prize ( Orszáczky Jackie-díj ) of the Hungarian Composers' Association as a composer.

Music groups (selection)

Martina Király is or was a member of the following formations:

  • Anselmo crew
  • Duo Martina Király and Krisztián Rácz
  • Equinox Jazz Quartet
  • Martina Király Band (with Krisztián Rácz (guitar), Attila Herr (bass) and Lajos Gyenge (drums))
  • The Lushlife Project
  • Toy Division

Discographic notes

  • Márkus Tibor & Equinox Jazz Quartet: Are You Free? , 2002
  • Márkus Tibor & Equinox Jazz Quartet: Eclectic , 2004
  • Anselmo Crew: Sex and violence , 2008
  • The Lushlife Project feat. Martina: Highway , 2009
  • Martina Király: Ready for you , 2011
  • Martina Király Band: Higher Deeper , 2014
  • Martina Király: The Female Role , 2018

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personal data
SURNAME Király, Martina
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian singer and composer
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest