Zoltan Lantos

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Zoltán Lantos (* 1962 ) is a Hungarian jazz violinist.

Lantos began playing the violin at the age of seven and studied at the Conservatory and the Budapest Music Academy . From 1985 to 1994 he studied Indian classical music in New Delhi . After returning to Budapest, he had an Indian violin made with sixteen sympathetic strings, which he played alongside the classical violin. He works in numerous jazz and world music projects , such as with Márta Sebestyén , László Dés , Mihály Dresch , Charlie Mariano , Dhafer Youssef , Ramesh Shotham , Renaud Garcia-Fons , Markus Stockhausen , Achim Tang , Patrice Héral , Nicolas Simion and founded Mirrorworld -Quartet with Mihály Dresch, Gábor Juhász and Kornél Horváth . The Bulgarian pianist Anthony Donchev , the Swedish bassist Lars Danielsson and the Vietnamese dancer Isabelle Lee were also involved in his Mirrorworld project .

Discography

  • Pieces , 1996
  • Eclipse , 1997
  • Mirrorworld , 1998
  • Makahia , 2000
  • Tiptoe Ceremony , 2002

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