Pleszkán Frigyes
piano
Place of Birth
Csorna
Date of Birth
1959
1 July 1959, Csorna - 5 February 2011, Budapest
In 1973 he entered the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music Jazz Department as a guest pupil. He was very talented: at the age of 17 he was already participating as a soloist in the Pori Jazz Festival. Between 1977 and 1980 he was a pupil of János Gonda and Béla Lakatos Szakcsi.
He won the Hungarian Television Who Knows What? quiz soloist category in 1977, and in 1978 the second prize at the Polish International Jazz Piano competition in Kalis, together with the special prize offered by the press. He was a member of the Lama Band in 1978-79.
Together with Tamás Németh (drummer) and Ferenc Gayer (bass player) he founded his own band, Trio Pleszkán, in the early '80's. In 1985 he made a record with János Gonda and Richard Kruza. His first album, Fingerprints, was issued in 1995; it contains both arrangements of well known songs and his own compositions. The Second Step (1996) contained only works by Pleszkán in collaboration with Viktor Hárs (bass) and János Sramkó (drums). The albums Pearls In Boogie Shell and Magic Hands were issued in 1997 and 1999 respectively.
In 1973 he entered the Béla Bartók Secondary School for Music Jazz Department as a guest pupil. He was very talented: at the age of 17 he was already participating as a soloist in the Pori Jazz Festival. Between 1977 and 1980 he was a pupil of János Gonda and Béla Lakatos Szakcsi.
He won the Hungarian Television Who Knows What? quiz soloist category in 1977, and in 1978 the second prize at the Polish International Jazz Piano competition in Kalis, together with the special prize offered by the press. He was a member of the Lama Band in 1978-79.
Together with Tamás Németh (drummer) and Ferenc Gayer (bass player) he founded his own band, Trio Pleszkán, in the early '80's. In 1985 he made a record with János Gonda and Richard Kruza. His first album, Fingerprints, was issued in 1995; it contains both arrangements of well known songs and his own compositions. The Second Step (1996) contained only works by Pleszkán in collaboration with Viktor Hárs (bass) and János Sramkó (drums). The albums Pearls In Boogie Shell and Magic Hands were issued in 1997 and 1999 respectively.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Nyeső | Radioton | BK706 | |
| 1995 | Pleszkán Frigyes: Fingerprints | Magánkiadás | PCD CD 001 |
Own |
| 1996 | Pleszkán Frigyes: Second Step | Magánkiadás | PCD CD 003 |
Own |
| 1999 | Pleszkán Frigyes: Magic Hands | PCD Multimédia Kft. | PCD CD007 |
Own |