Szalóki Ági
voice
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1978
Ági Szalóki was born in 1979 in Budapest. At the age of 7 she started her musical education in Tóth Aladár Music School and after that she studied singing under Klára Bodza at the Nádasdy Kálmán Music School.
Starting in 1999 she has been a member of the popular Besh o droM, an immensely popular world music band playing all over Hungary and Europe. and with Ökrös, famous for their virtuoso interpretation of authentic Hungarian folk music. She has toured around the globe with these two bands from the Montreal Jazz Festival to the Barbican Center in London and the Théatre de la Ville in Paris.
Her voice can be heard on more than 25 albums. Since 2005 she has been pursuing her solo career with her own bands. Of her three solo albums released so far two have won Fonogram „Album of the Year” awards, for Hungarian Jazz in 2006 and Albums for Children in 2007.
Ági’s singing style characterized by subtle sensitivity, childlike honesty and inventiveness has attracted the attention of the greatest Hungarian jazz musicians. Using her folk singing technique she has improvised at jazz concerts at home and abroad together with Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Tony Lakatos, Kálmán Oláh.
She has been awarded with Liszt Prize in 2017.
Starting in 1999 she has been a member of the popular Besh o droM, an immensely popular world music band playing all over Hungary and Europe. and with Ökrös, famous for their virtuoso interpretation of authentic Hungarian folk music. She has toured around the globe with these two bands from the Montreal Jazz Festival to the Barbican Center in London and the Théatre de la Ville in Paris.
Her voice can be heard on more than 25 albums. Since 2005 she has been pursuing her solo career with her own bands. Of her three solo albums released so far two have won Fonogram „Album of the Year” awards, for Hungarian Jazz in 2006 and Albums for Children in 2007.
Ági’s singing style characterized by subtle sensitivity, childlike honesty and inventiveness has attracted the attention of the greatest Hungarian jazz musicians. Using her folk singing technique she has improvised at jazz concerts at home and abroad together with Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Tony Lakatos, Kálmán Oláh.
She has been awarded with Liszt Prize in 2017.
| Year | Title | Publisher | Code | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 |
Szalóki Ági: Hallgató
(Szalóki Ági: Lament) |
FolkEurópa | FECD020 | |
| 2005 |
Balázs Elemér Group: Magyar Népdalok
(Balázs Elemér Group: Hungarian Folksongs) |
X-produkció | ||
| 2008 | Szalóki Ági: A vágy muzsikál - Karády Dalok | FolkEurópa | FECD 041 |
Own |
| 2010 | Kozma Orsi Quartet: Hide and Seek | Whereabout Records | WHACD-4 | |
| 2012 | Szalóki Ági: Öröme az égnek, ünnepe a földnek | TOM-TOM Records |