Artist database

This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

Gátos Iván


keyboards, piano

Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1972
Orchestra

 
Composer, pianist and keyboard player Iván Gátos was born on 25 September 1972 in Budapest.

He is originally an economist. He graduated from the Jazz Department of the Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music in 2002.

He has been an active participant in the Hungarian music scene since 1990. Between 1993-1997 he was a member of Fragile, and since 1997 he has been a founding member of the band Szörp, in which he plays together with his brother, bassist Bálint Gátos.

Currently, he regularly performs with Eszter Bartók, Freeport, Studio 11, László Hunyadi, Eszter Váczi Quartet, Szörp, Nuklear Family.

Iván Gátos is also known as a composer, he composed the music for the Hungarian film Polygamy. In 2024, he was awarded the Artisjus Prize as a member of Studio 11, as the group's 60th anniversary concert was chosen the best production of the year.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
2000 Tax Free - Kaland Universum Records 000316-2
2000 Szörp: Fresh off the Wire Magánkiadás
2008 Vissza hozzád TOM-TOM Records TTCD117
2011 Eszter kertje Eszter Kertje TTCD159
2014 Belső tenger Magánkiadás VEQCD001