Horváth Balázs
double bass
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1973
Orchestra
He was born in 1973, Budapest, Hungary. After his first diploma of bassguitar he continued his studies on double bass at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy, where he graduated in 2003 and in between in Paris at the Conservatoire Supérieur de la Musique. He studied there with Riccardo Del Fra, Daniel Humair and Francois Théberge.
He’s played with Dave Liebman, Herbie Mann, Dewey Redman, Kyle Gregory, Ben Castle, Al Foster among others, including many Hungarian jazz musicians. He is a member of Mihály Borbély’s groups: the Mihály Borbély Quartet (which won the prize of the best hungarian jazz album and the eMeRTon prize in 2005), the Quartet B, the Balkan Jazz Project and the Borbély-Dresch Quartet. He also plays in Dániel Váczi’s Trio, Trio Minor (this group won first prize of the competition of the Hungarian Jazz Federation in 2008). He’s played with Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Modern Art Orchestra, Kőszegi Imre Quartet, Nagy János Trio, Elsa Valle’s groups, Fenyvesi Márton Trio (this group won first prize of the competitions of the Hungarian Jazz Federation in 2007 and the Balatonfüred Jazz Festival in 2008).
He’s played with Dave Liebman, Herbie Mann, Dewey Redman, Kyle Gregory, Ben Castle, Al Foster among others, including many Hungarian jazz musicians. He is a member of Mihály Borbély’s groups: the Mihály Borbély Quartet (which won the prize of the best hungarian jazz album and the eMeRTon prize in 2005), the Quartet B, the Balkan Jazz Project and the Borbély-Dresch Quartet. He also plays in Dániel Váczi’s Trio, Trio Minor (this group won first prize of the competition of the Hungarian Jazz Federation in 2008). He’s played with Budapest Jazz Orchestra, Modern Art Orchestra, Kőszegi Imre Quartet, Nagy János Trio, Elsa Valle’s groups, Fenyvesi Márton Trio (this group won first prize of the competitions of the Hungarian Jazz Federation in 2007 and the Balatonfüred Jazz Festival in 2008).