 (Budapest, 1970)
She started her studies on the clarinet in 1983, after 3 years of violin-playing. In 1985 she won first prize at the National Music Schools'; Woodwind Competition. In 1984 she started her highschool studies, graduated in 1988 and was admitted to the Béla Bartók Music Conservatory where she graduated with excellent results. In 1985 she started her symphonic career, during which she played the works of the greatest classical composers in the company of renowned conductors such as Tamás Vásáry, Kobajashi Ken-Ichiro, Jurij Szimonov and Ádám Medveczky. She played the clarinet actively in orchestras for 15 years and toured the whole of Europe. Since 1992 she has been a member of the Budapest Concert Blowers, making a number of records with them. In 1998 she graduated at the Faculty of Clarinet of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy with excellent results.
In 1995 she established her own group, the Classy Four Quartet, with whome she has been performing thruoghout Hungary, as well as abroad, in the company of several famed jazz musician. In 2001 their record ';Body & Soul'; was released, the succes of which was guaranteed by guest performers such as Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Imre Kőszegi, Rudolf Tomsits, Mihály Ráduly, Gyula Babos, Kálmán Oláh, János Egri, Elemér Balázs and Gábor Winand.
She has been a noted representative of nearly all classical, as well as light musical genres to date. She is guest to most of the TV channels, the Hungarian Radio makes interviews with her on several occasions, a number of newspaper articles are published about her musical activity and her recordings, as well as live concerts are broadcasted by the radio ("Classical and jazz").
Since 1992 she has been a recognised teacher of the King Saint Stephen Music School and the Vocational School of Music. Apart from her masters she is also giving concerts along with her graduated students.
She is a founding member of HSP.
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