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4 unusual facts about Peter Szalai


Peter Szalai

As a guest performer he played at the concerts of Amadinda, the Dresch Quartet, Bea Palya, Ági Szalóki, etc.

In his childhood he played the piano, and as stepson of György Petri at the age of 16 on the advice of a family-friend György Kurtág, he chose the Indian tabla drum pair as his instrument.

In 2010 he organised the Spirit and Sound and String and Spirit performer nights with such musicians like Bea Palya, Ági Szalóki, Miklós Lukács, Kálmán Balogh, Rózsa Farkas, and the Miklós Lukács Quintet.

Since 2003 and 2006 he plays in such multi-faceted formations like Mitsoura (Mónika Miczura, András Monori, Márk Moldvai, Miklós Lukács, Éva Mandula), the Miklós Lukács Quintet (Miklós Lukács, Mátyás Szandai, András Dés, Kristóf Bacsó), the M. Trio (Evelin Tóth, Dániel Kardos) and the Rubái Trió (Szabolcs Szőke and Evelin Tóth), etc.



see also

Ági Szalóki

:Featuring: Kornél Fekete-Kovács – horn, Gábor Juhász – guitar, Péter Szalai – tabla, Balázs Szokolay Dongó – flute, tárogató; tale telling György Cserhalmi