Zsolt Kürtösi
3-String Bass, Cello
Born in Budapest. Classical piano studies at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music. Piano instructor from 1977-1980. Member of the Hungarian Army Folk Dance Group since 1979. Member of the Hegedös Folk Music Ensemble since 1984 and leader since 1996, with worldwide performances in China, Korea, Mexico, Russia, the UK and Europe. International performances on double-bass and cello. On and off-stage musician with the Hungarian National Theatre since 1984. Numerous film score performances. Collaborations with Márta Sebestyén and Katalin Szvorák. LPs: Hegedös: Tündérkert - Hungarian and Rumanian Folk Music From Transylvania, 1988; Fele-más: Folk Music From The Carpathian Basin, 1993; CDs: Budowitz: Wedding Without A Bride;Hegedös: Last Inventory:Utolsó Leltár 1995; Hegedös: All The Good Days And Nights, 1998. Zsolt lives in Budapest.