Zsofia Csikos-Tardy, Vocals
Attila Csikos, Guitar
Craig Snazelle, Bass
Kurt Deutscher, Drums
Zsofia Csikos-Tardy presents the Hunglish Project!
“Hung-lish” refers to the band's roots: Zsofia and her husband Attila are from Budapest, Hungary ("Hung-“), Craig and Kurt were born here, thus the "lish" (Eng-lish).
The name also refers to their musical repertoire, playing not only American jazz standards but also Hungarian jazz tunes, Balkan influenced music, originals, Monk, Silver, and other bebop tunes!
Zsofia Csikos-Tardy is a Portland-based jazz singer and music educator. She earned her BMus & MMus Degrees at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary. She is the Professor of Jazz Voice at Lewis & Clark College, and she was a substitute Professor at Western Oregon University (WOU) in 2015 and a Guest Professor of Voice on behalf of WOU in Nanning, China, in 2017 & 2018.
She has been in the music business for 30+ years, actively performing and participating in recordings of jazz, pop, rock, gospel, and classical CDs as lead singer, background vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, and vocal coach, touring all over Europe.
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Every day of the week in the evenings, and often multiple times per day on weekends, The 1905 plays host to the exquisite jazz community that Portland has to offer. In addition to keeping a finger on the pulse of the local scene, The 1905 has hosted internationally recognized musicians such as 5 time Grammy award-winner Antonio Sanchez, and Jazz greats like Ralph Peterson Jr.
