Thea Soti (born 3 September 1989) is a vocalist, experimental sound artist, and composer.

Biography

Soti was raised in a Hungarian family in

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, where she received classical musical training since her age six. As a classical pianist, she participated successfully in several international competitions. Later she engaged herself with jazz and popular musical styles in

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and

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. She studied jazz vocals and composition at the

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and

Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln The Cologne University of Music () is a public university of music and dance located in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. Established in 1850 as the Conservatorium der Musik in Coeln, it is one of the largest music academies in Europe, w ...

. Her main focus is working with the human voice as an instrument and combining structures of free improvisation with open compositions, either for solo, small or large ensembles. In 2010, she founded her world-music project "Nanaya" with Daniel S. Scholz (Oud), Johannes Keller (Double-Bass) and Jonas Pirzer (Drums), where she sings mostly in Hungarian. She has toured in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Hungary, Serbia, Czech Republic and Slovakia with different bands, among others with "Manivolanti", "Viktor Bürkland Trio" and "Thea Soti Quartet"., She is part of the jazz trio "RYMM" with Salim Javaid (Saxophone) and Anthony Greminger (Drums). She is a founding member of the Sung Sound composer´s collective, which initiates cooperation between young and up-coming vocalist-composers and European big bands. She is also known as a composer working with large ensembles (Modern Art Orchestra, DDSSBB, Subway Jazz Orchestra, Fette Hupe, Cherry Tree Orchestra, Tonhallen Orchestra, etc.). In 2014, Soti won the 2nd prize of the international big band composing competition JazzComp Graz.

Discography

; with Stijn Demuynck, Leonhard Huhn, Raphael Malfliet * Pouancé (2016) ; with ''NaNaya'' * ''far.home.east'' (2016, quadratisch rekords) ; with Mascha Corman & Salim Javaid * ''Monsters For Breakfast'' (2016, Creative Sources Recordings) ; with Die Daniel Sebastian Scholz Big Band * ''DDSSBB'' (2015, quadratisch rekords) ; with Adam Gallina, Tivadar Nemesi, Paul Schwingenschlögl * ''Hang Caravan'' (2012, Morgenland)

References

External links

Official website
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