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Csuhaj-Barna Tibor

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Tibor Csuhaj-Barna was born in Dunajvaros ( Hungary ) at the age of 8-13 he received classical piano lessons.1979 began to play electric gitar and slowly moved to play electric bass. From 1987 to 1990 he studied jazz double bass at the jazz department of Bela Bartok Conservatory , and from 1994 at the Jazz Departement of Ferenc Liszt Music Academy. He’s teacher was BalazsBerkes. He was a member of many outstanding bands in the past 20 years, such as the Binder Trio, Brass Age, Regos Quartet,, etc. Besides jazz, he also played folk music for 13 years in the Vasmalom Band. He ha had successful performances at many folk festivals throughout the world. He is a double bass and bass.guitar teacher of the jazz department of Bela Bartok Music Secondary School and Aladár Tóth Music School, jazz double bass teacher of Ferenc Liszt Music Academy , Budapest. Csuhaj-Barna has performed with Mike Zwerin, John Tchicai, Nicolas Simione, Sorin Romanescu,Karoly Binder, Gyorgy Szabados, Ravi, Hamish Moore, Mihaly Dresch, Mircea Tiberian, Robin Asheroy,Maurice de Martin, Kalman Olah in order to name some. He has performed in the following festivals and concert venues: Shetland Festival , Jersey Music Festival (UK), Tokyo, Osaka, Mie, Yamamoto, Miyako-island, Kyoto, Niigata, ( Japan) , Hapavesi Festival, Rakkyla Festival (Finland), San Sebastian, Madrid, Oviedo festival, Bilbao, S. de Compostela, ( Spain ), Lisbon, Braga, Gimares, Evora, V.de Castello, Azores-islands ( Portugal), Glasgow, Edinborough (Scotland), Skagen festival (Danmark), Dranouter festival (Belgium), Dunaufest (Austria),Sf. Georghe, Bukarest Hungarian Cultural Center(Romania), Berlin Hungarian Cultural Center ( Germany),Belgrade (Serbia), Andorra U.S.A. Hungarian Houses ( Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego) 2016: Triapani Music Festival, Sicily (ITA)2016: Tel-Aviv, Haifa, Mitzpe-Ramon2018: Tallinn (EST)
2018: Rovigo (ITA)

Workshops , Masterclasses: 2003: Vasvár (HU) , 2005: Debrecen(HU) 2004 – 2009, 2010-: Lamantin Improvisation Camp, Szombathely(HU) 2008,2009. Sf.Georghe Improvisation Camp (RO) 2011 ,2013 – Franz Liszt Hochschule Weimar2016: Conservatorio of Music Antonio Scontrino,Trapani, Sicily (ITA)
2018: Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
2018: Conservatorio Statale di Musica Francesco Venezze, 2022: Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance

Discografy: 1990: Seniors (Hungaropop) 1991: Brass Age: Blue In Blue (GBP) 1992: Binder: Erózió (BMM) 1992: Vasmalom: II. (RGCD) 1993: Dr. Jazz Gospel Band: Deep River (Preludium) 1996: Vasmalom: III. (RGCD) 1997: Regős István: Verbunkos (PJ) 1999: Blaho Attila: Bíborszív (BMM) 2000: Lakatos Ágnes: Covered By Frost. 2000 (BMM) 2003: East Side Jazz Company: Bora (BMM) 2004: Equinox: Eclectica (BMM) 2005: Regős Trió: Utazás Faremidóba (BMM) 2006: Jazz Voices: Voi-cing (BMM) 2006: East Side Jazz Company: Fata Morgana (BMM) 2007: Equinox: Bábszínház (BMM) 2008: Jazzjet: Colours 2008: Voice and Bass (BMM) 2009: Varga Gábor trió (BMM) 2010: On Christmas morning (BMM) 2012: Cool Jazz- Varga Gábor trio LP( Hunnia) 2013: Into the groove CD ( Hunnia) 2014: Corridoors CD (Hunnia) Composer works: 1997: King Ubu – music for theater (Dunaújváros Chamber Theater) 2000: Covered by frost CD (Lakatos Ágnes Quartet) 2003: Bora CD (East Side Jazz Company) 2005: Fata Morgana CD (East Side Jazz Company) 2006: Voice-sing CD (Jazzvoices Choir) 2008: Voice and Bass CD (Csuhaj Barna Tibor - Lakatos Ágnes duet) 2013: Into the groove CD (Csuhaj Barna Tibor - Lakatos Ágnes duet) feat.:Corridor Bassoon Quartet 2014: Corridoors CD ( Corridor Bassoon Quartet) 2015: Márkus Tibor: Mysterius tales (szerzői kiadás),2015: Varga Gábor Jazz Trió: Cool Jazz – Up Jazz (Hunnia),2017: Equinox: Trap (BMM), 2017: Varga Gábor Jazz Trio: Old School Mission, 2017: Nyári Krisztián - Kováts Kriszta Kvintett: Játékok és Szerelmek (Kossuth Könyvkiadó), 2018: Varga Gábor Quartet: Sounds of Colour (Hunnia), 2019: Equinox: Travel Through Time (BMM), 2019: Vörös Niki Kvartett: Left Alone (Self Published), 2020: Varga Gábor Jazz Kvartett: It’s Getting Cooler (Hunnia), 2021: Lakatos Ágnes Special Zone: I’m Just Singing a Song (Hunnia), 2021: Voice and Bass feat.: Gyémánt Bálint: Black Crow (Hunnia)