Mihály Mező (born 1 August 1978, Gyula), better known as Misi Mező, is a Hungarian singer and musician, most well known for being the lead vocalist for the rock band

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Life

Mező was raised in Doboz with his parents and three siblings: Kitti, Tünde and Róbert. Between 1984 and 1992, he completed primary school in Doboz, and in 1989, he was in a traditional Gypsy band whose artistic director was his father. During his secondary school years, between 1992 and 1996, he played in the Three Amigo School Orchestra and later La Bomb band. He also holds a degree in

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.Megedzették gyermekei Mező Misit
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Personal life

He and his wife Dóri have three children: Nimród, Bíborka and another daughter.

Musical career

In 1999, Magna Cum Laude was founded. In 2009, they released their 10th anniversary album, ''999'', and their joint jubilee concert was performed at

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. In 2011, Mező and 18 other singers sang ''Váltsd ''for the Hajrá Peti! Foundation. He was accompanied by Dorka Schodeinde, Mariann Szabó, Eszter Bartók, Barna Pély, Dorina Galambos, Péter Szolnoki, Péter Gerendás, Eszter Váczi, Laci Nagy, Mónika Veress, Évi Kolipka, Mátyás Pribojszki, Gréta Kovács, Zsófia Kállai-Kiss, György Petrik, Adrienn Nagy, and Klára Hajdu. The song was written by Galambos and Péter Nánási, while Petrik wrote the lyrics. In 2011, with a 25-member military band, the ABS Big Band project, some Magna Cum Laude songs were covered into the swing genre and performed a concert with those songs. Their songs started to become very popular. This was illustrated by songs such as Színezd újra!, that was used for the

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i Ifjúsági Napok celebration, as the anthem of SZIN, as well as with ''Pálinka dal'', which was used by Sándor Buza for the Pálinka Festival. His song, "''Vidéki Sanzon''", became the slogan of the movie SOS Love in 2007. In 2014, he joined Budapest Bár for the band's fifth album.

Other activities

In a charity Santa Claus Ceremony held in Doboz in 2010, he donated a valuable musical instrument to his former school.

The Voice

He was a judge for the only season of The Voice – Magyarország hangja, along with Andrea Malek,

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. His team, led by

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, won the competition.

Rising Star

From 2014 to 2015, he was a judge on the first season of the TV2 talent show Rising Star.

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Mező was part of the interval act with Második Műszak for the first semi-final of

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. On 6 December 2017, it was announced that Mező would be a judge in A Dal 2018, the 2018 edition of the selection process in Hungary for the

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Awards

* Fonogram Award - Pop album of the year (2007)

External links

Interjú Mező Mihállyal

Mező Misi apa lett

A ''The Voice'' egyik Mestere

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mezo, Mihaly 1978 births Living people People from Gyula 21st-century Hungarian male singers