Félix Lajkó (, ''Feliks Lajko''; born 17 December 1974 in

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) is a Hungarian

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ist,

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player and

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. He plays a variety of musical styles:

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(traditional string music of the

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, integrating

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genres and improvised melodies. In concert, he plays

and zither either with his small band, solo and other artists. He has also worked as an actor, taking the lead role in the 2008 film ''

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'' when the original lead actor died. His first zither played 2013 album "Mező" had been led Word Music Charts Europe for 2 months.

Biography

Lajkó was born in

, Serbia to ethnic Hungarian parents. He started playing the

at the age of 10. His first contact with the violin was at the age of 12. He has finished the six years of musical school in three years. Lajkó finished his formal studies and turned towards concerting.''Biography section''
from the Lajkó Félix Official Web Site

Collaborations and work

Lajkó has played together with a large number of well-known bands and musicians. He was a member of

György Szabados György Szabados (13 July 1939 – 10 June 2011) was a Hungarian jazz pianist, and is sometimes referred to as the "father" or "unofficial king" of the Hungarian free jazz movement since the 1960s. Biography Szabados was born in Budapest. ...

' band, Makúz and

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's band,

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. He performed together with the world-famous

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ese

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dancer,

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and the

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band a number of times. He has had many concerts together with the

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-based

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n violin player Alexander Balanescu and with

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's brass gipsy band. Lajkó has composed music for some theatrical plays. Among others, he wrote the complete music material for the Subotica Teatre's ''

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'' production. Jozef Nadj from

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cultural festival, "Sarajevska Zima". He has participated in many fiction films and

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made his short film ''Play, Félix!'' about Lajkó. He wrote music for ''Towards a New Atlantis'', a project of the

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in 2000. Lajkó also composed music for and acted as the main character of

Kornél Mundruczó Kornél Mundruczó (; born 3 April 1975) is a Hungarian film and theatre director. His 2014 film '' White God'' won the Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival. While '' Tender Son: The Frankenstein Project'' (2010) and '' Jupiter's Moon'' (2 ...

's film ''Delta'' - a film which won a small prize in

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, and was nominated for the

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. It was the Hungarian Film Festival's winning film, and Lajkó was awarded the best original soundtrack award at the Festival. 2016-2017 Lajkó collaborated with Hungarian dub-

duo Óperentzia in a folk-trance project fusioned his zither music and psychedelic electronic music.

Discography

Source: *
Lajkó Félix & Volosi
' (2019) *
Lajkó Félix: Most jöttem...
' (2016) *
Lajkó Félix: Mező
' (2013) *
Lajkó Félix: Makovecz turné
' (2011) *
Lajkó Félix: A bokorból
' (2009) *
Lajkó Félix: Remény
' (2007) *
Lajkó Félix 7
' (2005) *
Félix
' (2002) *''Lajkó Félix and his Band'' (2001) *''Boban Marković Orkestar Feat. Lajkó Félix'' (2000) *''Lajkó Félix and his Band: Concert ’98'' (1998) *''Lajkó Félix– Attila Lőrinszky: Live at the Academy'' (1997) *''Lajkó Félix and his Band'' (1997) *''

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666.667 Club CD
' (guest musician) (1996) *''Samaba Trió: Opus Magnum CD'' (guest musician) (1996) *''Lajkó Félix and his Band'' (1995) *'' Mihály Dresch Dudás
Zeng a lélek
' (1993)

References

External links

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Óperentzia & Felix Lajkó playing folk-trance music live at Dombos Festival, 2017
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