Ágnes Lakatos is a Hungarian jazz vocalist, educator, and associate professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music who has been actively performing since the late 1990s. She holds a DLA degree, received a Fulbright scholarship in Chicago in 2023, and was awarded a gold medal at “Cantata Mondial,” the world’s largest vocal music festival and competition, in 2004. Lakatos has led master classes and given lectures at music academies and conservatories in Germany, Italy, Estonia, Israel, and the U.S., and has performed in many European countries, Israel, and the U.S. In addition to her solo career, she has led the “Jazz Voices” choir since 2000 and has received significant awards for her pedagogical work.

Tibor Csuhaj-Barna is a Hungarian jazz double bassist, composer, arranger, and professor at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, where he has taught double bass since 2008. Over more than three decades on stage, he has performed with numerous Hungarian jazz ensembles, composed and arranged music for various ensembles, and his discography includes a long list of albums and original compositions. Csuhaj-Barna’s concert itinerary is particularly extensive: from numerous European festivals to tours in Asia, the U.S., and Israel. He is also invited to teach and lead master classes at music academies and conservatories abroad, including in Jerusalem, Rome, and Hangzhou. In 2018, he earned a Doctor of Arts degree, and in 2024, he received his habilitation.