Thea Soti

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Thea Soti
Thea Soti (2015 an Loft (Cologne), Germany) (Photo by Annamarie Ursula)
Thea Soti (2015 an Loft (Cologne), Germany)
(Photo by Annamarie Ursula)
Background information
Born (1989-09-03) 3 September 1989 (age 36)
OriginSerbia
GenresJazz, free improvisation, experimental
OccupationsMusician, composer
InstrumentsVocals, live electronics, percussion, piano
Websitewww.theasoti.com

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

Biography

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Soti was raised in a Hungarian family in Serbia, 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 Budapest and Berlin.[1][2] She studied jazz vocals and composition at the Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien Hannover, University of Lucerne and Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.[3] 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.[4]

In 2010, she founded her world-music project "Nanaya"[5] with Daniel S. Scholz (Oud), Johannes Keller (Double-Bass) and Jonas Pirzer (Drums), where she sings mostly in Hungarian.[6] She has toured in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Portugal, Hungary,[7] Serbia, Czech Republic and Slovakia with different bands, among others with "Manivolanti",[8] "Viktor Bürkland Trio"[9] and "Thea Soti Quartet".,[10][11]

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.[12] 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.).[13]

In 2014, Soti won the 2nd prize of the international big band composing competition JazzComp Graz.[14]

Discography

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Live in Osnabrück, 2014
(Photo by Stephan Schute)
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

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