Thea Soti

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

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
Subotica, Vojvodina
OriginSerbia
GenresJazz, free improvisation, experimental
Occupation(s)Musician, composer
Instrument(s)Vocals, live electronics, percussion, piano
Websitewww.theasoti.com

Biography

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
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
  1. "Szabadkán koncertezik a Thea Soti Quartet (in Hungarian)". www.vajma.info. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  2. "Dzsessz-est: Thea Soti Quartet (in Hungarian)". www.port.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  3. "Thea Soti (in English)". www.szimpla.hu. Archived from the original on 2016-01-02. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  4. "Thea Soti & Cherry Tree Orchestra (in German)". www.prinz.de. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  5. "Konzert im Goethe-Institut: "Nanaya" (in German)". www.goettinger-tageblatt.de. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  6. "Nanaya" (in Hungarian)". www.mediawavefestival.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  7. "Àlmatag, gyönyörü" (in Hungarian)". www.delmagyar.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  8. "Thea Soti a Budapest Jazz Klubban" (in Hungarian)". www.kikotoonline.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  9. "Tea Kettesben - tea for two helyett Thea Soti többszemközt (in Hungarian)". www.jazzma.hu. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  10. "The intimate improvisational stlye of Thea Soti and Quartet" (in English)". www.praguepost.cz. Archived from the original on 2016-01-05. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  11. "Jazzový Thea Soti Quartet se představí pražskému publiku" (in Czech)". www.muzikus.cz. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  12. "Sung Sound: Sieben Sängerinnen, eine Big Band (in German)". www.noz.de. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
  13. "Németországból jöttem" (in Hungarian)". www.jazzma.hu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
  14. "Die Preisträgerinnen des Jazz-Comp-Graz-2014 (in German)". www.kug.ac.at. Retrieved 2015-08-31.
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