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This is a free community event as part of the 2025 Biamp Portland Jazz Festival. The duo of vocalist Zsófia Tardy and guitarist Attila Csikós represents Portland’s vibrant, multicultural musical scene. Their unique sound is a fusion of contemporary jazz, the influences of Béla Bartók, and Eastern European-Balkan folk traditions.
With their new duo program, they were invited to perform in San Diego for International Jazz Day 2024 and at Balboa Park’s Hungarian House annual event in 2024, where they were met with great success. They are also the artistic founders of the Portland-based Hunglish Project quartet.
Zsófia Tardy is a Portland-based jazz singer and music educator. She earned her BMus and MMus degrees at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
She began performing on stage at the age of four. A versatile singer, she has been the lead vocalist for various jazz, pop, and rock groups, big bands, classical and gospel choirs, and chamber orchestras. Zsófia performs in multiple languages, including English, Italian, Hungarian, German, Portuguese, and Spanish. With over 30 years of experience in the music industry, she has actively performed and contributed to numerous recordings across genres such as jazz, pop, rock, gospel, and classical music. She has also worked as a lead singer, background vocalist, songwriter, lyricist, and vocal coach, touring extensively across Europe for two decades.
Currently, Zsófia is a Professor of Jazz Voice at Lewis & Clark College and maintains a thriving home studio in Southwest Portland. She served as a substitute professor at Western Oregon University (WOU) in 2015 and was a guest professor of voice on behalf of WOU in Nanning, China, in 2017 and 2018.
Attila Csikós is a Portland-based musician with decades of experience as a multi-genre guitarist, music educator, composer, arranger, music producer, and recording artist. He earned his MMus at Western Oregon University and his BMus at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Attila has performed with various jazz, blues, funk, rock, and gospel bands and has played guitar in major musical theater productions, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, Mamma Mia, The Full Monty, and many more. He is the guitarist for several musical companies, including Stumptown Stages, Broadway Rose Theater, and Lakewood Theater.
Currently, Attila is an Adjunct Professor of Guitar at Clackamas Community College (CCC) and continues to teach online at the Baptist Theological Academy in Budapest, Hungary. Previously, he served as a Professor of Guitar at Multnomah University. Attila has also maintained a private teaching studio for more than 25 years, with many of his former students becoming professional guitarists and recording artists.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Inn At Northrup Station, Portland, Oregon, United States
