Henry Tóth
Henry Tóth
Genres: jazz, guitar, pohoda
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About Henry Tóth
Henry Tóth is professional slovak musician, guitarist and producer Born on July 22, 1962 in Bratislava Education 1968 - 77 Primary School: 1st - 3rd year in Bratislava 4th - 5th year in Spišská Nová Ves 6th - 7th year in Ljubljana (Slovenia) 8th year in Zagreb (Croatia) 9th year in Bratislava 1977 - 80 Secondary Apprentice School in Bratislava - plasterer 1980 - 84 State Conservatory (photo) in Bratislava - classic guitar, under the tuition of Prof. Zsapka 1984 - 86 State Conservatory, extended course in pedagogy (graduate’s concert) 1989 - 95 Hochschule für Music und darstellende Kunst in Graz, Austria (Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts) - prof. Harry Pepl & Waine Brasel Important dates 1976 - first attempts to play the guitar together with Peter Synek and establishing the first "band" ; 1978 - Imrich Bitto (photo) was the first person who had in fact taught me to play the guitar - LŠU Nivy (Public School of Arts) - Prof. Harhovský - I attended his guitar courses - guitarists Syro, Kociha, Fcela, Lubo Reifers were my fellows whom I learned to play the guitar with 1979 - LŠU Nivy (Public School of Arts) - Prof. Gróf, guitar lessons - Prof. Turza, private lessons in the music theory - Meeting František Griglák - we have been friends up to now and he has always been an example for me 1980 - Conservatory - schoolmate Ivan Wagner †, friend with a huge talent who taught me a lot - friends from Conservatory: Igor Herzog, Vladimír Tomcaniy and Igor Jancár, who also were my guitar role models 1982 - Kutná Hora (foto, diploma) laureate of the Czechoslovak Guitar competition with international participants 1983 - a concert tour with Marcela Leiferová on Cuba (photo) 1987 - a half-year lasting concert tour with Marika Gombitová (photo), during which he somehow forgot to get in Basic Military Service (article, photo), so the gentlemen in green had to come and take him, almost directly from the stage, to the military barracks 1988 - concert tour with the Demikát band (Marian Greksa) (photo, document 1, document 2, MP3) (guitar Schecter) 1989 - concert tour with Jana Kocianová in Poland 1990 - concert tour with the Citron band in Bohemia and in Slovakia 1992 -Hammer X (photo, article) - Henry´s first band in Austrian Graz 1993 - Member of the Freddie's Stoned rock band (CD, bulletin), comprising of lead vocals: Joe Votter, guitar/vocals: Heli Eibisberger, bass/vocals: Andy Schmitz, drums: Andy Holzl & guitar: Henry The band had a concert tour in Austria and released its own CD. 1994 - "Gitariáda" (Rock Fest) in Bratislava in PKO (Park of Culture and Rest) together with the Freddie's Stoned * "...I left the stage after the third song because sound men in Slovakia are deaf dogs..." 1995 - Pedagogische Akademie (Pedagogic Academy) Henry had been active as a guitar pedagogue at the State University in Graz up to 1997 - Plzeň - festival Jazz on the street - band named Side Effect - Fusion (article), comprising of: drums: Emil Frátrik, sax: Peter Polácek, bass: Juraj Griglák & guitars: Juraj Burian & Henry * "...after arduous training we went to Bohemia to represent an art..." 1996 - debut album The Big H - Breath (H&V Jumbo Records) (CD, photo, article) - Slovak Music Academy award Grammy West (article, diplom) as the Best Instrumentalist and nominations in categories Producer of a year, Album of a year, Sound - concert tour with Delmar Brown, Emil Frátrik and Brano Valantský - Košice Jazz Festival '96 (article), performances in Bratislava, Prešov... - TV live performance in the Marián Greksa´s TV program (VTV Television), band comprising of guitars: H. T., Andrej Šeban, Juraj Burian and Matúš Jakabcic, bass: Martin Gašpar, drums: Marcel Buntaj , and a joint concert in Bratislava - Harley Davidson club (photo), where they played also with Marián Greksa, Emil Frátrik, Michal Kovalčík.... 1997 - The Big H band concert tour in Austria (photo, article, tour-card, bulletin) - the band comprised of: keyboards/vocals: Delmar Brown(USA), bass: Dough Wimbish(USA), drums/percussions: Alex Deutsch(Austria/USA), vocals: Joe Vőtter(Austria) & guitar: Henry 1999 - The Big H band concert tour in Slovakia (article) - the band members: drums: Emil Frátrik, keyboards: Marian Cekovský, bass: Marek Minárik & guitar: Henry - Bratislava Jazz Days '99, concert Adriena Bartošová & Henry Tóth Band comprising of: drums: Emil Frátrik, keyboards: Marian Cekovský, bass: Martin Gašpar & guitar: Henry * " ...all musicians as well as the singer had performed on the stage excellently, fortunately each of them played other song..." summer 2001 - recording 2nd CD -The Spirit Of Memory (K3M) (CD, photo) in Slovakia and in the USA - selected tracks from the CD The Spirit of Memory were released in quantity of 12,500 pieces as an inset to the Playboy magazine 2000 - premiere of the Ballet performance " Evening of Slovak choreographers " (bulletin, article 1, article 2, article 3, article 4, article 5), connected with ceremony of passing Philip Morris Awards "A Ballet Fleur" for the year 1999 to the best ballet artists Igor Stravinskij - Sanctifying the Spring (choreography Ján Durovčík) Gustav Mahler - Adagietto (choreography Ondrej Šoth) Henry Tóth - Wishing (choreography Jozef Dolinský Jr.) - music to the Ballet show Wishing comprised of six compositions from the Henry´s CD - Breath as well as The Spirit Of Memory - Christmas record of the single Spoločná (Joint) (article) ( music/text/produced by: Henry Tóth/Andrej Turok/Reiner Rietsch, interprets: Robo Papp, Igor Timko, Robo Opatovský, Dagmar Rostand, Robo Grigorov, Ivana Christová, Katka Korcek, Marian Greksa, Janka Stanová, Rado"Vrabec" Orth) - proceedings from royalties were granted to the Bratislava Children Oncology 2001 - Spring concert tour of The Big H band in Slovakia (article) - double christening of the CD Spirit Of Memory (CD, photo) - Summer concert tour of The Big H band in Slovakia (photo) and in Bohemia (approx. 50 concerts in clubs) 2006 - 2CD Henry Tóth “Breath & Blue” re-mastered re-edition of the CD Breath and newly released CD Blue (ForzaMusic) Cooperation in the Studio 1990 - cooperation with the band Citron on their CD Vypustte psi (Let the dogs out) (guitars) 1993 - cooperation with Richard Muller while making a Milovanie v daždi (Making love in a rain) record 1994 - cooperation with Marika Gombitová on her solo album "Zostan" (Stay) (H&V Jumbo Records) - cooperation with a singer La Rubiou on her CD Fiesta, (H&V Jumbo Records) /CD/ (guitars, arrangement and musical direction) and a joint performance on Bratislavská lýra ´94 (Bratislava Lyre) 1996 - cooperation with Rasťo Novotný on his debut folk CD Prvá kvapka (the First Drop) /CD/ (guitars, bass, arrangement) * "...one of my most favorite records..." 1996 -cooperation with Marián Greksa on his single "Amerika, Afrika" (production, bass guitar) - re-edition of the album of the band Demikát: Amnestia v blázinci (Amnesty in the nuthouse) from 1989 (guitars, bass guitar, arrangement) * "...Nobody noticed the original release in 1989, the same happened with the re-edition. God Bless the editors..." 1998 - producer, guitar player and arranger of the singer Barbara Haščáková´s CD "Barbara", Gold Disc for the album sale - cooperation with Ivana Christová on her debut CD "Ivana" (guitars, arrangement, production) - cooperation on Marcel Palonder´s album (article) * "...album which was not, logically, released in spite of 3-months lasting work...cooperation turned out badly..." Summer 2001 - studio cooperation (guitars, bass) on Martin Babjak´s CD - Romantica - producing the debut album of the No Name band - 5 nominations of the Slovak Music Academy Grammy West awards in categories: Rookie of the year, Composition of the year (Kristínka iba spí - Kristínka only sleeps), Producer of the year, Album of the year and Band of the year * "...I am quite proud on this album, I tried to apply all my producer's abilities I have gained up to now..." Práca, 7. 12. 1998 * "...We met with Juro Kupec while recording our debut. Though its producer was Henry Tóth, it was Juro who had significant impact on its preparation. For example when Henry was ill, all work was on his shoulders. He really made a good job so it was obvious that we will invite nobody else except him to work on recording of our second album..." No Name - www.music.box.sk, 16. 12. 2000 * "...Great ideas cannot arise from obscure circumstances.... Thanks of some "artists" has no limits..." Summer 2001 1999 - Liquid Boogie Roll - Palo Chodelka - guest guitars on his CD 2000 - Studio cooperation on the Paľo Habera´s solo CD (guitars) *"...Pali is an absolute professional..." Autumn 2001 - studio cooperation on Martin Babjak´s CD - Poetica (guitars, bass) - producing a debut album of the band named Love 4 Money - Soňa Horňáková - recording guitars on her CD Dívam sa z okna (I look out of window) * " ...really nice woman, one of the best songwriters I have ever met..." - producing Ivana Christová´s CD "Flám" (Whoopee) (music , guitars, bass, arrangement, production) 2001 - friendly assistance by recording a song "Kašovité jedlá" (Squashy Meals) by Iné Kafe band 2003 - study cooperation with the band Elán on their album Tretie oko (Third eye) (www.elan.sk) and Mega-concert (photo) 2005 - CD Robo Mikla -Nedokončená (Incomplete) - CD Robo Mikla -Projekt Náhoda (Project Coincidence) 2006 - CD Martin Babjak - Život je krásny (Life is beautiful) And lot of work on various projects in the studio....
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