Sugarka Enyedi Quartet at Reduta Jazz Club

(Sugárka is pronounced ‘shu-gahr-ka’, a unique ancient Hungarian forename meaning “Little ray of Sunshine”.)

Having performed in international jazz projects and working in several jazz bands as a lead singer, Enyedi Sugárka launched her debut album, „Las puertas abiertas” (‘The open gates’) on iTunes in Decemer 2012 and on CD in April 2013.


While completing her studies in Drama and Theatre Art faculty and American Studies at the University of Szeged Sugárka won ’jury selection award’ on the Hungarian Radio’s Garai Attila International Jazz Singers’ Competition – jury headed by Al Jarreau....

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(Sugárka is pronounced ‘shu-gahr-ka’, a unique ancient Hungarian forename meaning “Little ray of Sunshine”.)

Having performed in international jazz projects and working in several jazz bands as a lead singer, Enyedi Sugárka launched her debut album, „Las puertas abiertas” (‘The open gates’) on iTunes in Decemer 2012 and on CD in April 2013.


While completing her studies in Drama and Theatre Art faculty and American Studies at the University of Szeged Sugárka won ’jury selection award’ on the Hungarian Radio’s Garai Attila International Jazz Singers’ Competition – jury headed by Al Jarreau.

Her sense of style was soon recognised and her music career skyrocketed in a very short time. The gifted young jazz singer got into the Hungarian jazz life within a year. She went on with her music studies, and later on she deepened her music knowledge on European master courses and workshops in Italy, Germany and Czech.

Her success earned in the Marble Hall of national Hungarian Radio was followed by club concerts and music studies. She won 3rd prize at Jazz Junior Hungary – jazz competition, got to the final of Czech Jazz Junior. She worked as a music journalist for EMI Hungary music publishing company for many years.
She continued her music studies at Vocal Jazz Faculty of Erkel Ferenc Jazz Conservatory and was educated by great teachers of the Hungarian jazz scene.

She has had several concerts in European countries. She worked for several years with New York based bebop jazz guitarist Agostino di Giorgio and free jazz guitarist Matthew Mitchell from New Zealand. She worked together on the Sun & Rain project with trombonist Vladimir Krnetic, leader of Radio Big Band Belgrad. Currently she has started collaborating with Alune Wade, who will also be featured on Sugárka’s up-coming jazz-world album, titled, ‘Abrazos’. The singer-songwriter is working on a new EP along with composer-guitarist Csicsák György Balázs, to be released early 2016.
Sugárka has also won recognition as a lyricist. Several albums have been released with her own lyrics, she has co-operated with many composers. Her lyrics were recorded by such celebrities as the unique East Side Jazz Company, who spices up jazz with typical eastern rhythm, the excellent musical singer, Andrea Malek or the world famous jazz singer, Kevin Mahogany accompanied by the Budapest Jazz Orchestra.

The Hungarian audience got to know her from a completely new perspective when she wrote and performed music theatre plays with her band, Chanson Élysées. She made her debut as a musical actress on the Szeged Cultural Festival in the main role of a humoresque evoking the turning of the last century. The world-famous theatre company, Maladype Színház has invited her to perform in Egg(s)hell, an improvisational play. All shows attracted full house.

Sugárka is a regular performer at OPUS JAZZ CLUB, BUDAPEST JAZZ CLUB, THE PALACE OF ARTS, and other prestigious jazz clubs, festivals. Also at modern art performances and literary events of outstanding contemporary poets. Among others her bands have consisted this far of a sextet and of a drum-double bass-vocal trio of an ethereal sound. She’s been composing own songs for several years, which inspired her to set up a new musical collaboration.

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