Photo: Krisztina Csendes
András Párniczky was born in Geneva, Switzerland, 1972.
Music Education:
- 1991 – 1992 American Institute of Music, Vienna, Austria
- 1992 – 1996 Ferenc Erkel Music School, Budapest, Hungary
- 1996 – 2000 Jazz Department of the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy earned Cum Laude Bachelor’s Degree as a jazz-guitar performer and teacher, Budapest, Hungary
- 2001 – 2002 Jazz Department of The Royal Conservatory, Hague, Netherlands
- 2015 – 2016 Jazz Department of the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Master of Arts in Teacher Education
- 2019 – Doctoral School of Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music, Budapest, Hungary
Summer Courses:
- 1999 – Berklee Clinic, Perugia, Italy, (won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music)
- 1996 – 1998 International Jazz Summer Courses, Tatabánya, Hungary
Group playing experiences, Concerts, Composing:
In August 2001 he founded the group Nigun, since than they scored great success with performing in Europe and in the US as well. Besides Nigun he has always led his own groups like Párniczky Quartet. He performed John Zorn's Cobra under the prompting of Zorn himself at MÜPA’s National Concert Hall. He has played and/or recorded with Don Byron, Carlos Bica, Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob), Frank London, Matt Darriau (Klezmatics), Aaron Alexander (Hassidic New Wave), Arthur Kell, Daniel Erdmann, Frank Möbus, Frits Landensbergen, DejanTerzic, Klemens Marktl, Kristof Bacso, Mihály Dresch, Miklós Lukács (Charles Lloyd Wide Man Dance), Dániel Szabó, Bea Palya and classical piano artist Ádám Fellegi. He's a member of the Hungarian Soundpainting Orchestra led by Samuel Gryllus. Also performed with a big band conducted by Graham Collier. His latest project with the Párniczky Quartet is the Bartók Electrified. A repertoire which is based on the great composer Béla Bartók's works.
Besides playing the guitar and composing music he also wrote several arrangements that are played by Hungarian big bands. In 2001, he scored music for the strings of the Residentie Orkest, which was performed at the Anton Phillips Zaal in The Hague. He took part in movie Portugal (dir.: Andor Lukacs) and Chacho Rom (dir.: Ildikó Szabó) as a musician and in dance films Door Quatrologie and Barbakan (dir.: Mariann Gaál) as a music director. He took place as a composer and a guitar player in dance pieces like Kő-Papír-...,There and Chance Operation. He is an official member of the Society Artisjus, the Hungarian association of composers.
Selected Recordings:
- 2003 – Nigun: Klezjazz (Etnofon)
- 2004 – Nigun: 'Standard' (Etnofon)
- 2005 – Hungarian Jazz Store (BMC)
- 2005 – Soma: Teljes ebed (Mirror Media)
- 2006 – Nigun feat. Daniel Zamir: Bale Kulturnik (Etnofon)
- 2011 – A Mika Tivadar hangjai (Chameleon Records)
- 2012 – Nigun: Lebedik at the Budapest Jazz Club (Fidelio)
- 2016 – Nigun: Live inem Sargfabrik (Fonó)
- 2018 – Parniczky Quartet: Bartók Electrified (BMC)
- 2018 – Magyar Music Selection ‘18 (A38)
Employment history:
- 2003 – 2005 He gave lessons at the Béla Bartók (former Erkel Ferenc) Conservatory's Jazz Department
- 2004 – 2019 Publishing reviews at the Gramofon Classical and Jazz magazine
- 2004 – 2006 Lauder Javne Music School (guitar and combo teacher)
- 2005 – 2006 Guest teacher at Performers House, Silkeborg, Denmark
- 2007 – 2016 Writings at Fidelio Magazin online regularly
- 2010 – 2018 Etűd Conservatory and Music School (guitar-, combo-, jazz history-, jazz theory teacher)
Awards or prizes:
- 1999 – Berklee College of Music scholarship
- 1999 – Eotvos Scholarship of the Hungarian Government
- 2000 – Finalist of the Attila Zoller International Jazz Guitar Competition, Chairman: Pat Metheny
- 2014 – Official artist of the US based Collings Guitars and Mandolins
- 2014 – 2nd prize in the Hungarian Critics Poll’s Jazz Guitar category
