About Me
Curriculum vitae
Tamas SzekeresPersonal ..
Born: 12 March 1964, Budapest
Occupation: (classical and rock) guitar artist and composer
Qualifications:
Ferenc Liszt College of Music, guitar major, student of Laszlo Szendrey-Karper, artist/teacher degree in 1991.
Bands (since 1979):
Carat (1981), Varga Miklos Band (1982), Senator (1985), Szekeres Tamas Project (from 1988), Omen (1991-93), Tamas (since 1994), Omega (since 1994)
Concerts (selection):
Classical guitar concerts in Hungary and Europe since 1993. Rock concerts in Hungary, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, the USA (in Ken Tamplin’s band) and on tour in Europe with Tony MacAlpine. Performed and recorded with several major Hungarian and international bands and artists: East (1990), Deep Purple (1991), Gabor Presser (1994–95), Ian Parry (1998), Ildiko Keresztes (1999), Ferenc Balazs (1999), and Omega (1994-)
Compositions:
His first piece of work published in 1982 on the single titled Europa, songwriter on several albums, his first solo record out in 1989.
Solo albums:
Guitarmania (Hungary 1989; Dureco, Holland 1992; Hungaroton 1992)
Christmas in Guitarland (MMC, Hungary 1991; PMS, Germany 1991)
Guitartales (Dureco, Holland–Germany 1992; Metal Force South Korea 1992)
Classical Attitudes (Hungaroton/Mega, Hungary 1993, SPV Europe 1994)
Dreamlake (Dureco, Holland–Germany 1994; Hungaroton/Mega, Hungary 1994; FEMS, Japan 1994; SPV Europe 1996)
Guitar Hits/Guitar Hardware I. (Hungaroton/Mega, Hungary 1995; Fandango Japan 1997; SPV Europe 1997)
Guitar Hardware II. (Mega, Europe-Hungary 1996)
Blue Syndicate (Hungaroton/Mega–Crystal/SPV Europe 1996; Fandango, Japan 1996)
Midnight Train-Maxi Single (Hungaroton/Mega, Europe 1996)
La Catedral (Sony Classical, Hungary 1997)
Live in Budapest (Marquee, Japan 1998; Mega, Hungary 1999)
King Street Blues (Mega, Hungary 2000)
Suites (Mega, Europe- Hungary 2001)
DVDs:
Omega Nepstadion-koncert '99 (Mega, Europe- Hungary 2000) Omega Nepstadion-koncert '94 (Mega, Europe- Hungary 2001) Illes-Metro-Omega koncert (Mega, Hungary 2001)
Publications:
Guitarmania (Metal Hammer Hungarica, guitar school series (1988–91)
Guitar Club (Zeneszmagazin, series (1992–)
Electric Guitar School I (1997)
Rock Guitar School (1998)
Internet website: (www.guitarmania.hu since 1998)
Other activities:
European and Hungarian courses (since 1991); Guitarmania camp, patron (1994–); Children Of Rock camp, guitar teacher (1995–97); featured guitar player and producer on numerous Hungarian and international records; art director and teacher of Szekeres Tamas/Gibson Guitar School
(2000-); producer of individual DVD series in 2007.
Family: Ildiko Boldog, Zsolt Szekeres (15 years old).Budapest, 2007
