Andrea Gerak (Gerák, pronounced "gheraak") - Singer & Dancer
Andrea Gerak had her first stage performance at the age of 5, in her home town Kazincbarcika, Northern Hungary. From a few years later on, she has been dancing and singing in several folklore groups in, in the Borsod, Avas, Csepel and Bartok dance ensembles where she was often the soloist. As a dancer, she appears in the Golden Bear awarded movie Music Box by Constantinos Costa-Gavras, seen even in the trailer.
Today Andrea lives in Stockholm and Budapest, and is mostly involved in singing. She takes the listener to a trip to the melodies of various ethnicities such as Irish or Gypsy, and staying true to her roots, she sings Hungarian folk songs as her main profile, performing them acapella, with traditional folk band or as new age/world fusion, lending her unmistakable voice to compositions of international artists.
Besides working with traditional Hungarian folk bands, Andrea is currently creating projects with Effi Shoshani (Israel), Cambridge (Spain), Julien Matei and Ewa Wikström (Sweden), Beata Salamon (Hungary).
Performed in most of the countries of Europe at festivals, clubs, exhibition openings, churches, private, corporate and community events, benefits. In 2006, featured performer of the Brugge Festival of World Music, with the Transylvanian traditional folk band Barozda.
PERFORMED WITH: Nieto e La Solution, Larry Woodley, Mark Janicello, Andrik Schapers, The Jive Aces, Die Lustige Landpartie, Rich and Famous, Blue Jazz, Arielle Sablon, Martin Kovarik, Marczibanyi band, Geczi Erika, Fekete Kiss Sandor, MEZ, Michael Bromley & Neil Chow, Barozda, Aleena Gibson, Regina Lund.
PERFORMED IN: Hungary, Slovakia, Poland, Romania, Turkey, Austria, Sweden, France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Portugal, United Kingdom, Belgium, Finland.
DISCOGRAPHY:
This Way, Sweetheart! (2009)
Authentic Hungarian Village Music (2006), with Barozda
Árva az a madár - Lonely Is The Bird (2006)
Madárka, madárka - Little Birdie (2003)
Three Hungarian Folk Songs, maxi CD (2002)
Madarka, madarka, MC (1998)
Listen to the songs
FILMS:
Hungary In Pictures (r. Marton Toth, 2004) singing
Power Games (r. Agnes Krepsz, 2003) singing
Music Box (r. Costa-Gavras, 1989) dancing
