Jump to content

András Petruska

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by BG19bot (talk | contribs) at 08:14, 29 February 2016 (Add Defaultsort). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

András Petruska
Petruska in 2015
Background information
Born (1986-03-19) 19 March 1986 (age 38)
Budapest, Hungary
Genres
Occupations
  • Singer
  • songwriter
Instruments
  • Vocals
  • guitar
Years active2010–present
Websitehttp://http//petruskaandras.hu/

András Petruska (born 19 March 1986), professionally known as Petruska, is a Hungarian singer and songwriter. He is most notable for participating in A Dal 2016.

Career

Petruska began playing guitar at age 9. In 2010, he won the Veszprém Street Music Festival, and the following year the he toured with the orchestra for Quimby. He appeared at the TEDxYouth @ Budapest conference, appeared later in the Petofi Acoustic concert series and on the Island as well. 2014 Photo published the first album by Metropolitan. A live album from the Line 4 was released. The music video for his song about the Szent Gellért tér made it to the final ranking for the first Hungarian Quarterly Clip Best Director category. In spring 2016, Petruska will make a new album.

In 2016, Petruska attempted to represent Hungary at the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with his song "Trouble in My Mind". He qualified for the final and made it to the superfinal. He also won the Breakthrough Award sponsored by the MTVA.[1]

Discography

Singles

  • "Trouble in My Mind" (2016)

References

  1. ^ Brey, Marco (15 December 2015). "Hungary: Participants of A Dal 2016 announced". EBU.