Bea Palya

Bea Palya (born in Makó, 11 November 1976) is a Hungarian folk-song singer and performer. Bea is continually studying the art of song. The strength of her talent is such that she is able to use what she learns to develop her own style. She spent her childhood in the village Bag, where she danced and sang in the local dance-group. She began her education in the Apáczai Csere János Gimnázium, and studied ethnography at Eötvös Loránd University. She graduated in 2002.

She was a singer in the group Zurgó, and Laokoón. In 2002, she started her solo career. She performs Hungarian and Bulgarian folk music; besides this she plays jazz and world music. She has also studied both Indian and Persian music.

Discography

• Zurgó: Moldvai csángó népzene (1997)
• Kárpátia: Zene Moldvából (1998)
• Kiss Ferenc: Nagyvárosi bujdosók (1999)
• Balogh Sándor: Dorombér (2000)
• Szőke Szabolcs: Sindbad's songs (2000)
• Chalaban: Moroccan Nomad (2000)
• Cseh Tamás - Péterdi Péter: Magyar katonadalok és énekek... (2000)
• Sebő Együttes: Rejtelmek (2001)
• Folkestra: Mamikám (2001)
• Beáta Palya: Ágról-ágra (tradition in motion) (2003)
• Kárpátia: Vásár (2004)
• Palya Bea: Álom-álom, kitalálom (2004)
• Balázs Elemér Group: Magyar népdalok (2005)
• Kiss Ferenc: Szerelem hava (2005)
• Palya Bea - Weöres Sándor: Psyché (2005)
• Beáta Palya: Adieu les complexes (2008)
• Palya Bea: Egyszálének / Justonevoice (2009)
• Palya Bea: Én leszek a játékszered (2010)
• Palya Bea: Ribizliálom (2011)
• Palya Bea: Ezeregy szefárd éjszaka (live) (2012)
• Palya Bea: Altatok (2012)
• Palya Bea: A nő (2014)

External links

• Official website