Csézy (Erzsébet
Csézi) was born in November, 1979 in the
town of Mezőkövesd in Northern
Hungary. Her childhood was a little bit
different from the one of average children,
since Csézy's parents considered it extremely
important to provide high-level musical
education to their daughter from a very young
age. This lead to her comprehensive musical
qualification, which covers various fields,
she is not only a singer of great talent and
much creativity, but also plays on the piano.
Csézy
graduated from the Béla Bartók Music
Department of the University of Miskolc.
Afterfinishing school, she toured with
intensity in the company of her former
classmates, and they did not have to wait too
long for their first success. In Spain, the
group won the first prize at an international
contest where they were singing local folk and
polyphonic songs. If we are talking about folk
music, mention must be made that Csézy was
born in a family which is proud to preserve
Hungarian folk traditions, namely she is the
last descendant of the worldwide famous Matyó
dynasty.
In 2007, Csézy's
childhood dream came true when her debut album
hit the shelves of Hungarian music stores.
There was no doubt about her classical
background, but in order to gain a wider
audience, she wanted to show her talent in the
field of pop music as well. "Általad
Vagyok" the first single from the album
became a huge success in Hungary, since local
radio stations picked up the moving ballad
immediately. The spectacular, visually
fantastic video prepared for the song also
remained in high rotation of Hungarian music
TV channels for weeks.
"Candlelight",the
song that Csézy will perform in the second semi-final
of the Eurovision Song Contest in Belgrade, is
another ballad. The composer is Viktor
Rakonczai, its lyrics were written by Imre
Mozsik. Viktor Rakonczai's name might be
familiar to those who have been following the
history of Eurovision Song Contest, as he was
one of the singers of the boygroup named VIP
which, represented Hungary, at the Eurovision
Song Contest in Dublin in 1997. At that time
they finished the contest in 12th position.
Now Viktor is eager to return to stage of
Eurovision as a musician, since he will
accompany Csézy on the piano at the event.
The lyricist of "Candlelight" is
Imre Mózsik, who has also been to Eurovision
before, as he wrote the lyrics of
"Unsunstantial Blues", Hungary's
entry which finished 9th in Helsinki in 2007.
On stage in
Belgrade, Csézy will be supported by four
members of the a cappella vocal band Fool
Moon. The band was formed in 2001 by five
young men, each with a solid background in
classical and light music. The group has been
invited to take part in numerous a capella
events and festivals throughout Austria,
Germany and The Netherlands. Fool Moon is also
the winner of several international contests
of the said music genre: the International
Ward Swingle A Capella Contest in Graz in 2005
as well as the Sixth Taiwan A Capella Contest
in 2006 just to name a few.
The year's
Hungarian entry is not favoured to reach the
final, based on both bookmakers odds or most
internet fan polls.