Zoltan Csörsz
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Zoltan Csörsz is a Hungarian drummer
who is most well known as the current drummer with the progressive rock
band The Flower Kings
.
. He began playing drums
at age five, and won an international talent contest in Hungary at age nine. Csörsz went on to win numerous other awards in Hungary, and eventually moved on to formal music training in Hungary and eventually the Jazz Institute in Malmoe, Sweden
, where he played in a variety of different bands. In May 2001 when The Flower Kings
' drummer, Jaime Salazer, left the band, keyboardist Tomas Bodin suggested Csörsz because he was impressed by the drummer's skill, as he had played with him in previous projects as well as seeing him in various bands around Sweden. Csöorz stayed with The Flower Kings before leaving the band in 2005. He then rejoined the band in 2007 to record their tenth album, The Sum of No Evil
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Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
who is most well known as the current drummer with the progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
band The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock group. Formed in August 1994 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music...
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Biography
Zoltan Csörsz was born on July 4, 1976 in HungaryHungary
Hungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
. He began playing drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
at age five, and won an international talent contest in Hungary at age nine. Csörsz went on to win numerous other awards in Hungary, and eventually moved on to formal music training in Hungary and eventually the Jazz Institute in Malmoe, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, where he played in a variety of different bands. In May 2001 when The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings
The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock group. Formed in August 1994 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music...
' drummer, Jaime Salazer, left the band, keyboardist Tomas Bodin suggested Csörsz because he was impressed by the drummer's skill, as he had played with him in previous projects as well as seeing him in various bands around Sweden. Csöorz stayed with The Flower Kings before leaving the band in 2005. He then rejoined the band in 2007 to record their tenth album, The Sum of No Evil
The Sum of No Evil
-Personnel:* Roine Stolt - Vocals, guitars, additional keyboards* Tomas Bodin - Piano, organ, synthesizers, mellotron* Hasse Fröberg - Vocals, guitars* Jonas Reingold - Bass* Zoltan Csörsz - Drumswith* Hasse Bruniusson - Percussion, marimba, glockenspiel...
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With The Flower Kings
- Unfold the FutureUnfold the Future-Disc Two:-Main Band:Tomas Bodin - keyboardsHasse Bruniusson - marimba, glockenspiel, dulcimer, other percussionZoltan Csörsz - drumsHasse Fröberg - vocals, guitarsJonas Reingold - bass guitarRoine Stolt - vocals, guitars, keyboards-Guest Musicians:...
(2002) - Meet the Flower KingsMeet the Flower KingsMeet the Flower Kings is the second live album by progressive rock artists The Flower Kings. It was released in 2003 as a double-CD, and also as a two-disc DVD concert video...
(2003) - Adam and EveAdam and Eve (album)Adam and Eve is the fourth full-length album by the English alternative rock band Catherine Wheel. Released in 1997 , the album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers and number 178 on the Billboard 200...
(2004) - The Sum of No EvilThe Sum of No Evil-Personnel:* Roine Stolt - Vocals, guitars, additional keyboards* Tomas Bodin - Piano, organ, synthesizers, mellotron* Hasse Fröberg - Vocals, guitars* Jonas Reingold - Bass* Zoltan Csörsz - Drumswith* Hasse Bruniusson - Percussion, marimba, glockenspiel...
(2007)