"Ferenz Kallos"
Ferenz Kallos was born in Paris on October 23rd to a family of painters. He built his first bamboo flute at the age of 5, at which time he began taking violin lessons from his father and guitar lessons from his mother. On his seventh birthday, Ferenz’s father gave him records of Mozart and Beethoven symphonies & piano concertos, which Ferenz listened to for days and years.
Ferenz studied and created music his entire childhood and adolescent years, and went on to provide original music for the soundtracks of several films, as well as commercials, fashion shows and theater plays.
Ferenz has also worked with many great artists such as the Gypsy Kings, providing musical arrangements, compositions, production and strings to their albums. He often performs live in New York City. He has played the violin at the Living Room, the Lincoln Center, and accompanied artists such as Krishna Das in various venues.
Ferenz has had a big influence in the growing scene of Spiritual World music. For example, his music graces the double DVD of yoga master Shri Dharma Mittra. Ferenz also produced, composed and arranged music for the album of world-renowned Buddhist teachers, Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally. When Ferenz joined forces with artist and yogini Mercedes Bahleda, their album, Mercy Songs, was signed to White Swan Records. Ferenz also worked with international yoga instructor and author, Reema Datta, whose albums have been signed to Nettwerk/Nutone Records.
Ferenz Kallos is also a painter, photographer and practitioner of Buddhism. He is eternally grateful to his parents and to his teachers, Venerable Thupten Puntsok, Lama Christie McNally, Geshe Michael Roach, and Shri Dharma Mittra.
