Media
Palya Bea live:
'Bea is easily capable of leading the public into ecstasy all on her own,
but she is so modest, humble and engaged in the music that she chooses
teamwork, and assumes the noble task of leading a world-class formation.'
Fidelio (Hungarian music magazine, 2006)
'...there was a magic moment in the tent when Bea Palya - accompanied by a
saxophonist, a percussionist, a cimbalom player and a bass player - began to
sing Hungarian and Balkan tunes…with her surprising and silky voice - as
powerful and loud as the sax - she improvised until her dialogue with the
saxophonist transformed the piece into pure jazz fusion'.
Libération (2005)
'Palya Bea is fresh, her energy is always flowing; she smiles and, as she
does, she gives a lot. She has been on the road for much of her life and her
three discs draw on this. While on the road, she searches, and all that she
finds she gives to her public...'
Nők Lapja Évszakok (Hungarian women’s magazine, 2006)
Palya Bea: Álom-álom, kitalálom (énekelt mese):
'Since Palya Bea’s new disc came out, children have been inseparable from
the hi-fi... Palya Bea dares to mix very different musical elements together
because she herself - her voice - gives the elements their cohesive
whole.'
Magyar Narancs (Hungarian magazine, 2005)
October 16, 2008
The 32-year-old folk singer, who has been basking in a growing chorus of international acclaim since her return from studies in Paris in 2003, seems driven by a mission to shake-up the somewhat ossified world of Hungarian folk music.
July 27, 2008
In a manner of speaking, Bea Palya sings from the haunches and the hips an awful lot. And what and how she sings is exceptional.
July 1, 2008
Bea Palya has had one of the most spectacular and meteoric careers of recent years. Her unique natural talent has often been compared to that of Márta Sebestyén, and it seems that she is receiving the recognition she deserves abroad as well.
June 1, 2008
I wasn't so conscious when I was small. I just loved it when my voice sounded. I mostly heard folk music, so that's what I sang on stage and that's what went into my soul. I listened to my song collection cassettes until they were worn to ribbons and an important virtual connection developed between me and mainly Mrs József Simon from Moldova.
February 20, 2008
I thought of it at the end of the summer, and it started in October and is on the first Thursday of every month. I'm interested in many kinds of music and I wanted to try them in a family atmosphere regularly. The original idea was a thematic concert series, preparing four or five new numbers for each occasion as stylistic exercises. I jotted down notes like soul, American song writers, Bulgarian music, French chanson, music and gastronomy, and a hundred things besides.
May 9, 2006
One of our most successful peers, a young folk music singer. She sings European and Eastern songs, and songs made out of poems. She is a recurring, regular guest of the most popular groups, and she frequently gives concerts with her own quintet. She has published three solo albums inspired by her bio. She was members of the Athens cultural olimpics international group. She is thirty years old this year, her next disc is coming up in France. She has won the Aphelandra-award, which is seen as the civilian acknowledgement of humanism.
November 27, 2003
BEÁTA Palya, one of the freshest Hungarian folk singers with an inclination towards world-music, has released her first solo album. Ágról - ágra (From branch to branch), revitalizes Hungarian folk music with its combination of music from Bulgaria, Persia, Romania, Melanesia and gypsy culture.
June 1, 2003
Eastern Europe in general, and Hungary in particular, produces a host of exceptional musicians and singers: at just 26, Beata Palya, is a symbol of the new generation.