Was born in a musician family on the 13th November 1958 in Budapest, Hungary. His Father was a famous gipsy violinist as well as his younger Brother Roby. The musical study began on the violin at the age of 6. Began to play the saxophone when he was 15 years old, and became a professional musician when he won a national jazz competition in 1977.

Graduated from the jazz department of the Bela Bartók Conservatory in Budapest 1979.

Shortly after moved to Germany in 1981, became one of the most respected saxophone player in Germany as well as worldwide. He performed as a saxophone soloist in numerous jazz/pop/rock recordings and concerts.

Tony has played the saxophone on more than 240 LP/CD recordings as a leader or as a sideman.

From 1985 thru 1996 member of the succesful PILI-PILI Band ( leading by Jasper Van't Hof )

He has been living in Germany since 1981, Frankfurt am Main since 1993 and working as a soloist in the H. R. Big band - Radio station.

A TV Show / jazz in Concert / was made with him in Zurich, Switzerland in 1991.

Guest musicians: Terri Lynne Carrington (drums) , Anthony Jackson (bass guitar) , David Whitham (keybord ), Peter O'Mara ( guitar )

Tony Lakatos was the first Hungarian musician who appeared on the Gavin Report Top Ten in the American Jazz Music Radio with his CDs.

1. 1993 "Recycling"(jazzline) Feat. Kirk Lightsey (piano) and Al Foster (drums) was the seventh best CD.

2. 1994 "The News" (jazzline)Feat. Kirk Lightsey (piano), George Mraz (bass) and Al Foster (drums) won the fourth place.

Continually touring all over the world with his own formations and as a sideman as well.

Signed an exclusive contract with SKIP RECORDS in year 2002.

The title of his latest CD is “ Gypsy Colours " SKP 9060-2

The most important jazz festivals he participated (selected):

Istanbul ... (Turkey) ,North Sea Jazz Festival...(Holland) ,Pori Jazz Festival...( Finnland), Berlin Jazz festival ... ( Germany )

Bracknell ... ( UK ), Le Mont ... ( France), Jazz Fest Singapore... ( Singapore ), Jazz Fest Leverkusen... ( Germany)

Athens Jazz Festival ... (Greece), Jazz Gipfel Stuttgart... ( Germany ), Jazz Fest Prague ... (Czech rep.), Molde ( Norway )

Stockholm... ( Sweden), Frankfurt Jazzfestival.. (Germany) , Appleby... (UK), Viersen ...(Germany ), Lugo...( Spain ), Durban ( South Africa)

Tony was giving master classes in the Jazz department of:

Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Arnheim (Holland), Graz, Wien, Linz (Austria), Fredericksburg Mary Washington Collage (USA),

Royal Academy of Music London (UK), Ferenc Liszt Music Academy Budapest (Hungary), Freies Musikzentrum Munich (Germany),

Yamaha School Hamburg (Germany), Birminham Conservatorium ( UK)

Workshops: Remscheid, Erlangen, Darmstadt( Germany), Langenau ( CH )

Germany

Magnum Neck

I got the new Magnum tenor neck on the Frankfurt Music Messe 2010. The P. Mauriat 66RUL is an inherently in tune saxophone, and I didn't expect any big improvements in that area. I can honestly report that it is at least as in tune as it was, and maybe just a little bit better on the palm keys. The big differences are in the even timbre and decreased resistance. The response is definitely quicker; the notes just seem to pop right out of the horn. The tone is centered, substantially darker, and richer and that's a good thing. The Magnum neck brought it around to where it sounds like I always knew it could. The angle at the beginning was too high for me, but with time I get use to it.

The P. Mauriat Magnum neck is beautiful and very well made. The engraving is quite fancy and deeply cut, and the reddish color is a nice contrast with the natural color of my horn. The P. Mauriat Magnum neck, a good choice to make your sound even better! -Tony Lakatos