Vera Jónás
Hungarian singer-songwriter, founder and frontwoman of the Vera Jónás Experiment. Vera Jónás and her band play the singer-songwriter's own compositions in different arrangements and line-ups. In her lyrics, which are spoken in English, she explores the questions and problems that arise within herself. In addition to Experiment, Vera Jónás often gives solo and duo concerts.
She graduated from the London Centre of Contemporary Music School in 2012. She was handpicked for the OneBeat program sponsored by the US Department of State, participated in a two-week workshop in Florida, and toured the Eastern Coast of the US. Vera Jónás Experiment won the Indie/Alternative Album of the Year Award (Hungarian Grammy), while Vera received the prestigious Junior Songwriter Award of Artisjus, Hungary’s copyright agency. The band played prestigious festivals like Eurosonic, Zandari Festa or Tauron Life, where they shared the stage with Santana. The Experiment regularly plays in the Czech Republic, Germany, Belgium, Romania, Slovakia, and the Netherlands and had an Asian tour. Currently, Vera is working on a show and album with internationally acclaimed alternative choir, Soharóza.