Miklos Malek | |
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Miklos at Westlake Studios
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Background information | |
Born |
Budapest, Hungary |
15 April 1975
Genres | Pop, R&B, new-age, dance, electronic, classical-crossover |
Occupation(s) | Music producer, songwriter, mixing & mastering engineer |
Years active | 1990–present |
Website | www |
Miklos Malek (in Hungarian Ifj. Malek Miklós) (born in Budapest, Hungary on 15 April 1975) is a Hungarian songwriter, music producer and artist and television personality, who is a resident of Los Angeles. He has produced for a number of renowned artists. He is also a judge and mentor in the Hungarian version of X-Faktor.
Los Angeles-based music producer, songwriter and mixing engineer Miklos Malek grew up in a family of renowned musicians in Budapest. After receiving a master's degree in classical piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, he moved to the U.S. to study at Berklee College of Music. In the early 2000s, he moved to New York where he was signed as a songwriter to Notation Music Publishing which led to his breakthrough as a co-writer and arranger of Anastacia's “I Thought I Told You That” (featuring Faith Evans) and the opportunity to work on Jennifer Lopez' hit song "Love Don't Cost a Thing". During the following years, he also established himself as a music producer and mixing engineer working on projects such as Jessica Andrews, M2M, Dream, Sylvia Tosun, David Phelps, Marion Raven, Hiromi Go (Japan), Coco Lee, Plus One.
In 2006, Miklos moved to Los Angeles and launched his first studio in Hollywood called "Orange Room". Since then he has been working with a wide variety of US and international artists, including Pixie Lott (UK), Ayaka Hirahara (Japan), Sylwia Grzeszczak (Poland), Kat Graham, Justyna Steczkowska (Poland), Janice Dickinson, Tata Vega and Yanni, with whom Miklos has collaborated on 3 albums: Voices, Truth of Touch, and Yanni Live at El Morro, Puerto Rico.