Zoltan Szigeti is a Hungarian pianist, composer, and multi-instrumentalist who performs and records in both jazz and classical traditions. He has lived and worked in Sweden and Denmark as a concert pianist and composer for television and film, and has appeared in classical recitals, jazz performances, music festivals, and other musical events across Hungary, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland, and France.

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Zoltan is currently based in China, where he works as a university music educator and holds the Foreign Expert Certificate issued by the Chinese government, while continuing to participate in numerous music performances and artistic projects throughout China and Europe.

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Zoltan has also earned recognition as a skilled piano accompanist, selected as the touring pianist for several prominent singers. Notably, he was selected pianist of jazz vocalist Tina May's (UK) China Jazz Tour in 2019 and accompanied renowned American-Chinese opera singer Deng Gui Ping during her theater concert performances.

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In 2018, Zoltan was invited to be a mentor and member of the International Mentor Collective at Berklee College of Music - Online Extension School.

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As a bandleader (The Zoltan Szigeti Quartet), Zoltan recorded the album "Just Friends" 2023 (Starsing Records, Shanghai) and as a sideman (pianist) for the album CD "Jungle Lost" 2021 (Pollux Music-Label: Modern Sky).

In addition to piano, Zoltan is an enthusiastic wind-instrumentalist, interpreting a wide range of styles—from Renaissance and Baroque flute/recorder music repertoire to contemporary music—on electronic wind instruments.

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As a jazz pianist, Zoltan was influenced by several greats, including Dave McKenna, George Shearing,  Bill Evans, Ray Kennedy, and Swedish jazz icon Kjell Öhman.Zoltan’s interest in and artistic approach to wind instruments have been deeply influenced by the Danish iconic recorder virtuoso Michala Petri, legendary flutist Sir James Galway, and the renowned jazz saxophonist Michael Brecker, who was among the first major artists to pioneer the expressive use of the Electronic Wind Instrument (EWI).