Biography
Jan Horvath has just released her first
solo album as singer / songwriter!
The cd is called “Never
Too Late” and it is an eclectic mix of musical
styles and sentiments. Some of the best musicians in the
business worked on it with her, including her co-producer
/ guitarist Peter Calo
of Carly Simon fame.
Jan is best known from her work on Broadway
and in the Symphonic Orchestra world as a guest soloist
. She appeared in five Broadway shows including the original
companies of “The Phantom of the
Opera” where she performed the roles of Christine
and Carlotta; Bob Fosse's “Sweet
Charity” (the first revival starring Debbie
Allen); and “The ThreePenny Opera”
starring the one and only Sting.
Jan toured around the country playing a very old cat -
Grizabella, (you know the one
who sings "that song") in Lord Lloyd Webber's
"CATS". She also had the privilege of performing
in “The Bernstein Mass”
at the Vatican in Rome and Carnegie
Hall.
Jan is proud of her Off-Broadway work as
well which includes working with Yoko
Ono in her musical “New
York Rock” (cast album on Capitol Records),
and playing the role of Svetlana
in the Tim Rice's Revised version of “Chess”
where she got to sing one of the best songs ever written:
“Someone Else's Story”.
Another Off-Broadway favorite was “Jacques
Brel is...” at the Equity Library Theater
where she wowed audiences with her version of Brel's amazing
song “Marieke”. Other
notable roles include Eva Peron in
“Evita”, Nellie
Forbush in “South Pacific” and Kathy
in Jason Robert Brown’s “The Last 5 Years”
for the Arizona Musicfest 2007.
Jan has sung with over one hundred symphony
orchestras in the United States as well as major symphonic
orchestras in Italy, Brazil, China, Israel, Canada, and
Bulgaria!!!! She has performed as a soloist with Bravo
Broadway, and The
Three Broadway Divas and has worked with some of the
best pops conductors in the business including Skitch
Henderson, Peter Nero,
Marvin Hamlisch, Eric
Kunzel, Doc Severinsen,
Richard Hayman, Don
Pippen, Jeff Tyzik and
Michael Krajewski.
As a songwriter Jan had the incredible privilege
of premiering her song “Immigrant's
Anthem” with the Cincinnati
Pops Orchestra in 2005, and most recently got to
sing it again with The Rochester Philharmonic
on a barge in the Erie Canal with about 14,000 people
lining the shores! Quite a thrill!!! This year she also
performed another original song called “Adolescent's
Lament” with the Albuquerque
and Wichita Symphonies in which she played - of
all things -her TUBA!!! (Note
her tuba can be heard on the final track of her CD as
well!) Jan lives in New York City with the love of her
life, the incredibly gifted Italian-born Painter/Artist/Poet,
Rino Li Causi. Rino provided the beautiful images for
her CD. To see his work go to Rinolicausi.com
or RinoCards.com. |
