Jazz pianist Kálmán Oláh, a native of Hungary, has gained an international reputation as an artist who masterfully combines the elements of jazz, folk and contemporary classical music. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Grand Prize of the 2006 Thelonious Monk International Jazz Composers Competition. Renowned for his distinctive compositional style and his original approach to playing jazz, Kálmán has appeared with scores of well-known artists including Lee Konitz, Randy Brecker, Steve Grossman, Jack DeJohnette, John Patitucci, Tommy Campbell, Ron McClure, Stefano Di Battista, Philip Catherine, Palle Danielsson, André Ceccarelli, Paolo Fresu, Kenny Wheeler and Ravi Coltrane, to name a few.

A member of the Jazz Faculty at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest where he teaches the piano and composition, Kálmán is a regular guest either as a soloist or in different international formations, and has performed at prestigious festivals in Europe and Asia, including the London Jazz Festival, Grey Cat festival, Siena Jazz in Italy, Jazz Baltica, and the Solo Piano Festival in Prague.