Katalin Burns

“The deeper you dive into this music, the more you let yourself be impressed while listening, the more you get the reality content of it all. Because it suddenly whirls you around and pulls you under like a devious Tisza undertow: it’s pointless to sneak around it or fight it.”
– Riff, on the Visiting the Sun’s Sister project

“Although alien to her own ethnic particularities, she sings the tune almost like a prayer, a voice that comes from within.”
– The Express Tribune, Karachi

Out of her rich repertoire of Hungarian folk tunes and under the influence of various Asian musical traditions, Budapest-based vocalist/flutist Katalin Burns builds her sound on archaic vocals and instrumental dialogues. Her fusion of North and South Asian singing techniques merged with authentic Hungarian folk and flute has become her most important feature. She considers herself a lifelong student of vocal traditions and languages.