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.
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He began writing music while studying piano and classical composition at the Bartók Béla Konzervatórium (music conservatory). Then he received his masters degree in piano at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music. Later on, he went on to study music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusettes.
Moving to New York for seven years, he became very popular as a composer, songwriter and music producer. He has worked with many musical artists like Jennifer Lopez, Anastacia, Faith Evans, Article A, Ginuwine, Donna Summer, Jessica Andrews, Pixie Lott, Sylvia Tosun, David Phelps, Dream, M2M, Marion Raven, Hiromi Go, Coco Lee, Plus One and Yanni and many others.
His song "Tell Me Girlfriend" has been used in soundtrack of Bedazzled and other productions.
In 2010, he became a judge in the Hungarian X-Faktor talent show and a mentor for the groups. In 2011 he returned to the show mentoring the "Over 25s" and Tibor Kocsis of his team won the second series.
He is now working on his debut album.
Born in Budapest in 1975, he is the son of the famous classical composer Miklós Malek and pop singer and music teacher Mária Toldy. His sister Andrea Malek is also a singer and actress.
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