Background
Renáta Tímea Tolvai, known professionally as Reni Tolvai was born on 24 March 1991 into the Hungarian minority in Oradea, Romania.
Renáta Tímea Tolvai, known professionally as Reni Tolvai was born on 24 March 1991 into the Hungarian minority in Oradea, Romania.
In 2010, she was only 19 when besides winning the Hungarian Idol she also became the Hungarian Voice of the Year. Her first single "Hagylak menni" appeared with a music video in the summer of 2011, on 8 August and had a great success hitting the top charts of Hungarian radio"s play lists. Today this song has over 3.5 million views on YouTube.
In 2011 Reni released her debut solo album "Ékszer".
She was also one of the most nominated and awarded woman in Hungary in the past two years:
2011 Bravo Otto – Hungarian female singer of the year 2012 Bravo Otto – Video of the year for " Hagylak menni" 2012 Bravo Otto – Hungarian female singer of the year 2012 Viva Comet – Female performer of the year 2012 Transylvanian Music – Best Hungarian dance-popular hit of the Year. 2013 was the year of Reni"s renaissance: new management, new songs and new look.
Her new and regenerative single "Playdate" brought a taste of freshness not only to her music but for the whole Hungarian popular music Video for this single was released on 3 May.
In 2013, August a new song and video were released with Dj Metzker Viktória and Number!End"s assistance.
The song was originally written and recorded in cooperation with Code of Professional Responsibility Production in the summer of 2012 in Chicago.
In 2014, she released her single "Shout" which has become one of the most popular hits of Reni. In March she went on United States tour, where she performed in Pompano Beach and Sarasota, Florida, Brooklyn, New York and Garfield, New Jersey. Following the tour the music video for Shout has been released. Reni"s music is generally Rhythm & Blues-popular, but she also incorporates electro popular, jazz and soul into her songs.
She was always inspired by her idols Beyoncé Knowles and Aretha Franklin.
Reni is a very energetic and sensitive person. Her boyfriend is András Kállay-Saunders, who is an American-Hungarian singer.
Both participated in Megasztár, and they sang a duet in the show. Megasztár – contestant
A nagy duett – guest
Aktív – guest
Mokka – guest
Frizbi Hajdú Péterrel – guest
Hőálló Megálló – guest
A Dal – contestant.