Vedres Csaba was born in 1964 in Budapest. He frequently attended classical music concerts with his music-teacher parents and, at 10, took up piano lessons. In spite of his tolerant teachers, he was attracted to rock music and changed to guitar at 15 and founded several rock groups in high school. In 1981 Csaba discovered the music of Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson and Frank Zappa; however, the Choral Fantasy of Beethoven also had a great impact and led him to choose classical, rather than jazz study, and he went to study at the conservatory in 1982, with Kocsár Miklós, a highly open and creative teacher. In the autumn of 1986, together with Péter Pejtsik (cello) and Gábor Egervári (flute), Csaba founded the group After Crying. Thier aim was to create "contemporary, but listenable" music. For a year, they had been listening to contemporary composers like Schönberg, Stockhausen, Boulez and Ligeti, but they all realised that this music was not their path. Instead, they found what was authentic for them in the contemporary music roots of the music of ELP, King Crimson, Frank Zappa and Laurie Anderson. Following this, they found their distinct direction, which found a favourable audience reception in the time frame of 1990-91. Csaba left After Crying in the summer of 1994, due to personal and artistic reasons and since then he has pursued a solo career. He has released several solo CDs since 1999, gradually shifting back towards classical music. His aim is to create authentic contemporary music based on the classical tradition, but using undertones of rock. Zongorazene/Music for Piano was released in 2000 and, while a Korg Synthesizer is (sparsely) present on this recording, piano is front and center throughout and the influence of Keith Emerson can occasionally be heard, especially on the 15 minute "Rock-szonata." For this album, Csaba performs his compositions from throughout the 1990s and one that was begun as early as 1981.