Mercedesz Csampai has been interested in theatre and music since her childhood. She was born in Budapast and both her parents are musicians: father Elemer Csampai - Hungarian violinist at the Budapest Opera House orchestra and mother Natalia Usmanova from Moscow - actress and opera singer at the Opera Vox in Stockholm. Her very first performance as a pianist Mercedesz made at the age of 5 in Stockholm, where she moved with the family in 1996. When she turned 7 - she took a part in the piano competition "Unga Pianister" (Young Pianists)- didn't win, but reached to the semifinals. She continued… Mercedesz Csampai has been interested in theatre and music since her childhood. She was born in Budapast and both her parents are musicians: father Elemer Csampai - Hungarian violinist at the Budapest Opera House orchestra and mother Natalia Usmanova from Moscow - actress and opera singer at the Opera Vox in Stockholm. Her very first performance as a pianist Mercedesz made at the age of 5 in Stockholm, where she moved with the family in 1996. When she turned 7 - she took a part in the piano competition "Unga Pianister" (Young Pianists)- didn't win, but reached to the semifinals. She continued her musical education and graduated from Lilla Academy School. Now Mercedesz is studying at the Junior Academy of Music - Lilla Akademien. Besides the piano and violin she plays the recorder at the different medieval Festivals. Mercedesz speaks fluently several languages:English, Swedish, Russian, Hungarian. Her mother tongue is Russian,father - Hungarian. She has been speaking English and Swedish since she was 3,5 years old. She has French and Italian as an extra languages at the Academy. On summer 2007 Mercedesz Csampai studied and performed Shakespeare in London.More
