Tamás Hacki (Budapest, February 18, 1944) is a Hungarian ENT doctor, university professor and art-whistler.
At the age of five, he began whistling, learned to play the violin, and was also a choir member. He shared first prize in “Who Knows What?” in 1962. That same year, he graduated from Kölcsey Ferenc Gymnasium in Budapest. He began university studies and graduated as an ENT specialist in 1970. He then worked in the ear, nose, and throat department of Budapest’s MÁV Hospital and participated in the MIDEM Festival in Cannes that same year. His albums have been released in several countries. In 1983–1984, he went on a phoniatric study trip to Germany and subsequently completed his specialist examination in Budapest. In 1986, one of his German professors called him back, and he taught at the Hanover Medical School for six years. He completed his habilitation in 1990 and became a university professor at the Medical Faculty of the University of Regensburg in 1992. On New Year’s Eve 2007, he performed with the Munich Symphony Orchestra, and on March 20, he gave a concert in Munich with his former backing band, the Ex-Antiquis Band. He currently lives in Regensburg, where he worked at the University Hospital.
He founded the Clinic for Phoniatrics and Pediatric Audiology and the associated Speech Therapist Training Institute, as well as a rehabilitation department that treats voice and swallowing disorders. He is also a frequent guest in Hungary, leads several specialist and speech therapist training courses, organizes conferences, and gives lectures. In 2008, he received the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany1 and in 2015, the Pro Cultura Hungarica Award. In 2022, he was elected an external member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Die Lerche und Playlist auf youtube where he accompanies himself on the guitar