József Balogh (musician)
József Balogh (* 1956 in Pécs ) is a Hungarian - German clarinetist .
Life
He completed music and clarinet studies with Béla Kovács at the Franz Liszt Music Academy in Budapest , from which he graduated in 1979 with a master’s degree. In 1988 she won first prize twice in important music competitions in Budapest and Graz. In 1989 he complemented his studies with a course with Larry Combs in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Georg Solti .
From 1976 to 1985 József Balogh was a member of the orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera and then until 1996 first clarinetist of the Budapest Symphony Orchestra on the Hungarian radio . This was followed by an international concert activity as a soloist a. a. with the Budapest Police Orchestra, the Budapest Symphonic Band, the Franz Liszt Chamber Orchestra of the Zemplén Art Festival , the State Orchestra of Târgu Mureș , the Bad Wörishofen Spa Orchestra and many chamber music ensembles. Balogh was artistic director of the clarinet ensemble " ClarSix " and the wind quintet " Ozon ".
Since 1985 József Balogh has also worked as a lecturer in the field of clarinet, first at the Bela Bartok Conservatory in Budapest and since 1988 at the Franz Liszt Music Academy there. As a guest lecturer, he has also given and still gives numerous master classes, for example in 1997 at the University of North Texas , 1997–2007 at the University of Oklahoma , in 1998 at the Israel Clarinet Festival Tel Aviv , the University of Kansas and Utah State University , and in 2000 at the Royal College of Music in London and at the Nuremberg University of Music , since 2001 at the Europe Music School Budapest and 2004 at the NERV Conventie Utrecht .
József Balogh has participated in numerous recordings for the music publishers Naxos , Fontrade , Spring Hill Music Group , Capriccio and Farao Classics .
Discography
- Adagio Boxed Set , Naxos 8.504011
- Meditation (Swedish Edition) , Naxos 8.503163
- The Very Best Of , Naxos 8.502020
- Great Chamber Music (10-CD box set), Naxos 8.501064
- Warm Red Hours , Romantic Classical Music (3CD set), Naxos 8.503038
- Music for Comfort Naxos 8.503158
- Brahms: Clarinet Trio, Op. 114 / Clarinet Quintet, Op. 115 , Naxos 8.550391
- Mozart: Piano Trio, K. 498, 'Kegelstatt' / Violin Sonata No. 26 (arr. For clarinet and string trio), Naxos 8.550439
- Hear, Learn, Grow: Music for Babies and Children , Naxos 8.551218
- Beethoven: Adagio , Naxos 8.552240 (1997)
- Beethoven: Chamber music for horns, woodwinds and strings , Naxos 8.553090, (1995)
- Mozart: Clarinet Quintet, K. 581 / String Quintet, K. 515 Naxos 8.553254, 8.550390
- Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B flat minor / DVORAK: String Quartet No. 12, "American" Naxos 8.553256
- Sarabande: Classical Favorites for Relaxing and Dreaming, Naxos 8.556613
- Liebesleid: Classical Favorites for Relaxing and Dreaming, Naxos 8.556615
- Donizetti: Double Concerto / Flute Concertino / Clarinet Concertino, Naxos 8.557492
- AZ of Classical Music (3rd Expanded Edition, 2009) Naxos Educational 8.558212-13
- The Genius of Beethoven Naxos 8.578194
- My First Mozart Album , Naxos, 8.578204, 8.578233
- My First Beethoven Album , Naxos 8.578206, 8.578235
- Harp Recital: Vigh, Andrea, Handel, GF, Dittersdorf, CD by, Debussy, C., Ravel, M. Capriccio C10485
- Classic masterpieces: Maurice Ravel, Capriccio C49038
- Contrasts - Hungarian Clarinet Music , with various artists. FonTrade, 1990
- Music for the Mozart Effect , with various artists. Spring Hill Music, 1998.
- Mozart Effect: Music for Little Ones , with various artists. Children's Group, 2000.
- Interclarinet , with various artists. Farao Classics, 2007.
Memberships
- 1989 Chairman of the Hungarian section of the International Clarinet Association
- 1997 Artistic Director of the European Clarinet and Saxophone Society
Awards
- 1974 2nd prize in the international competition " Concertino Praga "
- 1988 "Bartok-Pasztory Prize" Budapest
- 1988 1st prize at the International Chamber Music Competition Graz with the Danubius Quartet
- 1988 1st prize at the Hungarian Radio National Woodwind Competition
- 1989 scholarship from the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
Web links
- Biography at World Clarinet Alliance
- Capriccio Clarinet Orchestra
- Biography and discography at Naxos
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Balogh, József |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian clarinetist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Pécs |