József Balogh (musician)

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Jószef Balog at the New Year's Concert in Warburg 2016

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

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personal data
SURNAME Balogh, József
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian clarinetist
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Pécs