Kálmán Balogh

Kálmán Balogh, 2017

Kálmán Balogh (born January 18, 1959 in Miskolc ) is a Hungarian cimbalom player .

Life

Balogh learned to play the cimbalom at the age of eleven from his uncle Elemér Balogh, then one of the most famous cymbal players in Hungary. He studied classical music in Budapest , was a member of the AVAS group, where he got to know the original folk music of Hungary. In 1980 he received the teaching diploma for the cimbalom at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. Balogh played in the most famous Hungarian folk music groups, with Jánosi, Ökrös, Méta, Téka, Vasmalom , Vízöntő and others. In 1995 he founded the Kálmán Balogh Gypsy Cimbalom Band. The members of the group are: Péter Bede (saxophone), Ferenc Kovács (trumpet and violin), Frankie Látó (violin), Mihály György (guitar) and Csaba Novák (bass).

Discography

1. Master of Gypsy Cimbalom , 2008
2. Aven Shavale , 2007
3. Live in Germany , 2007
4. Karácsonyi Örömzene , 2005
5. David Murray , Kovács Ferenc és Balogh Kálmán & a Gypsy Cimbalom Band , 2005
6. Balogh Kálmán & the Gypsy Cimbalom Band: AromA , 2003
7. Gipsy Colors / Balogh Kálmán és a Romano Kokalo , 1999
8. Balogh Kálmán & the Gypsy Cimbalom Band , 1997

Web links

• Kálmán Balogh Official Website (Hungarian)
• Kálmán Balogh , at BMC (Hungarian)
• Kálmán Balogh at Allmusic (English)