Márta Fábián

Márta Fábián (born April 27, 1946 in Budapest ) is a Hungarian cimbalom player .

Life

Fábián started playing the cimbalom at the age of eight. From 1956 she was a member of the Children's Choir of the Hungarian Radio for several years . She received lessons at the Béla Bartók School of Music in Budapest and then studied cimbalom at the Franz Liszt Music Academy with Ferenc Gerencsér . In 1967 she successfully completed her studies with a diploma. From 1967 to 1973 she worked with the Budapest State Dance Ensemble ( Budapest Táncegyüttes ) and from 1969 as a soloist with the Budapest Chamber Ensemble ( Budapesti Kamaraegyüttes ). In the following time she was to be heard as a guest soloist at various festivals, among others in Darmstadt , Zagreb , Graz , Lucerne , Witten , Warsaw and Paris , where she also worked with the ensemble die reihe . In addition, she also played in small ensembles, such as a duo with guitar or a trio with flute and guitar or with flute and cello . Fábián participated in more than ten record productions.

repertoire

In addition to classical music, a special focus of her work is on contemporary music, especially from Hungary. Works by György Kurtág , Emil Petrovics , István Láng , László Sáry , Endre Székely and Sándor Szokolay can be heard in their program and on their recordings . The cimbalom part of the composition Éclat / Multiples by Pierre Boulez from 1970 was written especially for Fábián.

Appreciation

She received the Liszt Ferenc-díj Prize in 1979 and the Érdemes Művész Prize in 1988 .

Discography (selection)

• Cimbalom Recital - Works by Kurtág, Láng, Petrovics, Sáry, Stravinsky, Szokolay . Hungaroton, 1975
• Cimbalom Music From Hungarian Countries . Qualiton, 1977
• Contemporary Hungarian Cimbalom Music . Hungaroton, 1978
• Contemporary Hungarian Cimbalom Music Vol. 2 . Hungaroton, 1979
• Hungarian Cimbalom Music - Magyar Cimbalommuzsika . Hungaroton, 1980
• Márta Fábián & Ágnes Szakály : JS Bach - French Suites BWV 813, 814, 816 . Hungaroton, 1981
• Márta Fábián, Imre Kovács jr. & Béla Sztankovits: Baroque Music - Abel, Boismortier, Leclair, Pachelbel, C. Stamitz, Telemann . Hungaroton, 1981
• Márta Fábián, Adrienne Csengery, Ilona Tokody, Ágnes Szakály: All That Music - a cimbalom recital by Márta Fábián . Hungaroton, 1990

literature

• Fábián, Márta . In: The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, 2nd edition , Volume 8, p. 490.

Web links

• Fábián Márta , at BMC ( Hungarian )