Academic degree, university position: art teacher
Date, place of birth: 06.09.1962 Debrecen
Studies, qualifications:
1980-85 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Choral conducting, Budapest – choirmaster
1983-86 College of Music, Debrecen – percussion teacher
1986-88 Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest – percussionist
Recordings, principal concerts:
Contemporary music recordings of works by composers such as Kamilló Lendvay, Sándor Szokolay, Emil Petrovics, Miklós Kocsár, László Lajtha, Sándor Balassa, István Láng, György Selmeczi, János Vajda, Péter Eötvös, György Kurtág, Zoltán Jeney, Gergely Vajda
Gala concerts and studio recordings of composers’ competitions
Live concert recordings, TV, CD and DVD recordings of season ticket concerts by the Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra (for example, the complete series of talks by Tamás Vásáry entitled Beyond Music).
Budapest Wagner Days 2006- : The Ring of the Nibelung, Lohengrin, Tannhauser, Tristan and Isolde, The Mastersingers of Nuremburg, Parsifal, The Flying Dutchman (Fisher Ádám – artistic director, conductor; Christian Franz, Petra Lang, Waltraud Meier, Irene Theorin, Matti Salminen, Kurt Rydl)
Premieres and concerts:
- Steve Reich: Drumming (with Amadinda percussion ensemble)
- Zoltán Jeney: Funeral Sermon (with Amadinda percussion ensemble)
- Levente Gyöngyösi: Sinfonia concertante (with Amadinda percussion ensemble);
- Levente Gyöngyösi: Symphony No. 4 (with the Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra)
Finals, gala concerts of Budapest International Instrumental Competitions with the Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra
Hungarian Radio and Television – Conductor Competitions: Sound and visual recordings involving nearly 50 conductors including Christoph von Dohnányi and György Győriványi Ráth.
Concerts and recordings with Hungarian and foreign soloists including Dezső Ránki, Zoltán Kocsis, Jenő Jandó, Miklós Perényi, Kristóf Baráti, José Carreras, Placido Domingo, Leo Nucci, Mstislav Rostropovich, Jonas Kaufmann
Concerts and recordings with Hungarian and foreign conductors including András Mihály, András Kórodi, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, Claudio Abbado, Aldo Ceccato, Giuseppe Patané, Lamberto Gardelli, Antal Doráti, György Solti, Krzysztof Penderecki, Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi, György Lehel, András Ligeti, Ádám Medveczky, Zoltán Kocsis, Tamás Vásáry, Gergely Vajda, János Kovács, Gergely Kesselyák, György Vashelyi
From 1987 he has regularly accompanied the Hungarian National Philharmonic, Danubia Orchestra Óbuda, MÁV Symphony Orchestra, Dohnányi Orchestra Budafok, Concerto Budapest and played in the Hungarian Opera House.
Foreign concerts and tours:
Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra: Europe, North and South America, Asia, Australia, Far East
Hungarian National Philharmonic: Europe, Japan
Symphonia Vienna Orchestra: China (Beijing, Shanghai), Indonesia (Jakarta)
Austrian Strauss Legacy Philharmonic Orchestra: China
Orchestral membership:
1985-87 MÁV Symphony Orchestra
1987- Hungarian Radio and Television Symphony Orchestra – principal percussionist
Teaching activities:
1998-2010: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
- Conducting Department, percussion
- Woodwinds, Percussion Department reading orchestral parts
2010- : Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Budapest
- Conducting Department, percussion, chamber music
Other activities:
Sitting on juries for competitions in Hungary at primary, secondary and higher education levels
Courses held in secondary and higher education in Miskolc, Debrecen, Tokyo (Bartók master class)
Prizes, awards:
1984: 1st prize, National Percussionists’ Competition Debrecen
1985: 1st prize, National Percussionists’ Competition Debrecen
1986: 1st prize, National Percussionists’ Competition Debrecen
As orchestral artist:
1988: Béla Bartók–Ditta Pásztory Prize
2003: Merit Award
Lajtha Prize
Contact: percussi[kukac]freemail.hu
Website: mrze.hu