Born: 1952, Budapest
Academic degree, university position: associate professor
Studies:
Béla Bartók Secondary School of Music
Liszt Ferenc College of Music, Teacher Training College
Liszt Ferenc College of Music, Artist Training
Teaching activities:
1982 -1986: Béla Bartók School of Music
Since 1990: Liszt Ferenc Academy of Music, Jazz Department
Major concerts:
1982: Jazz Jamboree Warsaw
1983: Jazz Jamboree Warsaw
1983: Bath (GB) Chamber Music Festival
1984: Kuhmo (Finland) Chamber Music Festival
1998: European Broadcasting Union (EBU) Festival, Ljubljana, Slovenia – soloist from Hungary
2002: Béla Zsoldos 50th Anniversary Concert – Hungarian Radio
2004: Classical and Jazz – Hungarian Radio
2006: Fathers and Sons: Béla Zsoldos - Dániel Zsoldos – Hungarian Radio
2008: In Focus: Béla Zsoldos – Palace of Arts, Budapest
Orchestral membership:
Former ensembles:
Kőszegi Percussion Workshop Orchestra
ÜssDob
Jávori Sound Machine
Modern Art Orchestra
Current ensembles:
BDSZ Collection
Creative Art Ensemble
In Line
Morgan Workshop and Morgan Workshop Plus (artistic director)
Recordings:
He has recorded approximately 500 albums with Gyula Babos, Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Attila László, György Vukán and others; his major recordings include:
Hungaroton, 1992: Smúz (Schmooze)
KCG, 1994: Morgan Workshop
KCG, 1996: Morgan Workshop Plus
KCG, 2006: Béla Zsoldos: Timpani Concerto/Vibrafonia
Tom Tom Records, 2008: ÜssDob
KCG, 2008: Béla Zsoldos: MÜPA Koncert (Concert at the Palace of Arts) – DVD
Jazz compositions (and performers):
Finnish-Hungarian Workshop
In Line
Morgan Workshop
Morgan Workshop Plus
Free Style Chamber Orchestra
Timpani concerto
Vibrafonia
Awards and honors:
2000: eMeRTon Award
2004: Artisjus Award
2007: Order of Merit of the Hungarian Republic, Knight's Cross
2013: Ferenc Liszt Award
Contact:
zsoldosbela[at]freemail.hu