Béla Kovács (clarinetist)
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Béla Kovács (born May 1, 1937 in Tatabánya, Hungary) is a Hungarian clarinetist.[1]
Education[]
He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Performance career[]
He was principal clarinetist with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra since 1956, until he retired in 1981.[2]
Teaching career[]
Kovács has been a Professor of Clarinet at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest and at the University of Music and Dramatic Arts in Graz, Austria. He has also composed a set of concert etudes for clarinet called "Hommages" that are written in the style of a number of different composers and are studied and/or performed widely today.
Compositions[]
Hommages for Clarinet Solo
- Hommage a J.S. Bach
- Hommage a N. Paganini
- Hommage a C.M. von Weber
- Hommage a C. Debussy
- Hommage a M. de Falla
- Hommage a R. Strauss
- Hommage a B. Bartók
- Hommage a Z. Kodály
- Hommage a A. Khachaturian
Studies and Exercises
- I Learn to Play the Clarinet 1
- I Learn to Play the Clarinet 2
- Everyday Scale Exercises
References[]
- ^ Colin James Lawson, ed. (2001). The Cambridge companion to the clarinet. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-47066-8.
- ^ "Béla Kovács | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-01-18.
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