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Béla Kovács (clarinetist)

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Béla Kovács (1 May 1937 – 7 November 2021[1]) was a Hungarian clarinetist.[2]

Education

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Kovács was born in Tatabánya, Hungary. He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.

Performance career

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Kovács was principal clarinetist with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra from 1956, until he retired in 1981.[3]

Teaching career

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Kovács was 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 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 performed widely today.

Compositions

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Hommages for Clarinet Solo

  • Hommage a J.S. Bach
  • Hommage a G. Gershwin
  • 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
Béla Kovács, Hommage á C.M. von Weber, Arsenije Marić, clarinete   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2UMLxMpSjg==References==

Hommage à Zoltan Kodály for Solo Clarinet - Arsenije Marić

  1. ^ Meghalt Kovács Béla klarinétművész (in Hungarian)
  2. ^ Colin James Lawson, ed. (2001). The Cambridge companion to the clarinet. Cambridge Companions to Music. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-47066-8.
  3. ^ "Béla Kovács | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 2020-01-18.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZlZLeBi93Y

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