Béla Kovács (1 May 1937 – 7 November 2021[1]) was a Hungarian clarinetist.[2]
Education
editKovács was born in Tatabánya, Hungary. He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Performance career
editKovács was principal clarinetist with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra and the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra from 1956, until he retired in 1981.[3]
Teaching career
editKovács 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
editHommages 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
- ^ Meghalt Kovács Béla klarinétművész (in Hungarian)
- ^ 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.
External links
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