Béla Kovács (clarinetist)
Béla Kovács (1 May 1937 – 7 November 2021[1]) was a Hungarian clarinetist.[2]
Education
[edit]Kovács was born in Tatabánya, Hungary. He graduated from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary.
Performance career
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
- ^ 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.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZlZLeBi93Y
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