Zoltán Kocsis

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Zoltán Kocsis (Hungarian: [ˈzoltaːn ˈkotʃiʃ]; born May 30, 1952) is a Hungarian pianist, conductor, and composer.

Born in Budapest, he started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition. In 1968 he was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he was a pupil of Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Rados.^[1]

In 1970, he gave his first important debuts both at home and abroad. During the following 25 years he toured all over the world, performing with the Berliner Philharmoniker, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Dresden Staatskapelle, the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, the Philharmonia of London, and the Wiener Philharmoniker. American critic Harold Schonberg praised Kocsis' extraordinary technique and fine piano tone.^[2] Kocsis has recorded the complete solo and with orchestra piano work of Béla Bartók.^[3] In 1990, his recording of Debussy's "Images"^[4] won "The Gramophone" Instrumental Award for that year.

In recent years, Kocsis has taken the role of conductor, especially with the Budapest Festival Orchestra (of which he was a founder)^[5] and the Hungarian National Philharmonic, where he is the current musical director.^[6]

References

↑ Hungaroton LP SLPX11711 Liner Notes.
↑ Harold C. Schonberg, The Great Pianists from Mozart to the Present, Second Edition, Simon & Schuster, 1987
↑ Zoltán Kocsis plays Bartók, Philips 8 CD set 475 6720.
↑ Now issued as Philips CD 475 210-2.
↑ See Budapest Festival Orchestra website (links).
↑ See Hungarian National Philharmonic website (links).

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Cultural offices
Preceded by Ken-Ichiro Kobayashi	Principal Conductors, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra 1997-present	Succeeded by incumbent

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 85658415 LCCN: n84088601 ISNI: 0000 0001 0921 7992 GND: 124156185 BNF: cb13896071s NDL: 01107706

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Name	Kocsis, Zoltán
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Short description	Hungarian conductor, pianist and composer
Date of birth	May 30, 1952
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