Zoltán Kocsis
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Biography
Hungarian pianist, conductor and composer Zoltán Kocsis was born in Budapest on May 30, 1952, and died there on November 6, 2016. He was one of the most ardent interpreters and defenders of his compatriot Béla Bartók. A graduate of the Franz Liszt Conservatory, he began his international solo career in 1970 after winning the Beethoven Competition. The youngest winner of the Franz Liszt Prize in 1973, he also won the Kossuth Prize in 1978, teaches at the Franz Liszt Academy in Budapest and regularly records works by Bartók, Bach, Mozart, Chopin, Liszt, Debussy, Grieg and Rachmaninov. Open to contemporary music, he premieres works by Romanian composer György Kurtág(Quasi una fantasia and the Double Concerto for piano and cello) and directs the Budapest New Music Studio. In 1983, together with conductor Iván Fischer, he founded the Budapest Festival, whose orchestra he led from 1987 onwards. Ten years later, he took over the direction of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra. Married to pianist Adrienne Hauser, he is notably the composer of the symphonic poem Tchernobyl.
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- Chopin: Chopin: Waltz No.10 in B minor
- Debussy: Images oubliées, L. 87 - Lent (mélancolique et doux)
- Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, BB 50, Sz. 38 (Op.6) - 8. Andante sostenuto by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, BB 50, Sz. 38 (Op.6) - 6. Lento by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, BB 50, Sz. 38 (Op.6) - 9. Allegretto grazioso by Béla Bartok
- Chopin: Chopin: 'Grande valse' (Waltz No.5) in A flat
- Chopin: Chopin: 'Grande valse brillante' (Waltz No.1) in E flat
- Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, BB 50, Sz. 38 (Op.6) - 1. Molto sostenuto by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 - 2. Sash Dance by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 - 5. Roumanian Polka by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: 6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56 - 1. Stick Dance by Béla Bartok
- Chopin: Chopin: Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor
- Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D, M. 82 - 1. Lento by Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D, M. 82 - 3. Tempo I by Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Ravel: Piano Concerto For The Left Hand In D, M. 82 - 2. Allegro by Budapest Festival Orchestra
- Wagner, Liszt: Lohengrin: Elsas Brautzug zum Münster, S.445
- Waves and Gusty Winds & Carnival of the Animals: XIII. The Swan by Zoltán Kocsis
- Wagner, Liszt: Parsifal: Feierlicher Marsch, S.450
- Bartók: 2 Elegies, BB 49 Sz. 41 (Op.8b) - 2. Molto adagio, sempre rubato by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: 14 Bagatelles, BB 50, Sz. 38 (Op.6) - 14. Waltz (Presto) (Ma mie qui danse) by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: Sonatina, BB 69, Sz. 55 - 1. Allegretto - Allegro by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: Sonatina, BB 69, Sz. 55 - 3. Allegro vivace by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: Sonatina, BB 69, Sz. 55 - 2. Moderato by Béla Bartok
- Bartók: Roumanian Christmas Carols, BB 67, Sz. 57 - 2nd Series
