Balogh Kálmán
cimbalom
Place of Birth
Miskolc
Date of Birth
1959
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18th January, 1959 Miskolc
One of the most renowned cimbalom players of our age. He has performed all over the world, not only with folk musicians but also with symphonic and jazz orchestras and contemporary music ensembles well.
He started to play the cimbalom at the age of eleven. His first teacher was his uncle, Elemér Balogh, then Beatrix Szöllős. Later on he studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as pupil of Ferenc Gerencsér. He graduated in 1980 at the dulcimer, solfeggio and singing-teacher department.
At the beginning of his career he was mainly engaged in folk music. He has performed with almost every band which plays authentic Hungarian music, for instance the ensemble Jánosi, Ökrös, Téka, Méta, Mákvirág, Muzsikás, Vízöntő, Zsarátnok, Vasmalom, Fonó and Üsztürü. He was on tour in Germany for months with Sándor Kuti and Sándor Budai with the Magneten Gypsy Show (directed by André Heller), he was also the music director of the show.
Kálmán Balogh has been affected by contemporary music as well, since he had many concerts with the New Music Workshop of Miskolc, the Group 180 and István Márta. He has performed with various jazz formations as well, like BDS Collection (Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Gyula Babos, László Dés), Improvocation (Arnie Somogyi, Tony Lakatos), Quartet B (Mihály Borbély), Dresch Quartet, Archie Shepp, György Vukán, Ágnes Lakatos and Budapest Ragtime Band. He played the János Háry suit by Kodály with such famous symphonic orchestras as the Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Miami, Tallin and Madrid Symphonics.
He won the title The Young Master of Folk Art in 1985, and he was awarded with the eMeRTon Prize in 1999 and the Artisjus Prize in December 2005.
One of the most renowned cimbalom players of our age. He has performed all over the world, not only with folk musicians but also with symphonic and jazz orchestras and contemporary music ensembles well.
He started to play the cimbalom at the age of eleven. His first teacher was his uncle, Elemér Balogh, then Beatrix Szöllős. Later on he studied at the Ferenc Liszt Academy of Music as pupil of Ferenc Gerencsér. He graduated in 1980 at the dulcimer, solfeggio and singing-teacher department.
At the beginning of his career he was mainly engaged in folk music. He has performed with almost every band which plays authentic Hungarian music, for instance the ensemble Jánosi, Ökrös, Téka, Méta, Mákvirág, Muzsikás, Vízöntő, Zsarátnok, Vasmalom, Fonó and Üsztürü. He was on tour in Germany for months with Sándor Kuti and Sándor Budai with the Magneten Gypsy Show (directed by André Heller), he was also the music director of the show.
Kálmán Balogh has been affected by contemporary music as well, since he had many concerts with the New Music Workshop of Miskolc, the Group 180 and István Márta. He has performed with various jazz formations as well, like BDS Collection (Béla Szakcsi Lakatos, Gyula Babos, László Dés), Improvocation (Arnie Somogyi, Tony Lakatos), Quartet B (Mihály Borbély), Dresch Quartet, Archie Shepp, György Vukán, Ágnes Lakatos and Budapest Ragtime Band. He played the János Háry suit by Kodály with such famous symphonic orchestras as the Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Miami, Tallin and Madrid Symphonics.
He won the title The Young Master of Folk Art in 1985, and he was awarded with the eMeRTon Prize in 1999 and the Artisjus Prize in December 2005.