Gyöngyössy Zoltán
flute
Place of Birth
Komló
Date of Birth
1958
20 February 1958 Komló - 29 December 2011 Budapest
Zoltán Gyöngyössy was born on 20 February 1958 at Komló, Hungary. He began studying music under Mária Apagyi (piano) and Mária Révész (flute) at the Zoltán Kodály Elementary School of Music, and sang in the well-known school choir under Liszt Award winning conductor Ferenc Tóth. From 1972 on, he continued his studies at the Pécs Vocational Secondary School of Arts under István Barth, and from 1976 under Henrik Pröhle at the Flute Department of the Academy of Music, where his professors included András Pernye, Melinda Kistétényi, István Láng, György Kurtág and Albert Simon among others. He graduated with honours in 1981. Subsequently he studied at the Dresden Carl-Maria von Weber College of Music under flute artists Johannes Walter and Arndt Schöne, and in 1982 he was awarded a three-month scholarship to IRCAM in Paris, where he established professional contact with Pierre-Yves Artaud and Robert Aitken.
He was a member of the Europe Chamber Orchestra led by Claudio Abbado, and initially a member of the Budapest Festival Orchestra as well. He regularly taked part in the activities of the Szombathely Bartók Festival headed by Péter Eötvös. In 1993, he toured with Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt, Vienna, Berlin). He played regularly with the Budapest String Ensemble, the Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony Orchestra and the Erkel Chamber Orchestra, and used to play with Új Zenei Stúdió, which has since disbanded. He was a member of the ensembles Componensemble, UMZE and Intermoduláció.
Many contemporary composers have dedicated their pieces to him. He won the Artisjus Award several times, and the Ferenc Liszt Prize in 1993.
He was Professor of the Ferenc Liszt University of Music in Budapest, and an active participant of concert life.
Zoltán Gyöngyössy was born on 20 February 1958 at Komló, Hungary. He began studying music under Mária Apagyi (piano) and Mária Révész (flute) at the Zoltán Kodály Elementary School of Music, and sang in the well-known school choir under Liszt Award winning conductor Ferenc Tóth. From 1972 on, he continued his studies at the Pécs Vocational Secondary School of Arts under István Barth, and from 1976 under Henrik Pröhle at the Flute Department of the Academy of Music, where his professors included András Pernye, Melinda Kistétényi, István Láng, György Kurtág and Albert Simon among others. He graduated with honours in 1981. Subsequently he studied at the Dresden Carl-Maria von Weber College of Music under flute artists Johannes Walter and Arndt Schöne, and in 1982 he was awarded a three-month scholarship to IRCAM in Paris, where he established professional contact with Pierre-Yves Artaud and Robert Aitken.
He was a member of the Europe Chamber Orchestra led by Claudio Abbado, and initially a member of the Budapest Festival Orchestra as well. He regularly taked part in the activities of the Szombathely Bartók Festival headed by Péter Eötvös. In 1993, he toured with Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt, Vienna, Berlin). He played regularly with the Budapest String Ensemble, the Weiner-Szász Chamber Symphony Orchestra and the Erkel Chamber Orchestra, and used to play with Új Zenei Stúdió, which has since disbanded. He was a member of the ensembles Componensemble, UMZE and Intermoduláció.
Many contemporary composers have dedicated their pieces to him. He won the Artisjus Award several times, and the Ferenc Liszt Prize in 1993.
He was Professor of the Ferenc Liszt University of Music in Budapest, and an active participant of concert life.