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Lencsés Lajos


oboe

Place of Birth
Dorog
Date of Birth
1943

 
Lajos Lencsés was born in Dorog in the 18th of January 1943. He studied music at the Béla Bartók Conservatory and the Budapest Academy of Music (1961-1966). He has also been the recipient of several scholarships for master courses in France, thanks to the French Institute in Budapest: he was a student of Étienne Baudo at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris in 1967. In Nice, he was a participant in Pierre Pierlot's summer academy.

In 1968, he won one of the most prestigious international music competitions in Geneva, and his international career took flight.

In 1971 he was appointed principal oboist with the Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, where he played for almost four decades until the age of 65.
As a soloist and chamber musician, he has performed in major European cities such as Paris, Vienna, Berlin, Madrid, Brussels, Athens and Lisbon, as well as in concert halls in the US and Japan. He has collaborated with renowned artists such as Sergiu Celibidache, Karl Münchinger, Sir Neville Marriner, Christoph Eschenbach and Jean-Pierre Rampal.

His vast repertoire, ranging from baroque to contemporary music, is preserved in more than fifty acclaimed recordings. Although his professional activities are closely tied to Germany, France and Switzerland, he regularly returns to Hungary to give concerts and master classes. He has been a corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Arts since 2023.

In 2003 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Republic of Hungary and a year later the Officer’s Cross of the Hungarian Order of Merit.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1993 Farkas Ferenc: Aria e Rondo all'ungherese Capriccio C10894
1995 Salieri, Antonio: Concerto for Oboe, Violin and Cello in D major - Concerto for Flute and Oboe in C major - Sinfonia, "La Veneziana" Capriccio C10530
1997 Bach, J. Ch.: Sinfonie Concertanti, Vol. 4 Capriccio C10811
2000 Barber, Samuel: Capricorn Concerto - Serenade Op.1 - Foote, Arthur: Air and Gavotte - Suite in E major Capriccio C10505
2002 Holst, Gustav: St. Paul's Suite - A Fugal Concerto - Britten, Benjamin: Simple Symphony - Walton, William: 2 Pieces for Strings Capriccio C10584
2002 Dittersdorf, Carl Ditters von: Oboaversenyek Hungaroton HCD 32062 Own
2003 Saltus Hungaricus Bayer Records BR 100 340 Own
2004 Classic Moods Capriccio C18414
2004 Sunset Classics Capriccio C67107-08
2005 Druschetzky, Georg: Zeneművek üstdobra és zenekarra
(Druschetzky, Georg: Works for Timpani and Orchestra)
Hungaroton HCD 32236 Own
First recording
2005 Albinoni, Thomaso: Concertos Opp.5, 7 and 9 Capriccio C67126-29 4 CDs
2006 Haydn, Joseph: Symphonies, Concertos, String Quartets, The Creation (Masterpieces) Capriccio C49520
2008 Pleyel, Ignace Joseph: Vonósok és fúvósok
(Pleyel, Ignace Joseph: String & Winds)
Hungaroton HCD 32572 World premiere recording
2009 Vaughan Williams, Ralph: 10 Blake Songs - Oboe Concerto in A minor - Household Music - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis Capriccio C5035
2009 Bach, Johann Christian: Symphonie concertanti Capriccio C7005
2010 Christmas Meditation Capriccio C7073 5 CDs
2011 Fasch, Johann Friedrich: Overtures / Concertos Capriccio C5073
2011 Salieri, Antonio: Sinfonia "La Veneziana" - Concertos Capriccio C5087
2015 Hyperion sorsdala
(Hyperion's song of destiny)
BMC Records BMC CD 218
2017 Kammergesänge - August Friedrich Klughardt: Schilflieder Op. 28 / Hans Koessler: Kammergesänge 1912 und Elegie "Allerseelen" Bayer Records BR 100 413
2025 Lajos Lencsés: Soliloque BMC Records BMC CD 365 Own