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This is the Artist Database of BMC, which includes information about composers, musicians, orchestras, choirs and groups that are either Hungarian or Hungarian by origin or live in Hungary, as well as information about releases recorded with them.

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Rák Béla Gyula

guitar
Place of Birth
Budapest
Date of Birth
1973
Web
http://www.rakbela.hu/
 
Mag. Béla Gyula Rák (Academic Degree: Magister Artium) guitarist, teacher, soloist of the Hungarian Radio


Education:

1993–1997 Liszt Ferenc College of Music, Budapest, Diploma (Guitar Teacher and Chamber Musician)
1997–2003 University of Music Performing Arts, Vienna,- Concert Class, Diploma (Academic Degree of Magister Artium)
2003- University of Music Performing Arts, Vienna, together with the University Vienna (Doctorstudium)

Competitions, prizes:
1983 Budapest Guitar Contest – Finalist
1991 Budapest Guitar Competition – Second place
1991 Vác National Guitar Competition – Second place and special prize for best interpretation of contemporary music
1995 „Alhambra” Guitar Competition, Hungary – Third place
1999 „Viva” International Latin Music Festival, organised by the Hungarian Radio – Prize for best soloist and best guitarist (including CD recording)


Scholarships and Awards:

1991 Aelia Sabina Award for Music Culture of Óbuda (3rd district, Budapest)
1997 Artist Postgraduate Scholarship from Soros Foundation
1998 ÖAD Action Exchange Program Austria – Hungary
2000 Funding support from the Hungarian National Cultural Foundation
2000 Funding support from the Cultural and Media Committee of Óbuda
2002 The Tokyo Foundation
2002–2003 „Annie Fischer” Artist Scholarship from the Ministry of Cultural Heritage
2007 "Magyar Csillagok díj" (Hungaryan Stars Award) from Duna Tv
2007 Artisjus Prize


Orchestras:

- Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez,
- Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia and
- Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue with the Dohnányi Symphony Orchestra, Budafok
- Misa Criolla, with the Academic Choir Society,
- Rodrigo: Fantasia para un Gentilhombre with the Pest County Symphony Orchestra


Performances:

Numerous concerts nationally (Hungary) and internationally including:
Belgium: (Brussels),
Germany: At the Cultural Institute of the Hungarian Republik (Stuttgart)
Austria: In Vienna: - at the Hungarian Cultural Institute (Collegium Hungaricum), - at the Hungarian Embassy, - in the Vienna State Opera (Staatsoper), - in the Vienna Volksoper, - at the French Cultural Institute, - at the Old Town Hall of Vienna (CD recording), - jazz concert at the Giocoso International Festival, (Lieboch), at the Castle Loosdorf
Rumania: At the Cultural Institute of the Hungarian Republic, (Bucharest)
Russia: At the Cultural Institute of the Hungarian Republic, (Moscow)
Slovakia: At the „28. Musical Spring” festival (Poprad)
Slovenia: (Lendva)
Various CD, Radio and Television productions (Duna Tv, Hungarian Radio, M1, Civil Rádió, Budapest Tv, Főnix Tv)