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Pilz János

violin
Place of Birth
Kiskőrös
Date of Birth
1963
Orchestra
Budapesti Vonósok (Budapest Strings) / Pulzus Vonósnégyes (Pulse String Quartet)
 
He took his degree in violin as a student of Dénes Kovács at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and was concert master of the Hungarian State Orchestra for two years. He won first prize at the Hubay and the Zathureczky violin competitions in 1986 and 1988 respectively. Since 1986 as a member of the Keller quartet he has performed in the most important concert halls of Europe and America. In 1990 the quartet won first prize in Evian /France/ and Reggio Emilia /Italy/ and was awared in 1995 with the Liszt Prize. Their recordings received several distinctions, including the Midem Classical Award, Diapason d’Or and Preis der Deutschen Schallplattenkritik. In 2002 he recorded with András Keller for the ECM label Bartók’s 44 duos. Since 2002 he has been first violin of the Pulzus String Quartet.


A founding member of the Keller Quartet, he has additionally made a name for himself as a soloist in the field of Baroque music (also using period instruments).
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1990 Schubert, Franz: String Quartets
(Schubert, Franz: Vonósnégyesek) 		Hungaroton HCD 31195
1994 Dvorák, Antonín: String Quartet No. 12, op. 96 "American"; String Quintet, Op. 97
(Dvorák, Antonín: F-dúr vonósnégyes (Amerikai) No. 12, op. 96; Esz-dúr vonósötös op. 97) 		Erato 4509-96968-2 Rerelease: Apex 0927-44355-2
1995 Bartók, Béla: Complete String Quartets No. 1-6
(Bartók Béla: Vonósnégyes No. 1-6 (Összkiadás)) 		Erato 2564-62686-2 2 CDs
Rerelease: Apex 4509-98538-2
1996 Miklós Perényi & Zoltán Kocsis in Concert
(Perényi Miklós és Kocsis Zoltán hangversenyfelvételei (1989-1995)) 		Hungaroton HCD 31673
1996 ECM Records ECM 1598
1998 ECM Records ECM 1652
1999 Dés, László: The Hanged
(Dés László: Akasztottak) 		BMC Records BMC CD 021
2000 ECM Records ECM 1763
2001 Fifty Years of Hungaroton - String Players
(50 éves a Hungaroton - Vonósművészek (1951-2001)) 		Hungaroton HCD 32091-3 3 CDs
2002 Cirri, Giovanni Battista: Six Cello Concertos
(Cirri, Giovanni Battista: 6 gordonkaverseny) 		Hungaroton HCD 32125-26 2 CDs
2002 ECM Records ECM 1729 Own
2002 Dvorák, Antonín: String Quartet No. 12, op. 96 "American"; String Quintet, Op. 97
(Dvorák, Antonín: F-dúr vonósnégyes (Amerikai) No. 12, op. 96; Esz-dúr vonósötös op. 97) 		Apex (Warner) 0927-44355-2 Rerelease (Erato, 1994)
2002 Debussy, Claude: String Quartet in G minor, op. 10; ; Ravel: String Quartet in F major
(Debussy, Claude: g-moll vonósnégyes op. 10; Ravel: F-dúr vonósnégyes ) 		Apex (Warner) 8573-89231-2 Rerelease of Erato 4509-96361-2
2003 Schnittke, Alfred: Piano Quintet; Shostakovich, Dmitri: String Quartet No. 15, op. 144
(Schnittke, Alfred: Zongoraötös; Sosztakovics, Dimitrij: Vonósnégyes No. 15, op. 144) 		ECM Records ECM 1755
2006 Bartók, Béla: Complete String Quartets No. 1-6
(Bartók Béla: Vonósnégyes No. 1-6 (Összkiadás)) 		Apex (Warner) 4509-98538-2 2 CDs
Rerelease of Erato 4509-98538-2
2006 Glier, Reinhold M.: String Quartets
(Glier, Reinhold M.: Vonósnégyesek) 		Hungaroton HCD 32401 First recording
2020 Budapest Strings 40
(Budapesti Vonósok 40) 		Budapesti Vonósok Alapítványa