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Kiss Gy. László

clarinet, bassethorn, saxophone
Place of Birth
Kapuvár
Date of Birth
1955
 
He was born in Kapuvár (South-Western Hungary) in 1955 and began to learn the clarinet in his native town. Having completed his studies at the Musical Ssecondary School of Győr, he was admitted in 1975 to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, where he obtained his diploma in 1981. In 1980 he became member of the Orchestra of the Hungarian State Opera House. Since 1992 he has been member of the Budapest Festival Orchestra, playing on different kinds of clarinets and saxophones. To complement his work in the orchestra, he is a committed chamber musician and performs often as a soloist, both in concert halls, and on radio and television. He has been active in popularizing the "tárogató", an old Hungarian woodwind instrument. The label "Hungaraton" released in 1999 a solo CD presenting his art.

Awards
2005 Ferenc Liszt Award

 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1988 Fiatal Zeneszerzők Csoportja 1.
(Young Composers' Group - 1) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12945
1995 Druschetzky Georg: Fúvószene/Harmoniemusik Hungaroton HCD 31618
1998 Mentsük meg a Zeneakadémiát!
(Let's Save the Liszt Academy!) 		Hungaroton HCD 31841
1999 Tihanyi László: Summer Music, Winterscene, Nachtszene etc. Hungaroton HCD 31792
2002 Gémesi Géza művei
(Works by Géza Gémesi) 		Hungaroton HCD 31940
2003 Kiss Gy. László: Hangok a múltból
(László Kiss Gy.: Sound of the past) 		Hungaroton HCD 18262 Own
2004 Dubrovay László: Magyar hangok
(Dubrovay, László: Hungarian Sounds) 		Hungaroton HCD 32274
2004 Music Colors - Hungarian Contemporary Music (1989-2004) BMC HMIC BMC PCD 015 Not for sale - only for promotion
2006 Wohltemperiertes Cymbal Hungaroton HCD 32359
2008 Kiss Gy. László: Transfiguratio Hungaroton HCD 32579 Own
2010 Dubrovay László: Szólók Nos. 1-5.
(László Dubrovay: Solos Nos. 10-5.) 		Hungaroton HCD 32674-75 2 CDs