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Vajda József

bassoon
Place of Birth
Zalaegerszeg
Date of Birth
1947
Orchestra
Magyar Rádió Fúvósötöse (Wind Quintet of the Hungarian Radio)
 
He completed his studies in Pécs and Budapest where he studied with György Keszler and Imre Rudas. In 1970 he joined the Hungarian Radio Orchestra where he was principal bassoonist. He has taught bassoon and chamber music at the Béla Bartók Music College and various musical camps for nearly twenty years. For the last decade, he has been the professor of the Chamber Music faculty at the Ferenc Liszt Music College. József Vajda has been a member of the Radio Orchestra’s Flute Quintet since 1975, and in 1979 won first prize at the International Chamber Music Festival in Colmar. He has released a number of records and CDs. He regularly performs with the Liszt Chamber Orchestra and is a member of the Austrian-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra. In 1981, József Vajda was awarded the prestigious Liszt Award by the Hungarian State, and in 1999 he won the György Lehel Award.
 
Year Title Publisher Code Remark
1987 Csemiczky, Miklós: Commedia senza parole; Summoning Song; Kyrie; Antiphonae No. 2
(Csemiczky: Commedia senza parole; Előhívó ének; Kyrie; Antiphonae No. 2) 		Hungaroton SLPX 12854 LP
1988 The Hungarian Radio Wind Quintet
(A Rádiózenekar fúvósötöse) 		Radioton SLPX 31084 LP
1991 Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus: Piano Quintet in E-flat major - Beethoven, Ludwig van: Piano Quintet in E-flat major Naxos 8.550511
1994 Kocsár Miklós: Concerto - in memoriam ZH; Sequenze; Episodi; Elegia; Five Movements Hungaroton HCD 31188
1995 Hommage Magyar Rádió MR 011 4 CDs
1995 Beethoven, Ludwig van: Chamber Music for Horns, Winds and Strings
(Beethoven, Ludwig van: Kamarazene kürtre, fúvósokra és vonósokra) 		Naxos 8.553090
1997 Martinu, Bohuslav: Chamber Music
(Martinu, Bohuslav: Kamarazene) 		Hungaroton HCD 31674
1997 Beethoven, Ludwig van: Adagio Naxos 8.552240
1998 Meditation: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming
(Meditation: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming) 		Naxos 8.556614
1998 Nocturne: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming Naxos 8.556620
1998 Warm Red Hours - Romantic Classical Music (3CD set)
(Varma Röda Stunder - Romantisk Klassisk Musik (3CD set)) 		Naxos 8.503038 3 CDs
1999 The A to Z of Classical Music
(Klassiskt A-Ö (Musiklexikon och 2 CD)) 		Naxos 8.553362 2 CDs
1999 Chamber Music Favourites Naxos 8.554429
2001 Paralel Monologues - Contemporary Hungarian Music for Cimbalom
(Párhuzamos monológok - kortárs magyar zene cimbalomra) 		Hungaroton HCD 31997
2001 Hungarian Electroacoustic Music by Zoltán Pongrácz & Iván Patachich
(Magyar Elektronikus Zene - Pongrácz Zoltán, Patachich Iván) 		Hungaroton HCD 31985
2003 Songs and Dances from the Vietórisz Tabulature
(Dalok és táncok a Vietórisz-kéziratból) 		Hungaroton HCD 32133
2004 A Musical Journey - Vienna: A Musical Tour of the City's Past and Present Naxos 2.110502
2005 Beethoven for Meditation Naxos 8.557751 Swedish edition
2007 Meditation Naxos 8.571075
2009 Hajdu, Mihály: Blonde Willows - Chamber Works, Choruses & Piano Pieces
(Hajdu Mihály: Szőkül a fűz - Kamaraművek, kórusok, zongoradarabok) 		Hungaroton HCD 32614
2010 Beethoven, Ludwig van: The Genius of Beethoven Naxos 8.578194 2 CDs
2011 My First Beethoven Album Naxos 8.578206
2012 My First Beethoven Album
(Min Forste Beethoven) 		Naxos 8.578235
2016 My First Classical Albums (9-CD Box Set) Naxos 8.509003 9 CDs