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Zoltan Orosz
has inherited the love of the accordion from his father, who noticed
early the outstanding talent of his son. Zoltan was four years
old when he got his first accordion with 8 basses. In 1977, when
he was only 11 years old, he started his studies at a Bela Bartok
music conservatory in Budapest. There, he mastered playing not
only the accordion but the organ as well.
After taking his final exams in 1984 he continued his studies
at Franz Liszt College, Budapest. Zoltan was 13 years old, when
he entered an international accordion competition in Klingenthal
(Germany). Even then.the audience was astonished by the young
player. Thanks to an amateur recording you can listen to his play
from that time.
In 1992 he founded the „Podium Duo” with guitarist Gabor
Ursu. The repertoire is featured by the permanent motto of their
appearances: „Well-known melodies on accordion in virtuoso
interpretation”. To meet their motto, Zoltan and Gabor attempt
to prove that accordion can be used in nearly all genre of music.
They are playing French musettes, German, Italian, Russian, Spanish
pieces and tangos. In their program, fiery South-American tunes,
ragtime and classical adaptations follow each other in harmonious
neighborhood.
From Singapore to Paris the Duo has appeared in numerous cities
of the world, but their most loved place to give concerts is Hungary.
In March 2000 they got the very prestigious “eMeRTon”
award from Radio Hungary as the “Nostalgy Band of the Year.
In 1992 they recorded their first CD titled ”Accordion in
black and white” . Accordion can be heard in different styles
and roles on the CD, the thread that connects these pieces is
the accordionist. Amongst others:
J.
Brahms: V. Hungarian Dance
V. Monti: Tschardas
Jacob Gobe: Jalousie
A. Malando: Ole Guapa
Candellight walz
The second CD, titled „Thousandfaced Accordion”, was
released in 1995. The choice of the pieces is very similar to
the first CD. Amongst others:
G.
Viseur: La flambée montalbanaise
Z. Abreu: Tico-tico
Black Eyes (Russian folk-song)
N. Glanzberg-H.Contet: Padam-padam
G. Diniciu: The lark
As
it is also noticeable from the samples, Zoltan’s musical
interest is amongst rather wide borders. The French chanson has
always been very close to his heart, thus it is not surprising
that they get many invitations to recite these evergreen tunes
and recall the memories of the greatest artists of this interesting
genre.
In
1996 with singer Attila Bardoczy they entred a chanson competition
in Paris and won the award for of „Best Foreign Performers”.
In 1993 with the participation of Zoltan the „ Budapest Accordion
Trio” was founede.(The trio consists of two accordions and
a bass accordion).
The
Trio, being a unique formation all over Europe, is very popular
both in Hungary and abroad. The recording that was made at the
„Herrer-Tabanyi Accordion Gala” has been reshown several
times on the Hungarian TV due to the big demand of audience. The
repertoire of the trio consists of rearranged famous classical
pieces, such as
Mozart: A little night music
R. Korszakov: The Flight of Bumble-bee
and of course popular tracks, as well. As regular performers at
open-air programs during the summer, they had success in front
of big crowds. French music is not new for this formation at all,
because some years before they were the only foreign band invited
for the „French National Accordion Festival”
During
the last couple of years Zoltan won the first prize of „Hungarian
International Accordion Competition” consequently three times.
Zoltan
also plays on many of the CDs of prominent performers of Hungarian
music life. |
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