Vilmos Tatrai ( Hungarian. Tátrai Vilmos ; October 7, 1912 , Budapest - February 2, 1999 , ibid.) - Hungarian violinist , ensemble, conductor [1] .
| Vilmosh Tatrai Hungarian Tátrai vilmos | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | October 7, 1912 |
| Place of Birth | Budapest , Austria-Hungary |
| Date of death | February 2, 1999 (86 years old) |
| Place of death | Budapest , Hungary |
| Buried | |
| A country | Hungary |
| Professions | performer, music teacher |
| Years of activity | 1936 - 1994 |
| Instruments | violin |
| Collectives | quartet Tatrai |
| Awards | Kossuth Prize (1958) |
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Biography
As a child, he was taught to play the violin by his father, a music lover working as a locksmith in a depot. It was with his father that Tatrai began playing in an amateur orchestra . [1] Studied with Laszlo Laity , Dejo Radosz , Imre Waldbauer . A violin virtuoso, Tatrai preferred an ensemble play. In 1928, together with cellist G. Magyar organized a string quartet in which he played until 1939. [1] In 1936-1937 , the accompanist of the Buenos Aires Radio Orchestra, in 1938-1940 in one of the Budapest orchestras, in 1940-1944 in the Szekesfehervar Orchestra. In 1946, he founded the Tatrai Quartet - one of the leading post-war Hungarian chamber ensembles (performed until 1994 ), in 1957 - the Tatrai Chamber Orchestra. In 1958 he was awarded the Kossuth Prize - the highest Hungarian award in the field of culture. Since 1965, he taught at the Budapest Academy of Music named after Liszt .
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh. - M .: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - S. 538.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 Musical Encyclopedia. / Ch. ed. Yu.V. Keldysh. - “The Soviet Encyclopedia”, 1981. - 1056 p.
Links
- Breuer János. “Érted haragszom ...”: Tátrai Vilmos születésnapjára // Muzsika, 1997 október (Hungarian)