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Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest

1st prize at the Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition 1986

By Jean-Pierre Mathez

Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest

Anonymous Brass Quintet Budapest

1st prize at the Narbonne International Brass Quintet Competition 1986

The “Anonymous” Brass Quintet was founded in 1981 by students from the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. The ensemble quickly distinguished itself at numerous concerts in Hungary which aroused great enthusiasm. In 1982 it won the Barcs international brass chamber music competition and then won 1st prize outright at Ancona in Italy, plus the 1st prize for chamber music. It has had many tours to Austria, Bulgaria, France, Italy and Yugoslavia.

The 1st prize at Narbonne 1986 goes to a high-class ensemble with refined and subtle interpretations. They make the audience forget they are playing brass instruments; only the music is heard.

Tamás Velenczei (trumpet), Zoltán Varga (horn), Zoltan Tóth (trumpet), Jenö Kacsik (trombone) and József Bazsinka (tuba)...

Tamás Velenczei (trumpet), Zoltán Varga (horn), Zoltan Tóth (trumpet), Jenö Kacsik (trombone) and József Bazsinka (tuba).

Trumpets Tamás Velenczei (Budapest Symphony Orchestra) and Zoltan Tóth (Hungarian National), horn Zoltán Varga (Budapest Symphony), trombone Jenö Kacsik (Hungarian National) and tuba József Bazsinka (Budapest Opera) have managed to blend their personal styles into one.

This success holds out great promise for a brilliant career and recognises a national organisation and a school of musical and instrumental teaching which is among the best in the world.

Contact address: Interconcert, Vörösmarty tér 1, H - 1368 Budapest. ☎ 176 222, Telex 224121

⁎ “Anonymous” is a legendary figure in Hungarian history. The priest in question was the first historian of the Hungarian people in the 12th century. His faceless statue is to be found in the gardens of Vajdahunyad castle in Budapest.

Brass Bulletin 55, III / 1986 pages 39–40

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