Kálmán Balogh
Hungarian musician (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hungarian musician (born 1959) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kálmán Balogh (born January 18, 1959) is a Hungarian cimbalom player and leader of Kálmán Balogh's Gypsy Cimbalom Band.[1][2]
Kálmán Balogh | |
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 Balogh Kálmán, Lukács Miklós Gipsy Cimbalom Duo | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Kálmán Balogh |
| Born | January 18, 1959 Miskolc, Hungary |
| Origin | Hungarian |
| Genres | Jazz, contemporary classic, Hungarian folk |
| Instrument | cimbalom |
| Years active | 1980–present |
| Labels | Folkeuropa |
| Website | www |
Balogh is a Hungarian cimbalom player and part of a lineage of Hungarian Gypsy musicians.[3] As a graduate of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, he completed his studies in 1980 under the supervision of Ferenc Gerencsér.[4] Balogh studied Gypsy music in Europe and Asia for several years.
As an artist, he has performed with Hungarian bands such as Jánosi, Ökrös, Téka, Méta, Muzsikás, Zsarátnok, Vízöntő, and Vasmalom. Other acts he has performed with include Orient-Express (Swedish), Sultan (Dutch), Ot Azoj (Dutch), Transglobal Underground, Peter Ogi, and the Joel Rubin Jewish Ensemble. Balogh has played with several musicians including David Murray, Arild Andersen, Patrice Heral, Ferenc Snetberger, Peter Ralchev, Ivo Papazov and Iva Bittova.[5][6]
Balogh was a musical director of Andre Heller's "Magneten Gypsy Show" and performed on a CD with the Budapest Festival Orchestra playing Brahms Hungarian Dances. In 1997, he performed with both the Brooklyn Philharmonic Orchestra and the Miami Philharmonic Orchestra. On 10–11 March 2010, Balogh presented his musical project The Other Europeans at the EU conference "Projects in Favour of Roma Culture", in Brussels, Belgium.[7]
Balogh regularly plays with the Gipsy Cimbalom Band. The group performs Hungarian folk music, as well as classical music and jazz, both at home and abroad.
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