Aladár Pege (8 October 1939 – 23 September 2006) was a

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musician from

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. He was well known for his work and was dubbed "the Paganini of

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". He was chosen as best soloist of Europe in 1970, performed at

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and worked with

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. This was quite rare during the communist era, when Hungarian (and other Eastern bloc countries') artists were seriously restricted in foreign travel. He spent his last decades teaching at the

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Academy of Music in Budapest.

External links

Aladár Pege's Official siteMp3s of Aladár Pege's music
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pege, Aladar 1939 births 2006 deaths Hungarian jazz musicians Hungarian Romani people Post-bop double-bassists Romani musicians 20th-century double-bassists Mingus Dynasty (band) members