Béla Drahos (born 14 April 1955) is a Hungarian

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and

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Biography

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Drahos started out as a flautist, joining the

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in his hometown when he was just 8 years old. At the age of 12 he became the principal flautist, and as a young man he won several flute competitions. He studied at the Liszt Academy in Budapest, graduating in 1978. He did not make his conducting debut until 1992 with an all-

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programme. His first recording as a conductor was a disc of three

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for

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. He has also been soloist and conductor in a disc of

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flute

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, as well as conducting flute concerti by

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with another soloist. Moreover, he worked with the Hungarian composer Robert Gulya and the Austrian guitarist

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and published recordings with them for Gramy Records. He was conductor during the recording of the critically acclaimed

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of '' Hitman 2: Silent Assassin'' and '' Hitman: Blood Money'', composed by

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and performed by the

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and Hungarian Radio Choir.

Discography

* 1992: Bach, C.P.E.: Sonatas for Flute and Harpsichord, Wq. 83-87 (Naxos) * 1998: Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Vol. 1 (Naxos) * 2000: Vivaldi: Flute Concertos Vol. 2 (Naxos) * 2002: Chill with Vivaldi (Naxos) * 2004: Between Present and past ( Gramy Records) * 2005: Flute Moments (Naxos) * 2010: Live in Budapest ( Gramy Records)Information about the DVD ''Live in Budapest''
on the web site of Gramy Records. Videos of ''Concerto for guitar and orchestra'' and the tango ''The Milonguero and the Muse'' by Robert Gulya played live by Béla Drahos,

and the

References

External links

Naxos bio
1955 births Living people Hungarian male conductors (music) Hungarian flautists People from Kaposvár 21st-century Hungarian conductors (music) 21st-century Hungarian male musicians 21st-century flautists {{hungary-conductor-stub