Kálmán Berkes is a Hungarian

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. Berkes was born in

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on May 8, 1952. He graduated from the Budapest Liszt Music Academy in 1972. He won second place at the

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International Music Competition in 1974, and his Opera Wind Quintet was a prize-winner in

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in 1975. He was principal clarinetist in the Hungarian State Opera, the Budapest Philharmonic and the Budapest Festival Orchestra, and was a member of the Budapest Chamber Ensemble. He founded the Budapest Wind Ensemble in 1982. His recording of Bartók's ''Contrasts'' was a ''Gramophone Magazine'' Editor's Choice.

Discography

*'' Bartók: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Contrasts'', with

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and

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, 1994. *''

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: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Scherzo / Leider, Op. 92'', with Jenő Jandó *'' Krommer: Clarinet Concertos'', with Kaori Tsutsui and Tomoko Takashima. Naxos, 1995. *''

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: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34 / Grand Duo Concertant'', with Jenő Jandó. Naxos, 1995. *''

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: 5 Divertimentos'', with Koji Okazaki and Tomoko Takashima. Naxos, 2000. *''

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: Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 1'', with the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia *''Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 2'', with the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

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