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Gábor Presser
Gábor Presser (born 27 May 1948) is a Kossuth Prize winning Hungarian musician, composer, singer. He was a band member in Locomotiv GT and Omega, and has been a prominent personality in Hungarian pop and rock music. Biography Childhood Born in Budapest in 1948, his parents are Géza Presser and Elvira Uhrman. His father worked as a poultry dealer in the Great Market hall at Klauzál square. After school his son, Gábor went out to help him. Gábor Presser started playing the piano at the age of four, the pianist Imre Antal also acknowledged the child's talents and predicted that he would become a great artist. He finished the primary school in Kertész street, and subsequently started his studies at the Music High School, meanwhile he played piano at a street dancing school in Kapás street for a 14 HUF hourly rate. He started to deal with composing as a teenager. The family lived at Dob street 46/B on the first floor, and above their home lived the composer and pianist Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kossuth Prize
The Kossuth Prize (, ) is a state-sponsored award in Hungary, named after the Hungarian politician and revolutionist Lajos Kossuth. The Prize was established in 1936, by the Hungarian National Assembly, to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of science, culture and the arts, as well as (during the Hungarian People's Republic) in the building of socialism in general. Since 1963, the domain has been restricted to culture and the arts. Today, it is regarded as the most prestigious cultural award in Hungary, and is awarded by the President of Hungary, President. Recipients Note: This is not a complete listing. *Aladár Rácz (1948) *Zoltán Kodály (1948) *István Csók (1948 and 1952) *Ferenc Erdei (1948 and 1962) *Milán Füst (1948) *Gizi Bajor (1948) *Pál Turán (1948 and 1952) *Géza Zemplén (1948) *Béla Balázs (1949) *Jenő Egerváry (1949) *Annie Fischer (1949, 1955, 1965) *József Marek (1949) *Ferenc Mérei (1949) *Ági Mészáros (194 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klári Katona
Klári Katona (born 20 October 1953) is a Hungarian pop singer. Career Katona was born on 20 October 1953 in Ráckeve, Hungary. She began singing in 1966, at the age of 13, with her professional career beginning in 1972 after the performance of her song "Bővízű forrás" on the Hungarian television programme '' Táncdalfesztivál'' won her an award. She provided vocals for the song "Kék Csillag" by the band Neoton Família, then pursued a solo career. In 1976, she gave concert in Istanbul, Palma de Mallorca, and the musical festival of Sopot. The year 1977 marked the release of her first studio album, ''Savanyú a csokoládé'' backed by Ferenc Demjén and Bergendy. Her real success came in the 1980s with composer backing of Gábor Presser and Dusán Sztevanovity. She appeared as a host on several Hungarian television channels. In 1995, she received the Order of the Hungarian Republic Small Cross. Discography * ''Savanyú a csokoládé'' (1977, lit. "the chocolate is sour") ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gyula Vikidál
Gyula Vikidál (born 25 January 1948) is a Hungary, Hungarian singer. He started his career early as a rock vocalist in groups like iris (Romanian band), Iris, Pannonia, Gesarol, Pop, Rekorder and Gemler. When he joined the P. Mobil Hard rock, heavy rock group, it was an underground group but soon acquired a broad fan base. In 1979–81 he was a member of the Hungarian Dinamit. After that some of his former band members in P Mobil, Istvan Cserháti (d. 2004) and Sándor Bencsik (d. 1987) tempted him into P Box. He was in this group between 1983 and 1986. In 1983 he made his final breakthrough with a wider population, with the dual leading role as the rebel-leader and pagan Koppány in the Rock opera, rock musical of István, a király, King Stephen (István A Király). This has been set up in the 90s and in 2003. This role has become some kind of symbol for Hungarian resistance against imperialist powers like former Turkish or Ottoman Empire and the Soviet Union despite it is cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
András Kern
András Kern (born 28 January 1948) is a Hungarian actor, producer, writer, singer and comedian. Life In 1965, Kern produced a film with a friend, entitled ''Mi Lesz?'' (What will happen?), and subsequently won first prize in the 13th Hungarian National Amateur Film Festival. In 1970, he graduated from the Academy of Drama and Film in Budapest. (Hungarian) He has appeared in numerous films, has written and appeared in many radio sitcoms as well as in many popular Hungarian TV shows such as Heti Hetes and Activity Show. He dubbed Woody Allen in several movies. Selected filmography * '' Stars of Eger'' (1968) * ''141 Minutes from the Unfinished Sentence'' (1975) * ''A Pogány Madonna'' (1981) * '' Oh, Bloody Life'' (1984) * '' Out of Order'' (1997) * '' 6:3 Play It Again Tutti'' (1999) See also *Hungarian pop Hungarian pop is the pop music scene of Hungary. It is often associated with Rezső Seress's song "Gloomy Sunday" which was covered by numerous artists. The most notable ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarolta Zalatnay
Sarolta Zalatnay (born Charlotte Sacher in Budapest, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and ..., 14 December 1947) is a Hungarians, Hungarian singer. She has been noted for a flourishing Hungarian pop, popular music career under Communism, and evolved from teen pop to rock music. Career Zalatnay was born with the name Charlotte Sacher; her family later adopted Hungarian naming conventions and her official name became Zalatnay Sarolta. She appeared on stage for the first time in 1963, using the nickname Cini. In 1966, at age 18, she finished in second place in the Hungarian Television song contest Táncdalfesztivál, with the song "Hol jár az eszem?" ("Where is My Mind Running?"). During this period she worked with the backing bands Bergendy Együttes and Metro (Hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tibor Déry
Tibor Déry (18 October 1894 in Budapest – 18 August 1977 in Budapest) was a Hungarian writer and poet. He also wrote under the names Tibor Dániel and Pál Verdes. György Lukács praised Dery as being "the greatest depicter of human beings of our time". Biography He was born to well-off bourgeois parents. His father was a lawyer and his mother came from a wealthy Jewish-Austrian family. In 1911, he graduated from the Budapest Academy of Commerce and spent a year studying German in St. Gallen. From 1913 to 1918, he worked for his uncle, who operated a lumber business, first in Galócás, Transylvania, then in Budapest. At this time, he began writing and managed to publish a few pieces. After the First World War, he joined the Communist Party. During the brief Hungarian Soviet Republic, he became a member of the . Following the fall of the Republic, he was arrested, but was released shortly and, in 1920, married Olga Pfeifer. He and his wife emigrated later that year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comedy Theatre Of Budapest
The Comedy Theatre of Budapest () is a theatre in Budapest. Starting in the late 19th century as an opposition to the conservative National Theatre, it became a pioneer institution of Hungarian drama, and one of the oldest theatres of the city still in operation. The building The Vígszínház was designed by architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer who worked on over 47 state-of-the-art theatre buildings around Europe. Its construction was financed by the tripartite ownership consisting of Count István Keglevich, the writer Ferenc Szécsi, and local businessman Gábor Faludi. The destined area was a swampland before, but in the next few years it developed into the bourgeois Lipótváros district. The construction started in 1895 and lasted for one year, finishing on 1 May 1896. With 3 main tracts: the stage, including the flies; the lower seating tract; and the entry hall; the building exemplifies late historicism, featuring large sizes, an elevated driveway and baroq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
József Laux
Omega was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1962, which has been described as the most successful Hungarian band in history. They released more than 20 albums both in Hungarian and English. After several early personnel changes, their classic lineup came together in 1971 and was intact for more than forty years. Singer János Kóbor was with the band continuously from 1962 until his death in 2021; keyboardist/singer László Benkő was present from 1962 until his death in 2020. Guitarist György Molnár and bassist Tamás Mihály joined in 1967, and drummer Ferenc Debreczeni joined in 1971. Omega won several prestigious awards for their contributions to Hungarian culture. History Omega was formed in Budapest in 1962 by Benkő and Kóbor, with trombonist Győző Bánkúti, drummer Tamás Künsztler, saxophonist Péter Láng, guitarist Ferenc Tornóczky, and bassist István Varsányi. The members had all been in previous bands at the same grammar school. Their first concert was at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károly Frenreisz
Károly Frenreisz (born 8 November 1946, Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian rock singer and songwriter. Life Frenreisz first studied piano and then learned to play the clarinet, saxophone, and bass. He was from 1965 to 1971 part of the band Metró (Hungarian band), Metró. The most famous song he wrote while in the band was ''Citromízű banán''. He played a significant role in getting Metró through the end of the sixties and being part of the era of modern experimental trends in music. In 1971, he was a founding member of the band Locomotiv GT, where he was the bassist, brass player, and lead singer. He wrote the band's first hits (Boldog vagyok, Érints meg), and was connected to the band's first international success. In January 1973 he left Locomotiv GT, and later he founded the band Skorpió. The band carried over Locomotiv GT's progressive sound for their first album "A rohanás" (1974), but soon after they switched to a more radio-friendly hard rock sound. They had many ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
László Komár
László Komár (28 November 1944 – 17 October 2012) was a Hungarian rock and roll singer. His most popular songs include "No Miss", "Mondd kis kócos", "Táncoló fekete lakkcipők" and "Mambo Italiano". During his career, he released 18 studio albums. He has sold an overall 3 million records. Born in 1944 in Adásztevel, he was the singer of from 1962 to 1965, which is considered to have been the first rock and roll band in Hungary. In 1966, he took part in the first edition of '' Táncdalfesztivál''. Heavily influenced by Elvis Presley, Komár was widely described as "the Hungarian Elvis". In 2011, he was presented with a lifetime achievement award by Hungaroton Hungaroton is the oldest record and music publisher company in Hungary. Hungaroton was founded in 1951, when its only competitors in the Hungarian music market were record labels like Melodiya, Supraphon and from other socialist countries. P .... He died on 17 October 2012 at the age of 67. References Ext ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
