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Zoltán Kocsis

p, *1952 HU, Budapest
Musician / Composer / Conductor of Classical

Zoltán Kocsis ([ˈzoltaːn ˈkot͡ʃiʃ]; born May 30, 1952) is a Hungarian virtuoso pianist, conductor, and composer.Born in Budapest, he started his musical studies at the age of five and continued them at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in 1963, studying piano and composition. In 1968 he was admitted to the Franz Liszt Academy of Music, where he was a pupil of Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Rados. Among his classmates where renowned pianists András Schiff and Dezső Ránki.

     
Instruments
  • Piano
  • Harpsichord
  • Percussion
Genres
  • Classical
  • Jazz
  • Folk
Plays With
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Popular Tracks   
Deux Arabesques L. 66: No. 1 Andante con moto on Debussy: Images Books 1 & 2; Arabesques; Rêverie etc by Claude Debussy & Zoltán Kocsis
Piano Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, K. 238: II. Andante un poco Adagio on Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 6, 18 and 27 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kocsis & János Rolla
6 Roumanian Folk Dances, BB 68, Sz. 56: 3. In One Spot on Bartók: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 1 by Béla Bartók & Zoltán Kocsis
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: 4. Passepied on Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Pour le piano; Estampes etc by Claude Debussy & Zoltán Kocsis
3 Hungarian Folksongs from the Csìk District, BB 45b, Sz. 35a on Bartók: Works for Solo Piano, Vol. 2 by Béla Bartók & Zoltán Kocsis
Suite bergamasque, L. 75: 3. Clair de lune on Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Pour le piano; Estampes etc by Claude Debussy & Zoltán Kocsis
Rêverie, L. 68 on Debussy: Images Books 1 & 2; Arabesques; Rêverie etc by Claude Debussy & Zoltán Kocsis
Hommage à Haydn, L. 115 on Debussy: Images Books 1 & 2; Arabesques; Rêverie etc by Claude Debussy & Zoltán Kocsis
Carnival of the Animals: XIII. Le Cygne (The Swan) (arr. Z. Kocsis for cello and piano) on Paganini / Schubert / Mendelssohn / Popper / Chopin / Granados / Faure: Cello Encores by Miklós Perényi
Piano Concerto No. 3 in D Minor, Op. 30: I. Allegro ma non tanto on Rachmaninoff: Piano Concertos Nos. 3 & 4 by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Zoltán Kocsis, San Francisco Symphony & Edo de Waart

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Discography



Title Artist Year Type
A TributeZoltán Kocsis2017Compil.
Piano Concerto No. 4 In G Major, Op. 58 / Piano Sonata No. 26 In E Flat Major, Op. 81/aLudwig van Beethoven - Zoltán Kocsis2015Album
Piano Concertos In B Flat Major K.238 & 456Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kocsis, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla2013Album
Piano Concertos = Klavierkonzerte 2 & 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff / Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart2012Compil.
Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta; Divertimento; Hungarian SketchesBéla Bartók, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra - Zoltán Kocsis2010Album
Mozart: Piano Sonatas #11 K331, #14 K457, Fantasia C Minor K475Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kocsis2009Album
Suite No. 1; Two Pictures; Dances Of Transylvania; Hungarian Peasant SongsBéla Bartók - Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar, Zoltán Kocsis2009Album
Clair de Lune And Other Piano FavouritesClaude Debussy, Zoltán Kocsis, Pascal Rogé2009Album
Suite No. 2; Rumanian Dance; Rumanian Folk Dances; Dance SuiteBéla Bartók - Nemzeti Filharmonikus Zenekar, Zoltán Kocsis2008Album
Works For Piano Solo (4)Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis2008Compil.
Works For Percussion Vol.5 (1936 - 1991)John Cage / Amadinda Percussion Group, Zoltán Kocsis2008Album
Works For Piano Solo (2)Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis2007Compil.
Kurtág: 80Márta and György Kurtág, György Kurtág Jr., Keller Quartet, Hiromi Kikuchi, Ken Hakii, Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis2007Album
Works For Piano Solo (1)Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis2007Compil.
Schönberg / VarèseHungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis2005Album
Works For Percussion Vol.4 (1940-1956)John Cage / Amadinda Percussion Group, Zoltán Kocsis, Zoltán Rácz, Zoltán Gavodi2005Album
Zoltán Kocsis Plays BartókBéla Bartók - Zoltán Kocsis2005Compil.
New Music Studio = Új Zenei Stúdió - Joint Works Of Contemporary Hungarian Composers From The 1970'sBarnabás Dukay, Peter Eötvös, Zoltán Jeney, Zoltán Kocsis, László Sáry, László Vidovszky2005Album
Dohnányi / Debussy-Kocsis / RachmaninovHungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra Conducted By Zoltán Kocsis2004Album
Concerto For Orchestra, Dance Suite, Hungarian Peasant SongsBéla Bartók - Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis2004Album
Dvořák, Schubert, FranckJános Bálint, Zoltán Kocsis2004Album
Piano RecitalWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert / Zoltán Kocsis2003Album
Works For PianoBéla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis2001Album
Works For Percussion Vol.2 (1941 - 1950)John Cage / Amadinda Percussion Group, Katalin Karolyi, Zoltán Kocsis2000Album
Works For Piano Solo 5: MikrokosmosBéla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis1999Album
Préludes Books I & II, Children's CornerClaude Debussy, Zoltán Kocsis1998Album
The Great TranscriptionsFranz Liszt - Claudio Arrau, Michele Campanella, Misha Dichter, Zoltán Kocsis, Alexander Uninsky1997Compil.
Works For Piano Solo 4Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis1997Album
For ChildrenBéla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis1996Album
The Two Piano Concertos / Fantaisie For Piano And OrchestraMaurice Ravel / Claude Debussy - Zoltán Kocsis / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer1996Album
Original Compositions & TranscriptionsPéter Csaba, Zoltán Kocsis, Fritz Kreisler1996Album
Piano Concertos, Piano Sonata, Op. 7Robert Schumann, Edvard Grieg, Stephen Bishop-Kovacevich, Zoltán Kocsis1995Compil.
Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 4 / Rhapsody On A Theme Of PaganiniThe San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Zoltán Kocsis / Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff1995Compil.
Early Works For Piano And OrchestraBéla Bartók, Ernst von Dohnányi, Zoltán Kocsis, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer1995Compil.
The Piano ConcertosBéla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer1995Album
Sonata No. 2, Original Version • Préludes • ÉtudesSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Zoltán Kocsis1995Album
Works For Piano Solo 3Béla Bartók - Zoltán Kocsis1995Album
Works For Piano Solo 2Béla Bartók - Zoltán Kocsis1994Album
Works For Piano Solo 1Béla Bartók - Zoltán Kocsis1992Album
Négykezes Szerzői Átiratok - Bartók: A Csodálatos Mandarin / Schönberg: I. KamaraszimfóniaZoltán Kocsis, Adrienne Hauser, Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg1991Album
Mozart/Beethoven Quintettes Pour Piano Et VentsWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Zoltán Kocsis1991Album
100 Masterpieces Volume 10Hungarian State Orchestra, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Plovdiv Philharmonic Orchestra, The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Dresdner Philharmonie, The Vienna Strauss Orchestra, Miklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis1991Compil.
Gyermekkuckó = Children's CornerZoltán Kocsis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Robert Schumann, Claude Debussy, Béla Bartók1991Album
ZongoraötösökWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Zoltán Kocsis, Budapesti Fúvósegyüttes1991Album
Beethoven Sonatas < > <> Op. 2/1 & Op. 10/1Ludwig van Beethoven, Zoltán Kocsis1991Album
Piano Concertos 3 & 4Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1990Album
Images / 2 Arabesques / L'Isle Joyeuse / Berceuse HéroïqueClaude Debussy, Zoltán Kocsis1990Album
Esz-Dúr Zongoraverseny, A-Dúr ZongoraversenyFranz Liszt, Zoltán Kocsis, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer1989Album
Music For Cello And PianoClaude Debussy, Béla Bartók, Zoltán Kodály, Miklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis1989Album
Esz-Dúr Zongoraverseny - A-Dúr Zongoraverseny - Vátozatok Egy GyermekdalraFranz Liszt, Zoltán Kocsis, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Ivan Fischer1989Album
Années De Pèlerinage I-III (Complete)Franz Liszt, Alfred Brendel, Zoltán Kocsis1988Compil.
Bartok Piano Concerto No. 3 / Scherzo for piano & orchestraBéla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer1987Album
Piano Concerto No. 2 / Rhapsody For Piano And Orchestra, Op. 1Béla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer1987Album
Concertos For One And Two Pianos And OrchestraJohann Sebastian Bach - Zoltán Kocsis, András Schiff, Orchestra Of The Liszt Ferenc Music Academy, Albert Simon1987Compil.
Kocsis Plays BartókZoltán Kocsis1987Album
Bartók: Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion Etc.Zoltán Kocsis1987Album
Piano Concerto No. 1 / Music For Strings, Percussion, And CelestaBéla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis / Budapest Festival Orchestra / Ivan Fischer1987Album
Zongoraversenyek, Rapszódia - Scherzo, Zene Húros Hangszerekre, Ütőkre És CselesztáraBéla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis, Ivan Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra1987Album
Vándorévek - Harmadik Év - Années De Pélerinage Troisiéme AnnéeFranz Liszt, Zoltán Kocsis1987Album
Franz Liszt, Annees De Pelerinage - Troiseme AnneeZoltán Kocsis1987Album
Contemporary Hungarian Music For Bassoon And PianoGábor Janota, Zoltán Kocsis1986Compil.
III. ZongoraversenySergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Zoltán Kocsis1985Album
Piano Concertos 1 & 2Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1985Album
Piano Concertos 2Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1985Album
Die Kunst Der Fuge, The Art Of Fugue, L' Art De La FugueJohann Sebastian Bach, Zoltán Kocsis1985Album
Piano Concerto Klavierkonzert No. 3Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1985Album
Claude DebussyZoltán Kocsis1985Single
Cello EncoresMiklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis1985Album
Piano Concertos In A Major K.414 & 488Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kocsis, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla1984Album
Piano Concertos In A Major K.414 & 488Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kocsis, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, János Rolla1984Album
I. Zongoraverseny - IV. ZongoraversenySergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart1984Album
Suite Bergamasque / Pour Le Piano / Estampes / Images (Oubliées)Claude Debussy - Zoltán Kocsis1984Album
Összes KeringőjeFrédéric Chopin - Zoltán Kocsis1983Album
Piano Concertos - Klavierkonzerte 1&4Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Zoltán Kocsis - The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, Edo de Waart1983Album
Chopin The 19 WaltzesZoltán Kocsis1983Album
Sonata No. 3 In F Minor, Op. 5Johannes Brahms - Zoltán Kocsis1983Album
The Piano Concertos, Rhapsody, Prelude, VocaliseSergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - Zoltán Kocsis, The San Francisco Symphony Orchestra1983Album
In BudapestLászló Hortobágyi / Shri Anthony Dāss / Zoltán Kocsis / Sándor Kiss1983Album
Pisztráng-ötös (Piano Quintet In A Major "Trout")Franz Schubert - Zoltán Kocsis, Gábor Takács-Nagy, Gábor Ormai, András Fejér, Ferenc Csontos1983Album
Sonatas For Violin & ClavierJohann Sebastian Bach, Péter Csaba, Zoltán Kocsis1982Album
Liszt Ferenc És Kocsis Zoltán ÁtirataiRichard Wagner, Franz Liszt, Zoltán Kocsis1982Album
In The Style Of...Fritz Kreisler, Péter Csaba, Zoltán Kocsis1982Album
E-Moll Szonáta Op. 7 / Lírai Darabok Op. 43 ‧ Op. 12Edvard Grieg, Zoltán Kocsis1982Album
A VigadóBéla Bartók, Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, Marton József, Petz Ferenc1981Album
Hungaroton Hanglemez Hetek 1981 - Megnyitó HangversenyZoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki1981Album
Öt Darab Népi Stílusban, Op. 102Miklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis, Robert Schumann1981Single
Tizenöt Magyar Népdal, Három Csíkmegyei Népdal, Improvizációk, Allegro Barbaro, Négy Sirató, VázlatokBéla Bartók - Zoltán Kocsis1981Album
Három KeringőZoltán Kocsis / Frédéric Chopin1981Single
For ChildrenBéla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis1981Album
Zoltán Kocsis in ConcertZoltán Kocsis, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Franz Liszt, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Béla Bartók, Arnold Schoenberg1980Album
Piano Sonatas Vol 2Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zoltán Kocsis1980Album
Vocalise / DanseZoltán Kocsis, Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff, Claude Debussy1980Single
Schönberg - DebussyZoltán Kocsis1980Single
Sonatas For Cello And PianoJohannes Brahms, Miklós Perényi, Zoltán Kocsis1980Album
Sonatas For Piano Duet (Complete)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Dezső Ránki - Zoltán Kocsis1978Album
Piano ConcertosJohann Sebastian Bach - Zoltán Kocsis, András Schiff, Sándor Falvai, Imre Rohmann, Kovács Lóránt, István Matuz, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra conducted by Albert Simon1977Album
Piano ConcertosJohann Sebastian Bach - Zoltán Kocsis, András Schiff, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra Conducted by Albert Simon1977Album
The Complete Keyboard Solo Music 2.Joseph Haydn, Zoltán Kocsis, Lantos István1976Album
Sonata For Two Pianos And Percussion / Sonata For Solo ViolinBéla Bartók - Dezső Ránki, Zoltán Kocsis, Petz Ferenc, József Marton, Dénes Kovács1976Album
Piano ConcertosJohann Sebastian Bach - Zoltán Kocsis, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Albert Simon1976Album
Piano ConcertosJohann Sebastian Bach - Zoltán Kocsis, Liszt Ferenc Chamber Orchestra, Albert Simon1976Album
Concerti For Two And Three PianosZoltán Kocsis, András Schiff, Dezső Ránki, Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart1973Album
Concertos For Piano And Orchestra Nos. 1 & 2Béla Bartók / Zoltán Kocsis - Piano, Budapest Symphony Orchestra Conducted By György Lehel1972Album
Concertos For Two And Three Pianos K. 365 & K. 242Zoltán Kocsis, Dezső Ránki, András Schiff, Hungarian State Orchestra, János Ferencsik, Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAlbum
Piano Concerto No.4 in G major Op.58Ludwig van Beethoven, Zoltán Kocsis, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Ervin LukácsAlbum
Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) - Piano Conerto No. 4, Piano Sonata "Les Adieux"Ludwig van Beethoven : Zoltán KocsisAlbum
Clarinet RecitalArthur Honegger, Claude Debussy, Igor Stravinsky, Leó Weiner, Richard Strauss, Kálmán Berkes, Zoltán Kocsis, Tibor Fülemile, The Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, András KórodiAlbum
Allegro Barbaro / Three Rondos On Folk Tunes / Suite / Sonata...Zoltán Kocsis Plays Béla BartókAlbum
Sonata For Two Pianos In D Major, K448 / Ma Mère L'Oye / Variations On A Theme Of Haydn, Op. 56bDezső Ránki, Zoltán Kocsis, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Maurice Ravel, Johannes BrahmsAlbum
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