Kálmán Berkes

{{Short description|Hungarian clarinetist}} {{BLP one source|date= June 2012}} '''Kálmán Berkes''' is a Hungarian clarinetist.

Berkes was born in Budapest on May 8, 1952. He graduated from the Budapest Liszt Music Academy in 1972.<ref name="naxos">{{cite web|url=http://www.naxos.com/artistinfo/Kalman_Berkes_57/57.htm|title=Berkes, Kalman|year=2009|publisher=Naxos|accessdate=2009-08-03}}</ref> He won second place at the Geneva International Music Competition in 1974, and his Opera Wind Quintet was a prize-winner in Munich in 1975.<ref name="naxos" /> 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.<ref name="naxos" /> He founded the Budapest Wind Ensemble in 1982.<ref name="naxos" /> His recording of Bartók's ''Contrasts'' was a ''Gramophone Magazine'' Editor's Choice.<ref name="naxos" />

==Discography== *''Bartók: Violin Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Contrasts'', with Jenő Jandó and György Pauk. Naxos, 1994. *''Brahms: Clarinet Sonatas Nos. 1 and 2 / Scherzo / Leider, Op. 92'', with Jenő Jandó *''Krommer: Clarinet Concertos'', with Kaori Tsutsui and Tomoko Takashima. Naxos, 1995. *''Weber: Clarinet Quintet, Op. 34 / Grand Duo Concertant'', with Jenő Jandó. Naxos, 1995. *''Mozart: 5 Divertimentos'', with Koji Okazaki and Tomoko Takashima. Naxos, 2000. *''Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 1'', with the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia *''Carl Stamitz: Clarinet Concertos, Vol. 2'', with the Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia

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