Kossuth Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1948) Winner
Aladár Rácz
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Rácz Aladár
Aliases:
Rácz Aladár
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1886-02-28 （Jászapáti）
- Died
- 1958-03-28 （Budapest） age 72
- Nationality
- Hungarian
- Languages
- Hungarian, French
- Religion
- Unknown （Baptismal Name: Unknown）
- Residence History
- Jászapáti → Budapest → Paris → Geneva → Lausanne
Career
- Occupations
- Cimbalom player, Professor of music
- Active Years
- 1896-1958
- Affiliations
- Franz Liszt Academy of Music
- Influenced
- Igor Stravinsky, Zoltán Kodály, Béla Bartók
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Kossuth Prize | — | — | Government of Hungary | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Hungarian Heritage Award | — | — | Magyar Örökség Díj | 受賞 |
Kossuth Prize
1948
Organization:
Government of Hungary
Result:
受賞
Hungarian Heritage Award
1999
Organization:
Magyar Örökség Díj
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Adaptations of Baroque harpsichord and clavecin repertoire for cimbalomArrangements of Hungarian and other folk themes
- Recurring Motifs
- Hungarian folk musicBaroque music
Legacy
Renowned Hungarian cimbalom player who adapted Baroque harpsichord repertoire for the traditionally folk cimbalom, influencing composers like Igor Stravinsky. He taught at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and won the Kossuth Prize in 1948, and posthumously the Hungarian Heritage Award in 1999.
In Popular Culture
- Rácz Aladár Music School in Budapest is named after him.
Trivia
- Born into a Roma family.
- Began cimbalom lessons with his father at age 3.
- Met Igor Stravinsky in a Geneva café, influencing the composer's use of cimbalom.