Zoltán Kocsis
Born in Budapest in 1952, he began to play the piano at the age of five. In 1963, he entered the Béla Bartók Music School, studying piano and composition and in 1968, entered the Franz Liszt Music Academy as a pupil of Pál Kadosa and Ferenc Rados. His international fame began at the age of eighteen when he won Hungarian Radio's International Beethoven Competition, and a scintillating solo career rapidly unfolded. He was invited to perform all over Europe, in North and South America as well as the Far East. In 1977, he was invited by Sviatoslav Richter to perform at his festival in France, and the two pianists also gave duet recitals together.
He has performed with leading world orchestras such as the Berlin Philharmonic, the Royal Philharmonic, the Vienna Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra and the San Francisco Orchestra. He has been a regular guest at international festivals in Edinburgh, Paris, Tours, Lucerne, Salzburg, Prague and Menton, and worked with such conductors as Claudio Abbado, Christoph von Dohnányi, Edo de Waart, Charles Mackerras, Lovro von Matacic, Charles Dutoit, Herbert Blomstedt and Michael Tilson Thomas.
In 1983, he co-founded the Budapest Festival Orchestra with Iván Fischer, and since 1987 has regularly conducted. He is also a recognised composer. He is deeply committed to contemporary music and has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with, amongst others, György Kurtág, giving world premieres of numerous Kurtág compositions, some of which are dedicated to him.
Zoltán Kocsis has recorded for Denon, Hungaroton, Nippon Columbia, Phonogram, and was, for several years, an exclusive Philips Classics artist. He received an Edison prize for his recordings with Iván Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra of the three Bartók concertos.
His Debussy recordings won the Gramophone prize as well as the "Instrumental Recording of the year" award.
In Autumn 1997, he became general music director of the National Philharmonic Orchestra (formerly the Hungarian State Orchestra). As a result, the orchestra's repertoire has broadened considerably, and since his appointment, several works have been given their world premiere.
In recent years, he has toured many European countries, the United States and Japan with the orchestra as both conductor and soloist, and enjoyed immense critical acclaim.
In January 2004, Zoltán Kocsis was bestowed a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Cannes Midem, where he also received the distinguished French honour, Le Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres from France's minister of culture, awarded for his supreme efforts popularising French music and for the entirety of his work as a musician. In March 2005, his work was, for the second time after 1978, acknowledged with the Kossuth Prize. On the 23rd of January 2007, the Minister of Education and Culture appointed Zoltán Kocsis "Global Ambassador of Hungarian Culture".
科迟斯·佐尔坦（1952-）
匈牙利钢琴家、指挥家
科迟斯1952年出生于布达佩斯，五岁开始学习钢琴。 1963年开始在巴托克音乐学院学习钢琴和作曲。1968年进入李斯特音乐学院跟随卡多萨 (Kadosa)、拉多什(Rados)学习钢琴。 18岁时，科迟斯在匈牙利国家电台举办的国际 贝多芬大赛中获奖，这使他在国际舞台上崭露头角，也将他的在钢琴独奏方面的潜质激发了出来。之后，他应邀在欧洲各国和北美、南美以及远东巡演。 1977年，科迟斯应俄罗斯钢琴家斯维亚托斯拉夫·李赫特(Sviatoslav Richter)之邀前往法国参加由他举办的艺术节，两位钢琴家还共同举行了钢琴二重奏音乐会。
科迟斯与许多世界顶尖乐团有过合作，包括柏林爱乐乐团，皇家爱乐乐团（英国），维也纳爱乐乐团，芝加哥交响乐团和旧金山交响乐团等。同时他还经常应邀参加各地举办的国际音乐节，包括爱丁堡、巴黎、图尔（法国）、琉森（瑞士）、蒙顿（法国）、萨尔茨堡和布拉格。此外他还与克劳迪 奥·阿巴多(Claudio Abbado)、杜乃伊 ·克利斯朵夫·冯(Christoph von Dohnányi) 、艾杜·迪华特(Edo de Waart)、查尔斯 ·麦克拉斯爵士(Sir Charles Mackerras)、马塔希契（ Lovro von Matacic）、夏尔·迪图瓦（ Charles Dutoit）、赫伯特·布隆斯达特（Herbert Blomstedt）、和迈克 ·提尔森·托马斯（ Michael Tilson Thomas）等著名指挥家有过合作。
1983年科迟斯与匈牙利指挥家伊凡·菲舍尔（Iván Fischer ）一同创建了布达佩斯音乐节交响乐团，并从1987年起担任常任指挥。科迟斯也是一位受到公认的作曲家。他积极投身于当代音乐的创作，与匈牙利著名作曲家库塔格·乔治（ György Kurtág）有着一段硕果累累的合作经历。他为库塔格的大量作品做世界首演，而其中的一些就是题献给他自己的。
科迟斯为天龙唱片(Denon)，亨格龙盾唱片（ Hungaroton），日本哥伦比亚唱片(Nippon Columbia)，幅诺格莱姆唱片（ Phonogram）等公司录制唱片。他曾是飞利浦古典音乐专用的艺术家。凭借和伊凡·菲舍尔（Iván Fischer）及布达佩斯音乐节交响乐团录制的三张巴托克协奏曲唱片，科迟斯赢得了"爱迪生奖"。
他录制的德彪西唱片赢得了"留声机奖"以及"年度最佳乐器类唱片大奖"。
1997年秋，科迟斯成为匈牙利国立爱乐乐团（前身为匈牙利国家交响乐团）的总监。因为他的加入，乐团的保留曲目得到了大量的扩充。从他上任起，乐团完成了多个作品的世界首演。最近几年，作为指挥或独奏家的科迟斯，随团出访了欧洲多国、美国以及日本，赢得了乐界高度评价。
2004年1 月，科迟斯在法国戛纳举行的国际音像博览会上荣获终身成就奖，在那里他还获得了法国的极高荣誉——"法兰西艺术与文学骑士勋章"。该勋章是由法国文化部颁发的，以表彰他为推广法国音乐所做的巨大贡献以及他所有的音乐工作。 2005年3月，科迟斯获得了 "卡索斯奖"(Kossuth Prize)，这是他自 1978年后第二次获此殊荣。2007年 1月23日 ，匈牙利文化教育部任命科迟斯为"匈牙利文化国际形象大使"。
