Jozsef Bazsinka "French Connection" dedicated to Mel Culbertson Introduction and Dance for Tuba & Piano (J. Ed Barat) 1. Introduction 2. Dance Concertino for tuba (Eugene Bozza) 3. I. Allegro vivo 4. II. Andante 5. III. Allegro vivo Suite Breve, for tuba & piano (Alfred Desenclos) 6. I. Prelude 7. II. Fuguette 8. III. Aria 9. IV. Finale Prelude & allegro, for tuba & piano (Jacques Charpentier) 10. Prelude 11. Allegro 12. New Orleans, for tuba (Eugene Bozza) 13. Tuba Stone (Andy Emler) 14. Etre ou ne pas Etre, for 3 trombones (Henri Tomasi) Quatuor, for 3 trombones & tuba, Op. 109 (Florent Schmitt) 15. I. Frondeur, empese et pesant 16. II. Vif 17. III. Lent 18. IV. Anime Prelude & Dance, for 3 trombones, tuba, piano & percussion (Jacques Casterede) 19. Prelude 20. Danse ??2001, Hungaroton PERSONNEL: Jozsef Bazsinka - tuba B&S Apollo Tuba 1-13,19,20 Melton special CC tuba 14-18 Irina Ivanitskaia - piano 1-13,19,20 Ferenc Koczias, Peter I.Balint, Sandor Balogh - trombones 14-20 Zoltan Varga, Gabor Kerdo - percussion 19,20 BIO: Jozsef Bazsinka Principal tuba with the Budapest Festival Orchestra Born in 1962 in Budapest, he started his musical studies at Bicske with Laszlo Szody between 1974-76, and continued them in the Music School of the Hungarian Army with Laszlo Szabo between 1976 and 1981. Then he studied from 1981 till 1985 at the Ferenc Liszt Music Academy with professor Laszlo Ujfalusi. He attended several master courses (with Roger Bobo, Mel Culbertson and Sam Pilafian) and participated in international brass and chamber music competitions: 1995, Sydney, 2nd Prize 1986, Narbonne, France, 1st Prize 1984, Markneukirchen, 2nd Prize 1982, Barcs, Hungary, 1st Prize 1982, Ancona,Italy, 1st Prize 1976, Prague, 1st Prize As a soloist he has performed in Spain, France, Germany, Australia and the USA. Between 1988 and 1992 he was teaching tuba in the Bela Bartok Secondary Music School, from 2000-2009 he has been professor at the Saint Stephan Secondary Music School and since 2009 at the University of Music in Pecs. Between 1983 and 1993 he was playing in the Orchestra of the Hungary State Opera House. Since 1993 he has been member of the Budapest Festival Orchestra. In 1996 he was awarded with the Liszt Prize. Mr. Bazsinka is member of the Hungarian, as well as of the International Tuba Association.
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