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János Gonda was born on 11 January, 1932, is a Hungarian jazz pianist (1932–2021). Discover János Gonda's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 89 years old?
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János Gonda Height, Weight & Measurements
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János Gonda Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is János Gonda worth at the age of 89 years old? János Gonda’s income source is mostly from being a successful pianist. He is from . We have estimated János Gonda's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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János Gonda (11 January 1932 – 10 March 2021) was a Hungarian jazz pianist.
Born in Budapest, he studied at the Franz Liszt Academy of Music and earned his diploma first at the musicological and then in the piano department.
His activities include composition, concert performances, teaching, and musicological research.
In the late 1960s, he co-led the Gonda-Krusa Quartet with the Polish vibraphonist Richard Kruza.
He formed his first band in 1962, and with them made the first LP in the Hungarian "Modern Jazz" series.
He led several bands which are featured on anthology albums in the same series.
From 1965 to 1997, he was leader of the jazz department of the Franz Liszt Academy of Music.
Gonda was the artistic director of Tatabánya International Jazz Camp and Tatabánya International Institute of Creative Music Education.
He wrote film scores, such as for the István Szabó film Father (Apa 1966), and other incidental music, his dance compositions and symphonic jazz works.
The most significant of the last is his Australian Concerto of 1970.
He also recorded with his Gonda Sextet, which he formed in 1972.
One of their famous recordings is titled Shaman Song.
The sextet consisted of János Gonda (piano, electrical piano), Gábor Balázs (bass), Tamás Berki (vocal, guitar, percussion), Péter Kántor (soprano and alto saxophone), István Dely (conga, percussion) and Gyula Kovács (drums, percussion).
As a composer, he mainly wrote jazz pieces, but also branched out into other musical forms.
In 1974, he composed a musical entitled Pro Urbe.
Gonda's theoretical works also focused on jazz.
In 1974, he was awarded the Hungarian Erkel Prize.
Of his books and studies, the book Jazz, published in 1979, was the best-known.
He was a professor and head of the jazz department at the Béla Bartók Conservatory in Budapest, Hungary, and vice president of the International Jazz Federation.
Gonda was head of the jazz department affiliated with the Association of Hungarian Musicians.
